Network Security Administrator

Position: Network Security Administrator

Location: Montreal QC (Hybrid)

Employment Type: Full-Time

Experience Required: 10 + Years

Position Overview:

Network professional with experience in firewalls, VPNs, cloud security, routing, switching, and L3 support. Skilled in Fortinet/Palo Alto, GCP networking, incident management, and automation using Python/Ansible. Strong troubleshooting, network security, and stakeholder communication skills.

Key Responsibilities:

• Communicate and coordinate designs and documentation with external vendors and internal technology focused teams, including senior management
• Lead the on boarding, deployment, and integration of Secure IoT firewalls into business-as-usual systems and processes
• Lead operational support for multiple network security solutions (e.g. GCP cloud native firewalls and/or Fortinet / Palo Alto third-party vendor solutions)
• L3 operational support, including incident management and troubleshooting advanced issues and collaborating with technology peers internally and externally (e.g. vendors)
• Implement monitoring of products and services to ensure a healthy and resilient infrastructure
• Potential for off hour coverage via mobile phone (e.g. as part of an operational on call system)
• Creation/supplementation of operational runbooks
• Assist in knowledge transfer (e.g. training global teammates via video recordings)

Required Skills:

• Knowledge and experience with common network security solutions (e.g. firewalls, Virtual Private Networks (VPNs), Network Address Translation (NAT), etc.)
• Knowledge of packet filtering and stateful packet inspection
• Knowledge and experience in cloud environments
• Scripting in any of the popular languages or tools (e.g. shell scripts, Python, Ansible, GitHub, Data pipeline, integration with third party vendor APIs)
• Knowledge of fundamental on networking (e.g. routing, switching, VLANs, etc.)
• Experience with host security (e.g., iptables, host-based firewalls)
• Familiarity with Change Management and incident response techniques

Soft skills:

• Active interest in IT Security and general knowledge of Information Security
• Excellent written and oral communication skills; fluent English is required
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills; capable of writing documentation, making presentations to internal audience, and interacting positively with management, colleagues and customers
• Independent problem-solving, highly motivated, and self-directing
• Comfortable working in an engineering and support team with potential for heavy end user interaction
• Ability to handle constantly changing flow of traffic; remain productive during slow times, be able to multitask effectively during busy times, exercise patience and professionalism during stressful situations.

Desired Skills:

• Experience with any of the firewall platforms: Fortinet, Palo Alto, Juniper, etc.
• Understanding of networking and routing protocols (e.g. static routing, BGP, etc.)
• Strong understanding of networking fundamentals (OSI model, TCP Stack, network design)
• Experience in customer support and experience in interacting with business users