Network Security Engineer

Job Title: Network Security Engineer
Contract Type: Permanent
Salary Range: £40,000 to £55,000
Location: Redhill, Surrey

Start Date: ASAP

My client supply 160 million litres of clean water every day to over 735,000 people in parts of Surrey, Kent and South London. Their supply area is 322 square miles extending from Morden and South Croydon in the north to Gatwick Airport in the south and from Cobham, Leatherhead and Dorking in the west to Edenbridge in the east. As you can imagine, Critical National Infrastructure is a key target for those seeking maximum disruption to our everyday lives which is why my client are seeking a Network Security Engineer to bolster their Security maturity.

The Security/Network Engineer will report directly to the Cyber Security Lead and will play an integral role in advising and defining the network structure and security policies.

Job responsibilities:

• Maximise network performance by proactively monitoring performance and troubleshooting network problems and outages.
• Undertake network fault investigations in local and wide area environments using information from multiple sources.
• Lead response activities to minimise the impact of cyber incidents, including technical investigation into the root cause and extent of any damage.
• Provide 3rd line network support, responsible for managing security and network related tickets in the ITSM toolset.
• Support and administer Checkpoint firewall environments.
• Ensure network equipment is kept updated with latest software releases.
• Take a lead role in infrastructure projects and provide support and enhancement to other infrastructure projects which includes implementing new solutions and improving resilience of the current environment.
• Manage business continuity plans, ensuring annual testing and maintenance.
• Communicate at a senior level with key stakeholders to communicate findings, vulnerabilities, provide recommendations to improve network performance.
• Influence development and maintenance of security strategies and policies.

Experience required:

• Proven background and experience within an IT Network and Security based role
• Experience with cloud-based infrastructure (AWS, Azure and MS O365 Security)
• Previous hands on experience of managing firewalls as listed above in a BAU and project environment

Knowledge required:

• Knowledge of security standards and regulations (NIST, ISO 27001, SOC2)
• Working knowledge of;
• Palo Alto
• Checkpoint
• Mimecast
• McAfee ePO
• NetApp
• Microsoft Hyper-V
• In-Depth understanding of networking fundamentals including: Network topology, Layer 2/Layer 3 Switching, VLANs, Routing, VPNs.

If you believe you satisfy some or all of the specification please do no hesitate in applying!