Senior Networking & Security Specialist

We are looking for an experienced Senior Networking & Security Specialist/Technical Lead to join a high-level technical delivery team, leading the design and hands-on implementation of complex, multi-vendor network and security solutions across enterprise environments.

This is a hands-on role combining technical leadership, solution design, implementation and stakeholder engagement., * Lead the design and implementation of complex network and security solutions across greenfield and brownfield environments

• Produce high-quality HLDs, LLDs, implementation plans and operational runbooks
• Perform design validation, PoC testing and pre/post-implementation verification
• Configure, deploy and optimise network and security infrastructure
• Diagnose and resolve complex network and security incidents
• Conduct technical assessments and capacity planning
• Act as the primary technical point of contact for project stakeholders
• Present technical designs and implementation strategies to technical and non-technical audiences
• Coordinate engineers and technicians, providing technical leadership and mentoring
• Work closely with project managers, solution architects, client teams and operations throughout the project life cycle

Technical Experience Required

We’re particularly interested in candidates with strong experience across:

Networking

• Advanced routing & switching
• BGP, OSPF, IS-IS and EIGRP
• VLAN, STP/RSTP/MSTP, vPC/LACP and QoS
• VXLAN, GRE and IPsec
• Enterprise and service-provider environments
• Cisco ACI, including spine-leaf architecture and multi-pod/multi-site

Network Security

• Next-Generation Firewall design and implementation
• IPsec, SSL/TLS and SD-WAN security
• Security policy and life cycle management
• Compliance-aligned network security

• L4/L7 load balancing
• SSL offloading
• Global Server Load Balancing (GSLB)
• High-availability architectures

Vendor Technologies

• Cisco IOS/IOS-XE/IOS-XR/NX-OS, ASA, Firepower, ISE, Catalyst Center and ACI
• Juniper JunOS and SRX
• Fortinet FortiOS, FortiGate, FortiManager and FortiAnalyzer
• F5 BIG-IP LTM/GTM/ASM/APM and iRules

? Desirable

• Network automation experience using Python and/or Ansible
• Experience integrating network platforms via REST/NETCONF/RESTCONF/gRPC APIs
• Professional-level networking certifications such as CCIE, JNCIE or equivalent
• Cisco DevNet certification

What We’re Looking For

You’ll need to be a confident technical lead who can take ownership of complex deliverables, communicate technical concepts clearly, solve problems under pressure and work effectively with both technical and business stakeholders.