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 lifecycle

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-siteNetwork Security

Next-Generation Firewall design and implementation IPsec, SSL/TLS and SD-WAN security Security policy and lifecycle management Compliance-aligned network securityApplication Delivery

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

Cisco IOS/IOS-XE/IOS-XR/NX-OS, ASA, Firepower, ISE, Catalyst Centre 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.