Senior Network Engineer - Firewall

About Us

We’re the world’s leading provider of secure financial messaging services, headquartered in Belgium. We are the way the world moves value – across borders, through cities and overseas. No other organisation can address the scale, precision, pace and trust that this demands, and we’re proud to support the global economy.

We’re the world’s leading provider of secure financial messaging services, headquartered in Belgium. We are the way the world moves value – across borders, through cities and overseas. No other organisation can address the scale, precision, pace and trust that this demands, and we’re proud to support the global economy.
We’re unique too. We were established to find a better way for the global financial community to move value – a reliable, safe and secure approach that the community can trust, completely. We’re always striving to be better and are constantly evolving in an ever-changing landscape, without undermining that trust. Five decades on, our vibrant community reflects the complexity and diversity of the financial ecosystem.

We innovate diligently, test exhaustively, then implement fast. In a connected and exciting era, our mission has never been more relevant. Swift now has a presence in 200+ countries and legal territories to serve a community of more than 12,000 banks and financial institutions.

• Work with the Product Owner and Squad members to design, develop, test, configure, upgrade, and maintain Fortinet and Checkpoint Firewalls with virtual instances (VDOM/VSX) in line with the agreed requirements
• Work with team to implement and operate your solutions
• Deploy infrastructure and network software according to change management processes
• Collaborate with internal and external customers following Dev Ops/Agile principles and best practices
• Assist in developing and maintaining technical documentation
• Interact and collaborate with other internal teams to ensure excellent customer satisfaction
• Handle issues always focusing on continuous improvement: you will automate, educate and share knowledge transparently.
• Opportunity to develop yourself and others in a true Dev Ops agile environment.
• This position is mission critical and offers flexible work (min. 2 days onsite and max. 3 days from home/per week)
• Weekend deployment activities and on-call on a rotational basis with peer team members (Estimated: One Saturday out of 4 weekends)

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field. Or equivalent work experience.
• 8-10 years of experience in a technical operational support area
• Hands-on experience with Fortinet and Checkpoint Firewalls or similar technologies
• Hand-on experience with Firewall management platforms Forti Manager, Forti Analyzer, Checkpoint Smart-1
• Familiarity with security policy management tools like Algosec Security Management System
• Familiarity with SD-WAN and Zero Trust
• Capable of troubleshooting complex network flows, interconnectivity, performance and configuration issues
• Provisions/executes firewall requests in accordance with security policies and standards on all environments.
• Familiarity with concepts like Zero Touch/Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC)
• Scripting in Shell, Ansible, Python or Perl
• Familiarity with Ansible automation platform to automate tasks
• Familiarity with source code repository like Git, Bitbucket

• Autonomous, driven, with strong ability to quickly adapt and respond to change.
• Customer oriented and quality mindset – we continually strive to deliver true customer value.
• Strong analytical skills, open-minded, solutions oriented, and a true team…