ASSOCIATE ARCHITECT - Data Network Security - Firewalls

Role overview

ASSOCIATE ARCHITECT - Data Network Security - Firewalls at Happiest Minds

Act as the highest?level (L4) escalation point for complex network security incidents, architecture issues, and cross?platform troubleshooting.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate deep expert?level hands?on knowledge of multi?vendor firewalls including o Cisco FTD/FMC ?
• ACP, NAT, SSL/TLS inspection, VPN, clustering, advanced debugs o Fortigate Policies, NAT, IPS/SSL inspection, SD?WAN, HA, FortiManager/FortiAnalyzer o Palo Alto ?
• App?ID, User?ID, Threat & URL filtering, NAT, GlobalProtect, Panorama o Checkpoint (R8x) ?
• SmartConsole, Identity Awareness, IPS, ClusterXL, advanced policy tuning o Sophos XG/UTM ?
• ATP, IPS, web/app filtering, VPN, HA Lead multiple customer projects simultaneously, ensuring end to end design, delivery, implementation, migrations, and cutovers.
• Drive technical strategy, security architecture decisions, and align solutions with business requirements and compliance standards.
• Own weekly, daily, and executive-level communications on project progress, incident updates, delivery status, and operational metrics.
• Oversee and improve the support model, ensuring smooth operations between L2, L3, SOC, and network teams.
• Provide technical governance, validate solution designs, review configurations, and enforce best practices across all deployments.
• Perform in depth packet analysis, traffic flow validation, and root cause investigations for major incidents.
• Manage and optimize IPSec/SSL VPN, inter?site connectivity, routing dependencies, and high?availability clusters.
• Review and optimize firewall rules bases, signatures, NAT configurations, and security policies for performance and compliance.
• Serve as the technical mentor for L2 and L3 engineers conduct training, knowledge transfer sessions, and skill development plans.
• Participate in CAB/change management, approve high?risk changes, and oversee major upgrades and migrations.
• Collaborate with stakeholders, cross?functional teams, vendors, and customers to ensure successful delivery and customer satisfaction.
• Maintain high quality documentation, architecture diagrams, SOPs, RCA reports, and project artifacts.
• Drive proactive improvements, automation initiatives, and continuous optimization of network security operations.

Employment details

• Location: Bengaluru