Key ResponsibilitiesProxy Administration: Install, configure, and maintain a diverse range of Fortinet appliances, including FortiProxy, FortiManager, and FortiAnalyzer. Manage and maintain open-source Squid and HAProxy in RedHat Linux environment.Policy Management: Code and implement proxy security policies, URL categorization, and SSL inspection policies.Technical Support & Incidents Resolution: Serve as a Level 2 and 3 engineer to troubleshoot and resolve proxy issues, application-specific web connectivity or user-specific web surfing issues.Technology Lifecycle Management: Manage software upgrades. Evaluate Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) and implement appropriate mitigation strategies. Manage and track End-of-Life (EOL) and End-of-Service-Life (EOSL) for hardware and software components, ensuring timely replacements and upgrades.Traffic Engineering and Optimisation: Code, test and deploy Proxy Auto-Configuration (PAC) files to optimize web traffic routing and improve architecture performance.Automation and Productivity: Solution, lead and drive automation initiatives with developers to optimise productivity and improve user experience.User and BU engagement: Participate in discussions with users and BU – meetings, and gathering information and understanding of their requirements and translate to technical solutions/implementationsProject engagement and BAU initiatives: Lead and manage projects and BAU initiatives. Manage the stakeholders, vendors, design, deliverables, timeline. Documentation and Security Baseline: Prepare technical reports, design documentation, procedural manuals, operations metrics, hardening and security baseline and health checks. Job RequirementsExperience: Minimum 5 years proxy operations and proxy administration role. Hands-on on the proxy management and administration role in network/infrastructure and proxy team.Education: Minimum bachelor's degree in engineering or scienceCertification: CCNA, Firewall Certification (e.g., Fortinet NSE, Palo Alto PCNSE) or Proxy Certifications (Preferred but not mandatory)Have a solid understanding of web proxy technologies (Fortinet FortiProxy, Squid Proxy, BlueCoat Proxy, McAfee Proxy), Fortinet FortiAnalyzer, Fortinet FortiManager, Linux and DNSStrong knowledge of proxy technologies, network security, and secure communication protocols (SSL/TLS), Authentication protocols such as Kerberos, NTLM, LDAP, SAML.Have working experience on Firewalls, DNS, GTM, Load Balancers and Linux systems commands and VI editor.Strong verbal, written, interpersonal communications skillsAbility to work independently and effective as a team playerWillingness to perform scheduled production change implementations during late nights and weekends as required by appropriate change windows.
