Astersol - Network Engineer - Firewall/Routing & Switching

Job Description :

- Support, configure and manage network security devices (Palo Alto, Fortigate and Cisco firewalls, with some other vendors also included)

- Maintain and improve documentation of customers' network environments

- Provide Level 2/3 support and troubleshooting to resolve technical issues

- Work within change management policies to ensure success of changes

- Implement security tools, policies and procedures as appropriate

- Co-ordinate with vendors and other IT teams to resolution

Qualifications :

Technical skills and experience :

- Cisco CCNP (BGP Enterprise level) or Palo Alto PCNSE certification

- 5 years relevant experience supporting network technologies

- Experience supporting and configuring a range of network devices and technologies (firewalls, switches, load balancers, VPNs etc.)

- Excellent communications skills, written and verbal

- Experience of Azure and/or AWS, Enterprise Networking and Data Centre Environments

- Experience conducting network audits

Beneficial skills and experience :

- IT Degree or equivalent combination of qualifications and experience

- Experience across a range of network vendors - Cisco, Palo Alto, Juniper, FortiGate

- Learn new technologies fast

- ITIL familiarization

The Candidate :

- Decisive, dynamic, and capable of delivering to a high standard despite constraints that may be in place

- Conscientious, trustworthy, and capable of organising and delivering on tasks with little direction

- Strong troubleshooting and communications skills are an absolute necessity

- Capable of adjusting their approach for the varied customers supported

- Process-oriented with great attention to detail