L2 Network Security Engineer - Checkpoint

Note
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CANDIDATES FROM BANGALORE LOCATION ONLY SHALL APPLY

Applications from candidates requiring RELOCATION WILL NOT BE ENTERTAINED.

JOB LOCATION
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Bangalore

Notice Period
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15 - 30 days Max

Educational Qualification
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Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field

Network Security Engineer L2 (Checkpoint)

Role Summary
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L2 Network Security Engineers provide advanced operational support for enterprise firewalls and security edge services, handling incident response, complex change implementation, problem management, and service improvements. They act as the primary escalation point from L1 and collaborate with L3/Architecture teams for chronic or design-level issues. They ensure high availability, security posture adherence, and compliance across on prem, hybrid, and cloud-connected networks.

Primary Responsibilities
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Incident Response & Troubleshooting
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- Own P2/P3 incidents end to end; drive P1 bridges as secondary lead when L3 is engaged.

- Perform deep dive packet flow analysis, policy hit-count reviews, session table inspection, and path isolation across multivendor environments.

- Produce RCA reports with corrective & preventive actions (CAPA) within SLA.

Change & Release
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- Implement medium-to-complex firewall policy changes, NAT, VPNs (site-to-site & remote access), SDWAN path policies (if applicable), and object/group design.

- Validate changes via prechecks/post-checks, staged rollouts, maintenance windows, and backout plans.

- Maintain standard change templates and runbooks.

Platform Operations
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- Manage device health (CPU/memory/session utilization), HA pairs/clusters, software updates/hotfixes, backup/restore, and configuration baselines.

- Monitor logs, alerts, and security events, tuning noise vs. signal to improve MTTR.

Security Posture & Compliance
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- Enforce leastprivilege, review unused rules, shadow rules, overly broad objects, and age out exceptions.

- Support audits (SOX, ISO 27001, PCIDSS, etc.), provide evidence, close findings, and maintain policy documentation.

Collaboration & Communication
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- Mentor L1 engineers; create KBs, SOPs, and training snippets.

- Communicate clearly with customers/stakeholders during incidents and changes; provide daily/weekly ops reports.

Vendor Specific Responsibilities
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Checkpoint - L2 Support
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