Network Security Engineer – Fortinet/Palo Alto

Network Security Engineer

Location: Montreal, QC (Hybrid – 3 Days Onsite Mandatory)

Duration: 12 Months

Interview Process: Face-to-Face Interview Required

Profiles Required: Montreal Local Candidates Only

Job Responsibilities

• Communicate and coordinate designs and documentation with external vendors and internal technology-focused teams, including senior management.
• Lead the onboarding, deployment, and integration of Secure IoT firewalls into business-as-usual systems and processes.
• Lead operational support for multiple network security solutions including GCP cloud-native firewalls and Fortinet/Palo Alto solutions.
• Provide L3 operational support including incident management, troubleshooting advanced issues, and collaborating with internal and external technology teams/vendors.
• Implement monitoring solutions to ensure healthy and resilient infrastructure.
• Participate in off-hour operational on-call support when required.
• Create and supplement operational runbooks and documentation.
• Assist in knowledge transfer and training for global teams through recordings and documentation.

Required Technical Skills

• Strong experience with network security solutions such as:
  • Firewalls
  • VPNs
  • NAT
  • Packet filtering
  • Stateful packet inspection
• Experience working in cloud environments.
• Scripting knowledge using:
  • Shell scripting
  • Python
  • Ansible
  • GitHub
  • Data pipelines
  • Third-party vendor API integrations
• Strong networking fundamentals:
  • Routing
  • Switching
  • VLANs
• Experience with host security including iptables and host-based firewalls.
• Familiarity with change management and incident response techniques.

Soft Skills

• Strong interest and understanding of IT Security and Information Security concepts.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal and documentation skills.
• Ability to present to internal stakeholders and interact with management, customers, and peers.
• Independent problem-solving and self-driven attitude.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced engineering and support environment.
• Strong multitasking and incident-handling capability.

Desired Skills

• Experience with firewall platforms:
  • Fortinet
  • Palo Alto
  • Juniper
• Understanding of routing protocols including:
  • Static Routing
  • BGP
• Strong understanding of:
  • OSI Model
  • TCP/IP Stack
  • Network Design
• Customer support and business-user interaction experience.

Experience Required

• 8–10 years of Network Security Administration experience.
• Financial Services industry experience preferred.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, IT, or equivalent required.