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

- Solid 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.

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