Senior Network Security Specialist

My client is seeking a Network Security Specialist to join his team in London. This is a newly created role and sits in the Network Team and will act as a conduit between the Network Team and InfoSec team. It is an ideal opportunity for someone who is looking to step up into a technical authority/delivery lead position., As a Senior Network Security Specialist, you will design, implement and govern the network security controls that protect their modern, high-performance enterprise network. You will take a hands-on lead role in shaping the network security roadmap, defining policies and standards and driving the adoption of Zero Trust and micro-segmentation across the organisation.

• Experience defining/implementing network segmentation and micro-segmentation strategies
• Zero Trust networking principles and identity-aware access controls
• Designing, implementing and optimising firewall and proxy security policies.

• Deep hands-on experience with:

• Fortinet (FortiGate, FortiManager, FortiAnalyzer)
• Zscaler (ZIA, ZPA, Zero Trust Exchange)
• Palo Alto Networks (PAN-OS, Panorama, policy design) - Desirable

Experience securing hybrid environments spanning on-prem, cloud, and containerised platforms.

Automation and infrastructure-as-code approaches for deploying security controls.

Routing, switching, load balancing and security architectures, with extensive operational and engineering experience.

TCP/IP, BGP, OSPF, VLANs, VRF, VPN, VXLAN, NAT, ACLs, DNS.

Packet capture and network analytics and monitoring tools.

Desirable:Exposure to security controls and design for Kubernetes/OpenShift

Experience within highly regulatated environments