L2 Engineer(Network & Security Firewall)
Job Summary
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As a Networking Managed Services Engineer (L2) at NTT DATA youll take on a developing engineering role where your main goal is to ensure our clients IT infrastructure and systems remain operational. Youll achieve this by proactively monitoring identifying investigating and resolving technical incidents and problems. Youll work closely with our clients and internal teams to ensure that services are restored swiftly in line with our service level agreements (SLAs).
Your day will revolve around reviewing client requests and tickets applying your technical expertise to resolve them efficiently and effectively. Youll be the go-to person for second-line support handling incidents and requests of medium addition to your daily tasks youll have opportunities to contribute to exciting project work from time to time.
Youll proactively monitor work queues execute operational tasks and update tickets with the actions youve taken. Identifying analysing and logging issues before they escalate will be a key part of your role. Youll communicate with other teams and clients to provide support and ensure that changes are executed with clear risk identification and mitigation plans.
As part of the shift handover process youll highlight key tickets and upcoming critical tasks for the next shift. When needed youll escalate tickets to ensure the right focus from our Centres of Excellence (CoE) and other teams. Collaborating with our automation teams youll work on optimizing efforts and automating routine tasks all while coaching our Service desk and L1 teams in both technical and behavioural skills.
Youll also establish monitoring for client infrastructure leading and managing initial client escalations for operational issues. Contributing to the change management process youll log change requests execute approved maintenance activities and audit incident and request tickets for quality. Your insights will drive trend analysis reports identifying tasks suitable for automation to reduce tickets and optimize efforts. You might also support disaster recovery functions and other related tasks as needed.
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Job Description L2 Engineer(Network & Security)
Experience Required: 5-7 Years
Location: Mumbai 24X7 support.
Role Summary
Were looking a skilled Network & Security Engineer to oversee and handle BAU support of a large-scale BFSI network infrastructure spanning multiple data centres. This role demands hands-on expertise in managing firewalls VPNs switches routers load balancers and IDS/IPS systems with a strong focus on availability compliance and proactive threat mitigation.
Responsibilities
- Configure manage and troubleshoot enterprise firewalls (Palo Alto FortiGate Checkpoint) across data canters disaster recovery sites and branch locations.
- Administer perimeter defences VPN gateways and internal segmentation firewalls to ensure secure access and traffic isolation.
- Deploy and maintain advanced security features including IPS/IDS URL filtering vulnerability protection Wildfire and DLP.
- Handle L2-level configuration and support for load balancers enabling high availability traffic steering WAF and SSL offloading.
- Maintain redundant fault-tolerant infrastructure across multi-DC environments.
- Handle incident response and resolution for network and security events.
- Implement remediation plans for identified vulnerabilities.
- Should have knowledge of regulatory standards such as RBI ISO 27001 and PCI-DSS.
- Required Skills & Expertise:
- Palo Alto (Panorama Wildfire Threat Prevention)
- Fortinet FortiGate (VPN HA policy management)
- VPN protocols (IPSec SSL VPN Remote Access)
- Routing & Switching fundamentals (especially BGP)
Strong understanding of:
- Firewall and load balancer technologies
- TCP packet capture and analysis
- Cloud and hybrid network security (AWS Azure GCP)
- Excellent communication skills for client interactions and OEM TAC coordination
Certifications (Good to have)
- PCNSE (Palo Alto Networks Certified Security Engineer)
- Fortinet NSE4 or NSE7
- CCNP (Routing/Security)
- ITIL Foundation
- Cloud security certifications (AWS/Azure)
Experience
- 57 years in network and security operations
- Minimum 4 years managing Palo Alto and Fortinet firewalls along with core routing/switching in enterprise or BFSI environments
- Experience in regulated financial sectors is highly desirable
- Proven success in managing high-availability multi-DC infrastructures
Workplace type:
Hybrid WorkingAbout NTT DATA
NTT DATA is a $30 billion business and technology services leader serving 75% of the Fortune
Global 100. We are committed to accelerating client success and positively impacting society through
responsible innovation. We are one of the worlds leading AI and digital infrastructure providers with
unmatched capabilities in enterprise-scale AI cloud security connectivity data centers and
application services. Our consulting and industry solutions help organizations and society move
confidently and sustainably into the digital future. As a Global Top Employer we have experts in more
than 70 countries. We also offer clients access to a robust ecosystem of innovation centers as well as
established and start-up partners. NTT DATA is part of NTT Group which invests over $3 billion each
year in R&D.
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NTT DATA is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer with a global culture that embraces diversity. We are committed to providing an environment free of unfair discrimination and harassment. We do not discriminate based on age race colour gender sexual orientation religion nationality disability pregnancy marital status veteran status or any other protected category. Join our growing global team and accelerate your career with us. Apply today.
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