Description:
Responsible for the planning, provision, deployment, installation, configuration and optimization of the network’s security including hardware and software components in the aim of safeguarding networks infrastructure against cyber interruptions.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design, configure, implement, and maintain network security and associated software and hardware such as routers, switches, firewalls, intrusion detection/intrusion prevention, anti-virus, cryptography systems, SIEM, Anti-SPAM, and MDM.
- Ensure network security best practices are implemented through auditing.
- Maintain network architecture security as per the security policy.
- Analyze and recommend architectural networking systems.
- Conduct periodic network monitoring and intrusion detection analysis.
- Design, plan, review, and monitor the security arrangements for the protection of the network.
- Identify, monitor, and define the requirements of the overall security of the network and create different ways to solve the existing threats and security networking issues.
- Configure and implement intrusion detection systems and firewalls.
- Supervise the configuration and installation of new networking software and hardware.
- Test and check the network for weaknesses in software and hardware.
- Maintain firewalls, virtual private networks, web protocols, and email security.
- Maintain virus and threat detection systems.
- Determine latest technologies and processes that improve the overall security of the network.
- Use industry-standard analysis criteria to test the security level of the network.
- Develop tracking documents to note network vulnerabilities.
- Modify the technical, legal, and regulatory aspects of the network security.
- Define and maintain network security policies and protocols for greater efficiency against any threat or malfunctions.
- Occasionally replace the security network protocol and architecture.
- Configure and optimize network hubs, routers, and switches (e.g., higher-level protocols, tunneling).
- Develop and implement network backup and recovery procedures.
- Implement new network design procedures, test procedures, and quality standards.
- Integrate new systems into existing network architecture.
- Patch network vulnerabilities to ensure that information is safeguarded against outside parties.
- Provide feedback on network requirements, including network architecture and infrastructure.
- Test and maintain network infrastructure, including software and hardware devices.
- Proven capability of performing penetration testing
Education and Certification:
- Bachelor’s degree in information technology, information security, network security or Electronics Engineering.
- Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) / Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) preferred.
- CCNP: Certified Network Professional Security preferred
- CompTIA Network+
- FCNSP: Fortinet Certified Network Security Professional
- CCNA Routing and Switching certification.
- EC-Council Certified Security Analyst