Expert Network Security Engineer (Tufin)

Pretoria - South Africa

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Experience Required: 5years

Posted on: 1 hour ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

We are seeking a technically strong engineer with expertise in complex enterprise networks firewall management and systems integration. This role blends operations development and solution design requiring independent troubleshooting integration development and coordination with external providers. The successful candidate must have strong analytical skills and proven experience in highly complex technical environments. Adaptability to evolving technical and operational demands is essential.

Key Responsibilities

Operate maintain and enhance the firewall management platform (commercial and custom-built components).
Develop platform components integrations and automation workflows (Python APIs database queries).
Troubleshoot complex issues across networks systems and applications.
Coordinate delegate and guide external service providers for operational and development work.
Ensure platform stability through patching monitoring performance tuning and risk identification.
Prepare environments for go-live and provide post-deployment support.
Maintain accurate documentation (technical specs procedures training material).
Participate in incident change and problem management processes.
Engage with stakeholders as the technical owner of the platform including international teams.
Participate in standby shift and after-hours operations as required.
Travel internationally for up to two weeks when necessary.

Requirements

Essential Skills

Strong understanding of enterprise networking routing and firewall security architectures.
Advanced troubleshooting across systems networks and applications.
Solid programming skills (Python preferred) and experience with API database and network integrations
Experience delivering and maintaining complex software solutions including automation.
Hands-on experience with operational processes: patching monitoring log analysis performance optimization.
Knowledge of REST APIs scripting and automation frameworks.
Familiarity with enterprise governance processes (incident change problem management).

Advantageous Skills

Experience with firewall rule management platforms (Tufin preferred).
Strong Linux experience; additional scripting/programming skills (Bash JavaScript).
Experience with containers (Docker/Kubernetes).
Experience coordinating work packages with external service providers.
Ability to analyze complex environments and propose improvements.
Strong communication for technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Agile methodologies and release management experience.

Qualifications & Experience

Relevant technical degree (BSc/MSc Computer Science Information Systems BEng in Computer/Electrical/Electronic) or equivalent.
IT diploma candidates with exceptional hands-on experience may be considered.
Minimum 5 years experience in complex technical environments.
Demonstrated practical competence through prior projects portfolio or real-world problem-solving.

Required Skills:

Tufin network security python api javascript agile