Network Security Operations Manager

You are looking for a highly capable Network Security Operations Manager to lead, manage, and enhance the organization's network security infrastructure and operations. In this role, you will be responsible for managing key security technologies such as firewalls, proxies, VPNs, NAC, DNS security, WAF, EDR & Data Security, and ensuring operational governance and compliance. Your hands-on experience in managing large-scale network security operations and coordinating with cross-functional and incident response teams will be essential for success. Your responsibilities will include leading day-to-day operations of all network security tools and platforms, such as firewalls, web proxies, VPNs, NAC, DNS security, and WAF. You will ensure continuous monitoring, tuning, and updating of policies and signatures across platforms, as well as manage security device configurations, rule optimization, and lifecycle management. Additionally, you will be responsible for ensuring adherence to security compliance requirements such as ISO 27001, NIST, GDPR, and internal IT security policies. You will prepare and present periodic audit reports, incident reports, and configuration review summaries, and drive risk assessments and remediation plans for security operations. Team and vendor management, incident response and troubleshooting, as well as driving security hardening and optimization projects will also be part of your role. To qualify for this position, you should hold a Bachelor's or Masters in Computer Science, Information Security, or a related field, along with specific certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CCNP Security, CP, Palo Alto PCNSE, Fortinet NSE, ISO 27001 LA. You should have 10-12 years of experience in network operations, with 3-5 years in a leadership or managerial role. Your skills in firewalls (Checkpoint, Fortinet, Palo Alto, Cisco Firepower), proxies (Netskope, Forcepoint, Zscaler), VPNs (Cloudflare, Cisco AnyConnect, FortiClient, GlobalProtect), NAC (Forescout, Cisco ISE, Aruba ClearPass), DNS security (Cisco Umbrella, Infoblox, Cloudflare DNS), WAF (AWS/Azure WAF, F5, Imperva, Akamai, Cloudflare), and EDR & DS (Crowdstrike, Falcon, Trellix, MS Defender, Sentinel, etc.) will be crucial for this role.,