Firewall Engineer - 80% Remote - Long Term Contract

A Leading Financial Services firm are looking to hire an experienced Firewall Engineer, ideally who has knowledge of Application Security Policy Implementations.

• £650 - £750 per day (Inside IR35 - Umbrella)
• 80% Remote work (hybrid)
• 2 Year long contract (12 month initial)

Project Description

• Application Security Policy Implementation
• Implementing Micro-Segmentation security using NSX-T as part of Zero Trust Architecture
• Defining the process for applying FW policies.
• Validate these processes by conducting a proof of concept on apps migrated to the Cloud.

Role Description

Supporting applications moves to the cloud and compartmentation of network segmentation and policies on Cloud and On-Prem.

Provide FW Engineer consultation and support to the project team during the process:

• Define Firewall policies for core services.
• Apply Firewall policies to core services.
• Define Firewall policies for applications.
• Apply Firewall policies to applications.

Support hyper care period.

Support handover of FW policy management structures to app teams.

Firewall Engineer will work within a small team focused on the a defined number of applications which have been migrated to the cloud landing zone.

Must Have Skills:

Technical expertise installing and configuring Network Security environments and tools (Fortinet, UTM Technologies, NSX-T DFW) - (Azure NSG Firewall, VPN Gateways)

Beneficial Skills

Certifications

• Fortinet Network Security Expert (NSE 5+) or equivalent experience.
• CCNP
• AZ-700 MS Azure Network Engineer Associate
• Network Automation experience
• Scripting and API understanding would be beneficial