The Company

A leading supplier of global financial trading software. The company has offices in New York, London, Paris, Tokyo and Hong Kong with development centres located in each major region. The company is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is globally renowned for its financial software products. Their applications are sold in all of the world’s major financial centres to top-tier investment banks.

When combined with the implementation skills of more than 150 experienced specialists, the company’s trading platform has become the natural choice for the majority of the world’s top tier investment banks.

The Role

– Pro-actively monitor and maintain the Network Security Infrastructure

– Implement firewall changes

– Take ownership of any network security issues and own them through to resolution

– Participate and manage business driven projects, liaising with stakeholders

– Design technical solutions

– Liaise with 3rd party suppliers ensuring faults are logged and that SLAs are met

– Document any new systems implemented

– Contribute to business continuity planning and disaster recovery testing

– Deal with 3rd line global network issues

– Provide ongoing maintenance of key systems as required

– Optional participation in an out of hours on-call support rota

Requirements

– Experienced in supporting and implementing 802.1x NAC technologies

– Experience of working with multi-vendor firewalls

– Security Information and Event Management tools

– Knowledge of network management and event monitoring tools

– CCNP level experiencequalification

– Significant hands-on experience working in a complex networking environment

– Ability to perform required maintenance, installation and upgrades to switches and routers

– In-depth knowledge of understanding TCPIP and networking security concepts

– A good understanding of secure WAN environments including EPNs, VPNs and point-to-point links

– Methodical and logical approach to troubleshooting

– Knowledge of Email Gateways and Web Proxy Servers

– Excellent communication skills (both written and verbal)

– Team player

– Experience in supporting highly available, low latency environments

– Advanced knowledge of network debugging tools and packet capturing

– Ability to take ownership of delegated tasks and see these through to completion

– The successful Candidate will also have had exposure to at least two of the following:

– Intrusion Prevention Systems

– Application ControlData Loss Prevention systems

– Vulnerability AssessmentsPenetration testing

– QoS products

– VoIP in an Avaya environment

– Remote Access solutions

Job Owner: c.rogers (23148)

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