Details

Location - London

Hybrid - 2-3 days / week in office

Duration - Initially 12 months

Rate - Up to £850 per day InsideIR35 via Umbrella

Skills and Experience Required

• Proven experience as a network security architect in the financial services industry
• Define, maintain, and lead the network security architecture across data centre, WAN, cloud.
• Strong understanding of network security principles, including security boundaries, network segmentation, micro-segmentation, and Zero Trust architectures.
• Extensive hands-on experience designing, implementing, and managing Palo Alto and FortiGate firewalls, along with F5 BIG-IP load balancing solutions.
• Proven expertise in deploying and maintaining proxy services and secure web gateway technologies.
• Exposure to SASE and Zero-Trust network transformations with identity-driven segmentation models. .
• Practical experience working with Cisco ACI, including security frameworks, policy enforcement, and network automation models.
• Strong track record in vulnerability management, remediation programmes, and coordinating security incidents and risk mitigation efforts across multiple teams.
• Strong expertise in network routing protocols, secure network architecture, and modern security frameworks, including Zero Trust and network segmentation methodologies.

Nice to have

• Experience leading network security engineering function
• Immediately available
• Any relevant certifications (CCNA / CCSP or Equivalent)
• Exposure to SASE and Zero-Trust network transformations with identity-driven segmentation models.
• Automation experience using Python, Ansible, or infrastructure-as-code approaches for network security tasks.

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