- TIA Security+ certification or equivalent working experience . Must have 2+ years of working experience,but not limited to broad range of technologies including routers in datacentre IT support environment
- Experience of working in relevant client facing environments or communication
- We are looking for Network Security Engineers to protect our clients network from internal and external threats.
- Your role will be to assist in the planning, design, troubleshooting and management of networks including the software and hardware upgrades across the entire assets.
- This will involve both routine upgrades in line with vendor release cycles and emergency patching in response to threat intelligence alerts.
Key Responsibilities
- Prepare upgrades to the most recent/reliable software and/or firmware versions on both virtual and physical network devices across a range of vendors, including but not limited to Cisco, Juniper, Check Point and Fortinet.
- Analyse device configurations to understand the potential impact of new software versions and plan the appropriate remedial action.
- Minimise active network vulnerabilities by managing patching in line with vendor release cycles.
- Ensure all Change activity is carried out as in Change Control process and client communications are issued in an informative and timely and thorough fashion.
- Respond to critical network vulnerabilities, working with other teams to deploy the appropriate level of resource to ensure our clients are protected.
- Execute client device upgrades during agreed maintenance windows both during and outside of business hours.
- Essentially this is 8 hours job on normal business hours Monday to Friday. On special conditions, this role may require Monday to Sunday out of hours and on call working where necessary.
Person Specification
- Any degree in Computer Science or similar discipline / proven equivalent working experience
- Current CCNA, JNCIA or CCSA qualification or be able to demonstrate a similar level of knowledge
Desirable to have Comp
- TIA Security+ certification or equivalent working experience
- Must have 2+ years of working experience, but not limited to broad range of technologies including routers in datacentre IT support environment.
- Experience of working in relevant client facing environments or communication.
- An enthusiastic, driven, committed and flexible approach to work
- Solutions driven, confident and friendly approach in dealing with clients
- Natural initiative and pro-activeness to their method of working
- Scheduling, organizational and process management skills
- Be open to new ideas and have a positive outlook
- Demonstrate value of and delivery of high quality client care with their approach to communication
- Excellent standard of written and spoken English
- Must be a team player but also able to work on own initiative
- High degree of accuracy and attention to detail
- Ability to work well to deadlines and under pressure
- Good problem solving skills
- Keen interest in, and passionate about IT
- Experience with the following vendors: Cisco, Juniper, Check Point, Fortinet
- Understanding of Monitoring Tools and Patching Automation
- Basic understanding of working with Service Level Agreements