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Senior Technical Specialist Firewalls (TDG) Grade 12

Job Posted: 16 days ago

Salary: £ 43,860 - 45,084 / Annum
Job Type: Permanent
Location: Leicester, Leicestershire

Expire in: 12 days

Job Description

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 
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