Firewall & Network Engineer

Firewall & Network Engineer

Posted 1 day ago by Mexa Solutions

£56 Per hour
Inside
Onsite
Crawley, England, United Kingdom

Summary: The Firewall & Network Engineer role involves the installation and deployment of Fortigate firewalls, zScaler, and Aruba solutions for a leading technology company. This position is project-based and requires full-time on-site work in Crawley for an initial 6-month contract. The role is classified as inside IR35 and offers a daily rate between £400 and £450. Candidates must have a strong background in network engineering and firewall management.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Installation and deployment of Fortigate firewalls, zScaler, and Aruba solutions.
  • Integration and configuration of technical setups.
  • Routing, switching, and management of firewall rules.
  • Providing BAU support at systems admin/systems engineer level.
  • Collaboration with the infrastructure services team during the transition to a new technical environment.

Key Skills:

  • Proven experience as a Network Engineer/Firewall Engineer.
  • Strong experience with Fortigate firewalls, including installation, configuration, and support.
  • Experience with Aruba solutions.
  • Ideally, experience with zScaler.
  • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Salary (Rate): £450.00 daily

City: Crawley

Country: United Kingdom

Working Arrangements: on-site

IR35 Status: inside IR35

Seniority Level: Mid-Level

Industry: IT

Detailed Description From Employer:

Firewall & Network Engineer, with strong background in the installation and deployment of Fortigate firewalls, zScaler and Aruba solutions, is required for a leading technology company for an initial 6 month contract, based in Crawley. This role will be inside IR35 paying from £400 - £450 / day.

Firewall & Network Engineer

Based in Crawley, West Sussex ( full time on site )

Start ASAP

Initial 6 month + contract

£400 - £450 / day (Limited / Umbrella Company)

This position is working inside IR35.

Working within the infrastructure services team for a leading technology company, the Firewall & Network Engineer will be responsible for helping with the transition to a new technical environment. It will be a highly project based role with the installation and deployments along with the integration and configuration of the technical setup of Fortigate firewalls, as well as Aruba wireless solutions. In addition, the Firewall & Network Engineer will be responsible for the routing, switching and firewall rules etc.

Required Skills:

  • Excellent & proven experience as a Network Engineer / Firewall Engineer
  • Excellent BAU support experience at systems admin / systems engineer level
  • Strong experience of Fortigate firewalls – installation, configuration & support
  • Strong experience in Aruba
  • Ideally strong experience of zscaler
  • Excellent communication & stakeholder management experience

This position would suit a Firewall & Network Engineer / Firewall Engineer / Systems Administrator / Systems Admin / Infrastructure Engineer / Systems Engineer, who has strong experience of installation and deployment of Fortigate firewalls, zScaler and Aruba solutions.

This Firewall & Network Engineer position is looking to start ASAP, will be based full time on site in Crawley, paying from £400 - £450 / day (depending upon background and experience) – Limited / Umbrella Company

If you are interested in applying for this position then please forward your CV to bob.bath@mexasolutions.com

To be considered for this role, you must be eligible to live and work in the UK.