Network Security Engineer II - IN

Career Level Summary

• A minimum of 6+ years of recent network security experience.
• Requires intermediate to advanced depth or breadth of expertise in own job discipline or field.
• Leads others to identify and solve complex problems.
• Works independently, with guidance in only the most complex situations
• May provide guidance to standard project expectations
• Act as a mentor for Level I engineers and provide training to new hires as needed.

Critical Competencies

• Systems Thinking: Enables optimum organizational efficiency by taking a whole systems approach and thinking across boundaries to identify which polices/processes should be standardized and which should differ
• Idea Creation: Examines new ideas of solutions, methods and products to ensure the potential and alignment with departmental and business goals

Key Responsibilities

• Configure and troubleshoot for Firewalls & Load Balancers and Customer’s IP space .
• Create documentation for support and operations tasks regarding the above tools
• Engineer and implement customized security solutions .
• Mentor and train fellowRackers .
• Configure, plan, install, maintain, and optimize network systems, equipment, and applications ensuring network protocols and security policies are used effectively.
• Solve engineering problems through the ownership of appropriate level customer requests and issues, seeing them through to resolution.
• Collaborate with Account Managers and Implementation Consultants/PMs to build strong customer relationships.

Technical Requirements

• Intermediate knowledge of: NexGen Firewalls (For example: Cisco Firepower, Palo Alto etc.), IPSEC and SSL VPN technologies also Infrastructure, Automation (Preferred) .
• All supported network platforms (Cisco 2900, 3500, 3700, 4900, 6500, ASR1k, ASR9k, Nexus 3k, Nexus 6k, Nexus 7k, Arista 7000, etc.…)
• All supported Layer 2 and 3 protocols and features (STP, HSRP, VLANs, CDP, port-channels, OSPF, BGP, MPLS, DWDM, etc.…)
• In depth knowledge on Firewall – Palo alto, Cisco ASA, Firepower, Juniper, F5 -LTM/AFM, Citrix Load balancers .
• Knowledge of Analysis of VPNs implementation and Manage and Monitor all VPN connectivity.
• Networking concepts and devices [All OSI Layers], Load balancers (For example: F5), HTTP Protocol, Secure Socket Layer (SSL), DNS, Content switching policies.
• Implementation of Gateway, Edge firewall and LBs .
• Intermediate Understanding of network packet analysis via tools such as packet captures on firewalls, logging for Palo Alto and TCP dump.
• Intermediate to advancedunderstanding of services and protocols commonly used in hosting environments: web servers, database servers, active directory protocols.
• Interprets internal/external business challenges and recommends best practices to improve products, processes, or services.
• Initial firewall/IPS/IDS testing of parameters, operation, support, and commissioning.

Skills

• Passionate about technology and has a desire to constantly expand technical knowledge
• Detail-oriented in documenting information and able to own customer issues through resolution
• Able to handle multiple tasks and prioritize work under pressure
• Demonstrate sound problem-solving skills coupled with a desire to take on responsibility
• The ideal candidate possesses: Excellent written and verbal communication skills .

Education

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, B.E,MCA/BCA , Management Information Systems, or a related technical field

Certifications

• Any combination of Juniper, Cisco certifications, F5, Palo Alto, NetScaler, or combination of other relevant vendor certifications experience desirable .

Physical Demands

• General office environment: no special physical demands required.
• May require long periods sitting and viewing a computer monitor.
• May require work on non-traditional shifts.
• Schedule flexibility to include working weekends and/or evenings and holidays [rare occurrence ]as required by the business for 24/5 operations.