We are seeking a highly skilled Network Engineer with a primary focus on network audits and compliance. This role involves conducting comprehensive network audits, ensuring governance and security standards are maintained, and supporting operational network activities. The position is audit-driven (70%), with hands-on network operations responsibilities (30%). The successful candidate will play a critical role in maintaining network integrity, mitigating risks, and ensuring audit readiness.
Key Responsibilities:
Audit & Compliance (70%):
- Conduct regular and ad-hoc network audits across switches, routers, firewalls, access points, and other network devices.
- Risk Assessment: Identifying vulnerabilities in network hardware, software, and configurations.
- Compliance Verification: Ensuring adherence to security policies and regulatory requirements.
- Security Control Review: Testing firewalls, access controls, and intrusion detection systems.
- Perform User Access Reviews (UAR) to identify dormant, unauthorized, or non-compliant accounts.
- Validate network configurations and ensure compliance with security hardening standards.
- Prepare detailed audit documentation and reports for internal and external reviews.
- Collaborate with IT Security, Operations, and management to implement corrective actions based on audit findings.
- Maintain network governance frameworks, SOPs, and compliance checklists in accordance with standards such as ISO 27001, NIST, and ITIL.
- Track audit findings and follow through to ensure timely resolution of non-compliance issues.
Network Operations (30%):
- Support day-to-day network monitoring, troubleshooting, and performance management for LAN, WAN, Wi-Fi, and VPN infrastructure.
- Participate in Disaster Recovery (DR) failover testing and network resilience planning.
- Apply configuration changes and updates while ensuring alignment with audit and compliance requirements.
- Assist with capacity management and performance optimization of network infrastructure.
Qualifications & Experience:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
- Minimum 3-5 years of experience in network engineering with significant exposure to audits and compliance activities.
- Hands-on experience with network devices including Cisco, Juniper, Fortinet, and Palo Alto.
- Strong knowledge of network protocols: TCP/IP, BGP, OSPF, VLAN, and VPN.
- Experience in conducting network audits, compliance checks, and documentation.
- Professional certifications such as CCNA, CISA, CompTIA Network+, ITIL Foundation are highly desirable.
Key Competencies:
- Exceptional attention to detail and accuracy in audit and compliance tasks.
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to identify risks and gaps in network governance.
- Ability to produce audit-ready documentation and reports.
- Solid understanding of network operations and security best practices.
- Collaborative and proactive, with excellent communication skills to engage multiple stakeholders.
