Network Security Engineer

Outstanding long-term contract opportunity! A well-known Financial Services Company is looking for a Network Security Engineer

Local Candidates are preferred

Contract Duration : 12 Months to start (Strong chance of FTE)

w-2 only

Required Skills & Experience

• Experience with Palo Alto, Fortinet, and Check Point firewalls.
• 4+ years of Information Security Engineering experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following : work or consulting experience, training, military experience, education.
• What You Will Be Doing : Firewall Management : Configure, maintain, and troubleshoot Palo Alto, Fortinet, and Check Point firewalls to secure the organizations network.
• Policy Development : Design and implement firewall rules, access control policies, and NAT configurations to ensure compliance with security standards and business requirements.
• Monitoring & Optimization : Conduct regular performance monitoring, rule base reviews, and policy cleanups to enhance efficiency and eliminate redundancies.
• Network Architecture : Collaborate with network architects to design scalable, secure, and highly available network solutions.
• Automation & Reporting : Develop scripts and tools to automate firewall policy updates and generate detailed security reports.
• Scripting, automation and development using Ansible and Perl