Senior Technical Specialist
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 coordinate small teams of technicians to deliver new services and service improvements.
Responsibilities
* 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 and security, maintaining high service availability
* Manage a combination of line management duties and in-depth technical knowledge across a range of IT infrastructure services
* Coordinate small teams of technicians across I&T to deliver new services and service improvements
* Work in a technical operations team responsible for: 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
Qualifications
* 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 prove perimeter security against future threats
* Ability to mentor and knowledge share
* Occasional out-of-hours requirements for planned works or major incidents; therefore you 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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