Network Security Consultant

One of our clients, a global IT consulting firm is looking for aNetwork Security Consultantto be based in Dubai.UAE experienced candidates are preferred.

Network Security Skills

Good understanding of network security architecture in enterprise network environments (Zero trust networks)

Good understanding of Application layer protocols

Good understanding of TCP/IP protocol and its troubleshooting from a network security perspective

Good understanding of DDOS attacks and awareness of DDOS mitigation controls and tools

Good understanding of IPS solutions, mainly Cisco source fire, Checkpoint IPS

NGT Firewalls

Must haveGood knowledgeand experience ofPalo Alto, Checkpoint

Good knowledge and understanding of Palo Alto Panorama

Good knowledge and understanding of Checkpoint security management appliances

Optional: knowledge and experience ofopen-source firewalls such as OPNsense, PFsense

Good understanding and experience of managing multi-factor authentication

Good knowledge and experience of firewall management tools (Algosec, Tufin )

Good knowledge or experience of firewall rules review / remediation-based projects

Understanding of automation in general, any experience or involvement regarding firewall policy change automation will be advantageous

WAF - Web application Firewalls

Good understanding of 3 tier application models

Good understanding of HTTP and other web-based protocols

Knowledge and experience of implementing Big-IP ASM WAF feature for financial organizations

Optional: awareness and knowledge of other cloud based or on-premises WAF solutions

Web Proxy

Knowledge and experience of managing Bluecoat web proxy, DLP , web isolation, AV or any other security controls

Good to have knowledge and experience of Zscaler web proxy solution

Automation

Knowledge and understanding of DevOPS/automation concepts (CI/CD, pipelines)

Ansible experience and good understanding

API exposure and understanding

Networking Skills (Routing/Switching)

Good high-level understanding of network architectural designs (legacy 3-tiered model vs leaf/spine)

Good understanding of OSPF / BGP routing protocols

Load balancers skills (Big-IP F5 knowledge/experience or any other opensourceload balancers (Haproxy, traefik etc.)

Good understanding of CDN based service delivery using Akamai or Cloudflare

Governance

Good understanding and experienceof change management within a major global Financial Organization

Good understanding and experience of ITIL framework relevant to incidents and problemmanagement

Management / Monitoring

Good understanding of industry best practices to plan and configure baseline configurations for network security devices

Good understanding of device monitoring via SNMP/ICMP using Solarwinds, NAGIOS, Icinga or other similar NMS tool

Requirements

• UAE experience is a must
• 4+ years of working experience as Network Security Consultant
• Network security architecture experience in enterprise network environments (Zero trust networks)
• Bachelors Degree in IT or any related field
• CISCO certification in networking would be an advantage

To view other vacancies we have,please check our website (www.blackpearlconsult.com) and follow us on our social media accounts -LinkedIn/Facebook/Twitter/Instagram

UAE experience is a must 4+ years of working experience as Network Security Consultant Network security architecture experience in enterprise network environments (Zero trust networks) Bachelor's Degree in IT or any related field CISCO certification in networking would be an advantage