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Technical Specialist Firewalls

Job Posted: 15 days ago

Salary: £ 35,451 - 36,612 / 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 Technical Specialist with knowledge of firewalls. This is an ideal role if you are looking to expand and develop your knowledge of firewalls with plenty of development opportunities.

Working as part of a team of 4, you will be responsible for maintaining and supporting the IT infrastructure to ensure that services are reliable, resilient and provide value for money. You will be primarily responsible for the management, monitoring and upgrading of both on-prem and virtual firewalls and perimeter security. You will be able to demonstrate a strong understanding of the concept and principles of firewalls. The team has a strong ethos of knowledge sharing to support your development.
Your new role will involve:
The role encompasses the following

Support, configure and administer corporate firewall and perimeter security platforms 
Liaise with customers and appropriate IT staff 
Follow technical and security standards to ensure cost-effective, secure and high availability of systems. 
Support, install and implement IT infrastructure solutions 
Configure, test and install operating systems and hardware using supplier recommendations and best practice across a range of platforms. 
Assist in the design and build process of IT infrastructure solutions 
Work in a team of IT technicians with a broad range of technologies including:
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:

Strong understanding and interest in firewalls and networks
Demonstrable experience in perimeter security
Demonstrable experience with the principles and concepts of firewalls
Experience upgrading, managing and monitoring firewalls
Understanding of storage infrastructure 
Understanding of virtual infrastructure
MS / SQL knowledge

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

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