Senior Network Security Engineer - Forti Gate and F5

A leading financial services provider is seeking a Senior Network Security Engineer with advanced Forti Gate and F5 expertise to join its team on an initial twelve-month contract.

Joining a collaborative network security engineering team, you will deliver network security changes and project initiatives across a large, complex enterprise environment. This hands-on role will involve building, configuring, deploying and upgrading firewall, load-balancing and network infrastructure, as well as improving performance, resilience and security.

You will also produce high-level and detailed designs, assess technical risks and provide specialist advice to technology and business stakeholders.

To be successful in this role you will need:

- Tertiary qualifications and/or relevant vendor certifications
- Extensive network and security engineering experience gained within large, complex environments, ideally within financial services
- Advanced hands-on experience with Forti Gate firewalls, including builds,



configuration, routing, security policies and compliance
- Strong F5 experience across LTM, GTM and APM, including load-balancing solutions, proxies and authentication profiles
- Enterprise routing and switching expertise covering technologies such as BGP, OSPF etc
- Experience developing high-level and detailed network security designs
- Knowledge of IPS/IDS technologies, including policy configuration, implementation and event analysis
- Automation and scripting experience using technologies such as Python, Ansible or Terraform
- Excellent troubleshooting, stakeholder engagement and communication skills
- The ability to work autonomously while contributing effectively within a cooperative team

This Sydney-based position offers hybrid working arrangements, with a minimum of two days per week in the office.

An attractive daily rate is available.

📌 Senior Network Security Engineer - FortiGate and (New South Wales)
🏢 Talent
📍 New South Wales