Network Security Consultant

Network Security Consultant The ideal candidate will have deep experience of networking technologies, such as Routing and switching, Firewalls, proxy, GNAC, IDS/IPS, routing, switching, managing heterogeneous environment & generate metrics related to Security, Network performance, capacity, availability, failure rates, and will also have a strong background in network performance management, service delivery and strategic operations planning with a strong technical orientation & creative in problem solving. Required Qualifications and Experience: • Minimum 5+ years of working in a Network / Telecommunications role, with expert level experience with Routing and Switching , Firewall Management, Proxy Management, IDS/IPS Management, NAC Management, SD-WAN, VPN, Firewalls, etc technologies • Experience with technologies Forti Manager, FortiAnalyzer, Fortinet Firewalls and Fortinet SD-WAN is must. • Advanced troubleshooting on the full range of Fortinet products • Hands on experience with Azure Enterprise-scale reference architecture • Fortinet Certified Professional certification or relevant Fortinet NSE certifications preferred. • Strong technical knowledge of networking systems, protocols, firewalls, load balancers, and VPN technologies. • Experience with network monitoring and troubleshooting tools. • Proficiency in recording and interpreting TCP/IP packet captures. Knowledge and education: • Bachelors degree in computer science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field • 5+ years of experience designing and planning Azure environments in enterprise environments including application dependencies, client presentation mechanisms, network con Key responsibilities include: • This is a hands-on technical role: • Independently own the Security Infrastructure support solving complex issues and suggest design modifications as appropriate. • Ensure SLAs are met - Responsible for performance analysis, proactive troubleshooting and capacity planning for the Security platforms. • Perform monitoring and maintenance of overall environment working with experienced team members. • Perform change controls. Update process documentation and team portals • Participate in troubleshooting, capacity planning and analysis, performance analysis & Root Cause Analysis. - Communicate with peers and managers regarding system issues & participate in 24x7 on-call. - Automate operational tasks to make processes simpler and more robust. - Ability to handle multiple complex tasks in a dynamic environment, with tight deadlines concurrently. • Refresh heat-maps and operations plans for campus network Security connectivity • Monitor and analyze statistical data to develop improvement plans for network Security and application performance • Provide an effective network Security capacity plan • Develop and monitor global weekly and monthly trending reports by business sectors to justify future growth.