Role Objective
Ensure the security, efficiency, and availability of the organization’s network by managing firewalls, IPS, proxies, and monitoring tools across on-premises and cloud environments. The role requires strong expertise in configuration, maintenance, optimization, and automation of security infrastructures, with a strong focus on Fortinet solutions.
Required Technical Skills
Essential:
- 5–6 years of experience in supporting and managing firewalls, IPS, and proxies in global corporate environments.
- Fortinet expertise:
- FortiGate: Configuration, administration, and firewall maintenance.
- FortiManager: Centralized management of devices and security policies, enabling mass changes and consistency across multiple FortiGate devices.
- FortiAnalyzer: Log analysis, threat detection, compliance reporting, auditing, and support for security decisions.
- Other Firewalls: Palo Alto, Cisco.
- Bluecoat / Proxies: Web traffic management, filtering, and secure browsing.
- Advanced Networking: TCP/IP, NAT, VLANs, subnets, routing – required to design and implement firewall policies aligned with network topology.
- ITIL and Project Management: Understanding operational processes, change control, and coordination with cross-functional teams and clients.
- Certifications: Any Fortinet or firewall-related certification is highly desirable.
Technical & Behavioral Competencies
Mandatory:
- Operational support and troubleshooting of firewalls
- Resolve connectivity and security incidents.
- Diagnose access issues or firewall policy failures.
- FortiManager and FortiAnalyzer management
- Centralized configuration of policies and rules.
- Generate compliance and security reports.
- Monitor and analyze events to detect threats.
- Migrations and secure connectivity
- Implement infrastructure changes.
- Configure VPN tunnels and firewall rules to ensure secure traffic.
- Basic automation / scripting
- Create scripts for deployment or configuration adjustments.
- Avoid repetitive manual tasks (e.g., leveraging FortiManager API).
- Collaboration with clients and engineering teams
- Enhance security in both cloud and on-premises platforms.
- Participate in critical incidents and security reviews.
- Documentation and best practices
- Create network diagrams, configuration manuals, and incident reports.
Desirable:
- Fortinet Certifications (NSE 4, NSE 5, etc.).
- Additional experience in automation and advanced scripting.
Key Responsibilities
- Firewall Administration: Configure, troubleshoot, update, and optimize firewall rule bases.
- Fortinet Management:
- FortiManager: Centralized management of multiple FortiGate devices.
- FortiAnalyzer: Log analysis, security reporting, and threat detection.
- Automation: Develop automation to reduce manual errors and improve efficiency.
- Migrations:
- Execute network changes and account migrations with minimal downtime.
- Documentation & Communication:
- Prepare RCA (Root Cause Analysis) for incidents.
- Create and maintain network topology diagrams.
- Coordinate with clients, vendors, and security teams.
Role Expectations
The candidate must be able to:
- Understand existing infrastructure: Map firewalls, policies, and connectivity.
- Meet project deadlines: Deliver migrations and solutions on time.
- Troubleshoot independently: Diagnose and resolve incidents without supervision.
- Support migrations and decommissioning: Move services and systems without impacting operations.
- Provide recommendations: Suggest security and automation improvements in alignment with client security/AWS teams.
Fortinet-Focused Summary
This role is highly Fortinet-centric, requiring expertise in:
- FortiGate: Firewall configuration and administration.
- FortiManager: Centralized device and policy management at scale.
- FortiAnalyzer: Log analysis, security reporting, and compliance auditing.
- Automation: Leveraging scripts and APIs to improve efficiency and security.
- Documentation & Collaboration: Preparing reports, diagrams, and working closely with cross-functional security teams.
In summary: The candidate must be a Fortinet specialist capable of operating, analyzing, automating, and enhancing network security infrastructures in a general corporate environment, while also supporting Palo Alto, Cisco, and Bluecoat proxies.
If you are interest to applied please send a resume tu omar.delaguilamartinez-external@tcs.com