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Senior Technical Specialist Firewalls (TDG) Grade 12

Location: Leicester

Salary/Rate: Up to £45,084

Type: Permanent

Closing Date:

Job Reference: 4772478

Senior Technical Specialist (Firewalls) Leicester up to £45,084

Your new company

Hays Recruitment have partnered with Leicestershire County Council in the search for a Senior Technical Specialist with strong knowledge of firewalls, ideally with Cisco knowledge.

As the SME in the team, you will lead on the operational management and administration of the corporate firewall infrastructure. Working alongside other specialists, you will bring extensive firewall skills and expertise to help support this critical infrastructure.
Mentoring and guiding technical specialists and other technical staff is key as part of the knowledge sharing ethos within the team.

You will also be expected to co-ordinate small teams of technicians to deliver new services and service improvements.

Your new role will involve

  • To own, support, install and administer corporate firewall and perimeter security solutions
  • Liaise with customers and appropriate IT staff
  • Advise on technical and security standards to ensure compliance, security of systems and services to maintain high service availability.
  • The role will involve a varying combination of line management duties and in-depth technical knowledge and understanding across a range of IT infrastructure services.
  • To co-ordinate small teams of technicians across I&T to deliver new services and service improvements.
  • Work in a technical operations team that is responsible for the following technologies:
  • Hyper-Converged Systems (HCI)
  • Infrastructure Security
  • SQL Database Administration
  • System Backup Management & Administration
  • Server administration (Windows, Solaris, Linux, VMWare)
  • File Structure and Permission Management
  • Facilities Management
  • Security Testing
  • Disaster Recovery

What you need to succeed

  • In depth experience of firewalls, ideally Cisco / Checkpoint
  • Demonstrable experience in perimeter security
  • Demonstrable experience with the principles and concepts of firewalls
  • Experience upgrading, managing and monitoring firewalls
  • Strong understanding of storage infrastructure
  • Strong understanding of virtual infrastructure
  • MS knowledge
  • Strong desire to future proof perimeter security against future threats
  • Ability to mentor and knowledge share
There will be occasional out of hours requirements for planned works or major incidents, therefore you will need to be within an hour of the location and have your own transport.

Sponsorship is not available for this role


What you need to do now

If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.

If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career.

- Rachel Thorley

Contact: Rachel Thorley

Office: 3rd Floor, One Colmore Square,

Phone: 0333 010 2607

Email: rachel.thorley@hays.com

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