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Looking for a Network Security Engineer

Location: South Africa

Job Type: Full-time

Description:

Our client based in the Northern Suburbs, is currently looking for a Network Security Engineer to join their team.

Responsibilities:

Give input on best practice security standards on new systems, network design, and respective third-party integrations. Support and maintain all network security devices across multiple sites (Globally). Create and maintain documentation as it relates to network configurations, security architecture and best practice principles.

• Daily administration of firewall rules, IPS Policies and Filters via change control procedures.
• Monitor performance, logs, reports and alerts of potential threats or attempted breaches related to security incidents and remediate accordingly.
• Collaborate with management and department leaders to assess near and long-term network security assessments, vulnerabilities and risks.
• Perform and assist with vulnerability scans and penetration tests.
• Willing to travel and be on standby.

Key Competencies and Qualifications:

• Strong problem solving and analytical skills. Ability to seek out vulnerabilities in IT infrastructures
• A deep understanding of how hackers work and ability to keep up to date with the fast pace of change in the criminal cyber-underworld.
• Ability to use logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of IT systems.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to take responsibility and be decisive.
• Ability to work within a small team.
• Effective planning and organizational skills.
• Ability to work under pressure.
• Formal Cisco certification ideal CCNA (Security).
• Minimum of 5 years networks security support experience.
• Must have experience in the areas of vulnerability threat management, cyber security, and supporting management tools and technologies such as Cisco ASA, Intrusion Prevention, FirePOWER- and FireSIGHT Manager, Qualys and Splunk.

Interested candidates please apply.