Skills

Communication Firewalls Encryption Splunk Monitoring Networking Effective Communication Windows

Job Specifications

Sector: Public Sector / Government

Job Title: Network and Firewall Specialist

Type: Contractor

Location: Reading (onsite)

Duration: 12 months

Vetting: DV security clearance

Role: Network and Firewall Specialist

TOP 3 REQUIREMENTS

1. Juniper

2. Experience installing Switches and Firewalls

3. Technical background

Essential:

• Strong understanding of network fundamentals and troubleshooting processes.

• Experience working with Juniper Virtual Chassis and Clustering technology.

o Juniper most essential.

• Experience with configuring/troubleshooting EVPN/VXLAN on Juniper equipment.

• Experience of configuring GRE tunnels and Routing Instances/VRFs.

• Experience of PKI / certificate generation and renewal.

• Networking: strong routing skills (OSPF, BGP), firewall configuration, WAN/LAN design, device clustering, high availability.

• Juniper Technologies: EX, QFX, switch configuration, SRX, vSRX firewall and policy config, Junos Space, Security Director, Apstra.

• Security Platforms: FortiGate, F5 BIG-IP (Load Balancing / AWAF), Pulse Secure / Ivanti, high-grade encryption.

• Identity & Access Management: Cisco ISE (full lifecycle), Windows NPS (RADIUS / 802.1X).

• Monitoring & Observability: SolarWinds, Splunk.

• Core Network Services: IPAM, DHCP, DNS.

• Effective communication with technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Desirable:

• Juniper and Cisco certification but experience is more important.

• Data Centre experience advantageous.

• Extreme Switch knowledge desirable.

Working arrangement:

• Willingness to work flexibly and to occasionally work evenings and weekends where exceptional circumstances require it.

• Travel to remote sites when required which may involve overnight stays.

• Part of on call rota.

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