Position: Network Security Firewall Fortinet L3Locations: Salisbury, NC Day 1 ONSITE NO FLEXIBILITY AT ALLRate : $50-55/hr 12 ROLES TO FILL IMMEDIATE NEED Job Description Network Security Consultant The ideal candidate will have deep experience of networking technologies, such as Routing and switching, Firewalls, proxy, GNAC, IDS/IPS, routing, switching, managing heterogeneous environment & generate metrics related to Security, Network performance, capacity, availability, failure rates, and will also have a strong background in network performance management, service delivery and strategic operations planning with a strong technical orientation & creative in problem solving. Required Qualifications and Experience: " Minimum 5+ years of working in a Network / Telecommunications role, with expert level experience with Routing and Switching , Firewall Management, Proxy Management, IDS/IPS Management, NAC Management, SD-WAN, VPN, Firewalls, etc technologies" Experience with technologies Forti Manager, FortiAnalyzer, Fortinet Firewalls and Fortinet SD-WAN is must." Experience with SDWAN technologies is must." Experience of working in a multi-cultural, virtual team, across multiple geographical regions" Experience with technologies such as: Cisco VPN, Any connect, Aruba GNAC & ClearPass" Ability to complete project with in time" Extensive support of Routing Protocols/Technologies such BGP,OSPF, Logical Overlay, IOS-XR, MPLS VPN, Multicast." Strong understanding of application communication methodologies." Ability to perform TCP/IP Network traces/packet captures with solid experience interpreting results." High level of confidence and competence communicating on bridges." Solid background in vendor management to drive incident resolution." Experience with monitoring tools and strategies" Execute and analyze packet captures using Wireshark and other related technologies." Perform or participate in complex maintenance or deployment activities." Create or modify documentation in response to new events and learnings." Excellent customer focus and engagement skills " Ability to develop solutions within a complex operational environment " Excellent verbal and written communications skills" Advanced knowledge of technical/business environment and problem determination strategies" Develops and maintains standard operating Key responsibilities include: " This is a hands-on technical role:" " Independently own the Security Infrastructure support solving complex issues and suggest design modifications as appropriate Ensure SLAs are met - Responsible for performance analysis, proactive troubleshooting and capacity planning for the Security platforms Perform monitoring and maintenance of overall environment working with experienced team members Perform change controls. Update process documentation and team portals- Participate in troubleshooting, capacity planning and analysis, performance analysis & Root Cause Analysis Communicate with peers and managers regarding system issues & participate in 24x7 on-call Automate operational tasks to make processes simpler and more robust Ability to handle multiple complex tasks in a dynamic environment, with tight deadlines concurrently." Refresh heat-maps and operations plans for campus network Security connectivity" Monitor and analyze statistical data to develop improvement plans for network Security and application performance " Provide an effective network Security capacity plan" Develop and monitor global weekly and monthly trending reports by business sectors to justify future growth Additional Responsibilities Include: " Oversees and directs all aspects of the 24/7/365 mission critical network/telecommunication infrastructure operations; including planning, supporting, and maintaining functions" Serves as the senior-level escalation point for network operations to resolve critical incidents " Maintains policy and procedures manual, conducts monthly service review meetings with key stakeholders" Provides leadership, management, direction, and technical oversight for the network Security operations department procedure manual and processes used by the team Additional Responsibilities. Working experience in any public ( Azure, GCP, Oracle , Aws or others) or hybrid cloud Experience on Cloud native or third party firewalls on cloud Azure or AWS networking ( NSG, UDR, VPC , Net, Route63 and others)