Network Security Engineer in Manchester

Network Security Engineer

Up to £70,000

Hybrid – Manchester

One of Microsoft’s inner circle partners who provide Professional and Managed Services to Enterprise and mid-market organisations are currently growing their Network Security team. They are a well-known and accredited infrastructure, cloud, and security specialist with a taste for innovation.

The organisation is in a period of growth, utilising best-in-class technology, and solutions to deliver second-to-none services to customers requiring Network security support. This role has become available because of pure growth of the Network Security team thanks to the success they’ve had over the past year.

If you have a good understanding of the Network Security landscape, strong experience designing, implementing, and maintaining network infrastructure, this could be a great opportunity for you.

The Role:

The position work closely reports into the Senior Network Operations Manager and works closely with the Network Infrastructure team and the internal systems team.

You will be pivotal to the design, maintenance, and improvement of the overall Network security posture. You will deliver support through the implementation of policies and procedures, monitoring and analysis of network infrastructure and regularly reviewing network configurations.

Responsibilities:

• Design, implement and maintain security measures across the Network infrastructure
• Reviewing network configurations and device hardening
• Ensuring compliance with industry best practice
• Development and maintenance of vulnerability management programs (Pen-testing, risk assessment, remediation planning)
• Designing and implementing network segmentation strategies to enhance network security and isolate sensitive data
• Conducting and organising security assessments including vulnerability scanning and penetration testing
• Providing expert guidance on security related alerts and incidents

Key Experience:

• experience in network security engineering (Cisco & Fortinet experience desired)
• with access control, VLANS and network segmentation techniques
• with pen-testing frameworks, security assessments and scanning tools
• to configure detection/prevention systems and firewalls

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