A bit about us
Our main focus at SAS is to help our customers build a better business by blending technology and strategy. Our team also work to provide unique business solutions that directly adds value to our clients’ businesses.
Our clients tell us our people are our greatest strength, and who are we to disagree? We believe in our colleagues, and we make it a priority to reward their hard work. Unlimited holidays, flexible working, and private medical healthcare. These are only some of the amazing things we offer.
About the Role
SAS is looking to add an experienced Cisco Network and Security Engineer to our technical team. You will be the principal engineer on current and future projects for existing and new customers. You will have the freedom to help guide the direction of future network and security practices and offerings. You must be driven and able to work to customer and internal deadlines without additional supervision.
Self-motivation to learn and expand your own ability is a key criterion of being a good fit for the position. Working without several layers of upper management offers the creative freedom to grow without restraints. The role consists of project-based consulting work in pre-sales and delivery. There are currently no day-to-day operational, managed service or on-call requirements.
Day to day responsibilities
The role will involve looking after Security Operations for a range of clients and sectors and responding to any active threats. Some of the daily responsibilities include responding to alerts generated by:
- Own and develop delivery of the company’s security suite and roadmap to current and prospective customers
- Lead the Security roadmap and offerings
- Architect, design and deliver Network & Security solutions of varying complexity to end customers in accordance with technology roadmaps, standards and guidelines
- Customer facing role in which you must translate business needs into technical solutions
- Write and produce SoW’s (Statement of Work) for projects
- Key point of contact for architectural issues in related projects
- Actively engage on ongoing education to expand range of knowledge and expertise
- Work closely with team on solution design and vertical focus
- Malware Detection Platforms (e.g. AV, EDR, XDR)
- Cloud Platforms (e.g. Office 365, GSuite, Azure)
- Web Filtering systems
- Firewalls
- IDS/IPS
- SIEM
Technical skills & experience:
- Acute attention to detail
- Resilient and results oriented
- At a minimum, three years of experience working with and managing Internet traffic and underlying technologies such as DNS
- Cloud experience in Azure,
- Layer 7 firewalls, Vendors include Checkpoint, Juniper, and ideally Palo Alto
- An analytical thinker and keen to keep learning and developing new skills and use your initiative to solve problems
- Personable, customer focused and have the ability to build relationships with customers and colleagues
- A passion for security and technology to be used to identify and solve problems at our clients to improve their security posture
- Ability to keep calm under pressure, as you’ll be remediating major Security incidents and will be expected to lead the response
- Relevant experience
- Knowledge of Cisco processes is highly desired (BoM’s, estimates, TAC, SmartNet etc.)
- 5-7 years’ experience as a Cisco Network and Security Engineer
- CCNP in either R&S or Security
- Design and Delivery of Cisco ISE, Firepower and Duo projects
- Design and Delivery of Cisco network and routing platforms: ios and ios-xe based projects
- Experience with Cisco Wireless. Traditional WLC based and DNA
- Working understanding of Cisco DNA platform
- Network configuration & deployment experience from Design to Delivery
- Knowledge and experience of multiple Firewall technologies and Vendors
- Palo Alto, F5, Checkpoint and Juniper experience is all beneficial
Nice to have
- Bachelor degree qualifications or above in an IT discipline or relevant work experience
- A minimum of five years of experience managing sophisticated, complex computer networks
- Any certifications CCSA or CCSE
- Experience in supporting, coaching, and mentoring your colleagues