Network Security Specialist

About the Role

We are seeking a Network Security Specialist responsible for maintaining and managing the network security infrastructure. This role involves responding to business incidents, supporting shutdown procedures, managing vulnerability remediation on network security devices, and fulfilling various business user requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Evaluate and diagnose network performance issues by analyzing traffic patterns, pinpointing bottlenecks, and proposing enhancements to boost speed and reliability.
• Architect and design network frameworks tailored to organizational needs, selecting appropriate hardware, software, and configuring network protocols to support scalability and growth.
• Install and set up network security hardware, including firewalls and Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS), configure protocols and security policies, and validate correct network operation.
• Maintain robust network security measures to guard against external threats such as hacking attempts, malware, and phishing by implementing firewalls, network admission controls, and other defenses.
• Continuously monitor network performance and preemptively identify issues by analyzing traffic and logs to detect potential security breaches.
• Deliver technical assistance to end-users by troubleshooting network-related problems and resolving hardware and software issues.
• Create and maintain comprehensive documentation of network configurations, protocols, hardware, software, and security policies to facilitate troubleshooting and future maintenance.
• Support ongoing security operations through hands-on monitoring, incident resolution, connectivity management, and administration of critical security tools including firewalls, IPS, VPN, proxy servers, web application firewalls, DNS security, multifactor authentication, AAA systems, and mail gateways, ensuring service availability, resilience, and secure delivery of projects.

Mandatory Qualifications and Experience

• Extensive experience of 10 years in asset inventory and management.
• Proficient in using ITSM tools, specifically BMC-Remedy.
• Ability to successfully manage multiple simultaneous tasks and efficiently allocate time resources.
• Excellent verbal and written communication capabilities.
• Strong emphasis on quality assurance and quality control practices.
• Experienced user of Microsoft Office suite, including MS Visio and MS PowerPoint.