Job Title: Network Analyst
Location: WFH (once on site – Scarborough)
Contract Length: 6 months
Our large financial client is seeking a Network Analyst for the End of Life network project which will see devices being installed/replaced in various countries and data centres (USA,UK,ASIA and Canada). The candidate will work with a project team to execute the various installs/upgrades/migrations of multiple devices including switches, routers, firewalls and various network modules.
As part of the project there will be the need to perform firewall migrations from (Juniper, Cisco ASA) to Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) Cisco FTD and Fortinet FortiGate.
Candidate Value Proposition:
The successful candidate will have the opportunity to gain global experience and work with multiple teams, while having the opportunity to be extended based on their performance and funding.
Typical Day in Role:
– Verify configuration and migration steps via change documents.
– Adjust plan to meet production deployment needs.
– Communicate and collaborate with Project Manager, technical resources and clients to co-ordinate migration timelines, test and validation procedures, scheduling etc.
– Design and build technical solutions for any encountered problem in collaboration with Subject Matter Experts (SME’s)
– Operate and configure network equipment (Switches, Firewalls)
– Migration of firewall rules and configuration from one platform to another.
– Validation of configuration and firewall rules.
– Deployment of defined standards, best practices and guidelines.
Must Have Skills/Requirements:
1) 4+ years of hands on experience in configuration of routing / switching protocols including BGP, OSPF, vPC, VLAN, HSRP, static routes etc.
2) 3+ years of Cisco ACI hands-on experience (Support and Deployment)
3) 3+ years of hands on experience with Cisco FTD, Cisco FMC and Cisco ASA
4) 3+ years of hands on experiencer with Fortinet FortiGate, FortiManager and FortiAnalyzer
5) 3+ years of hands on experience with Juniper Firewall experience (Netscreen and Junos)
6) Previous firewall migration experience between below platforms:
o Cisco ASA to Cisco FTD/Fortinet FortiGate
o Juniper (Junos/NetScreen) to Cisco FTD or Fortinet FortiGate
Nice to Have Skills:
– Some knowledge with Netbrain
– Experience with Postman/Ansible/Python
Education:
Bachelor's degree in a technical field such as computer science, computer engineering