Lead Administrator

Experience: 10 to 16 Years

Primary Skillset: FortiGate Firewalls

Fortinet NSE7 certified with minimum 10 years working experience on large enterprise datacenter and network security domain.

Expert working knowledge & understanding of networking concepts and design (Firewalls, Routing, Load Balancing, OSI Model, TCP/IP, Packet trace and analysis).

Firewall deployment/configuration experience and troubleshooting application connectivity.

Inter-VDOM configuration and deep understanding of routing protocols, SDWAN.

Extensive experience VPN platforms Cisco, Fortinet

Working knowledge of remote access VPNs (IPSEC, GRE, AnyConnect, DMVPN).

Expert knowledge on Fortimanager, FortiGate firewalls and Forti Analyzer including CLI.

Deploy and manage Fortinet FortiGate firewalls, including VPNs, web filtering, intrusion prevention systems (IPS), and advanced threat protection (ATP).

Working knowledge on firewall orchestration tools (Algosec, Tufin etc.).

Good working knowledge on SIEM tools like Splunk, Anomali etc.

Working knowledge on Fortinet Proxy / Zscaler Proxy.

Primary Skillset: Loadbalancer

Big IP 301A, 301B, 302 , AVI certified.

Configuration, migration, and management of F5 load balancers(physical / virtual).

Design, implement & troubleshoot traffic management policies using iRules and other F5 tools.

Do

• Provide adequate support in architecture planning, migration & installation for new projects in own tower (platform/dbase/ middleware/ backup)

  • Lead the structural/ architectural design of a platform/ middleware/ database/ back up etc. according to various system requirements to ensure a highly scalable and extensible solution
  • Conduct technology capacity planning by reviewing the current and future requirements
  • Utilize and leverage the new features of all underlying technologies to ensure smooth functioning of the installed databases and applications/ platforms, as applicable
  • Strategize & implement disaster recovery plans and create and implement backup and recovery plans

• Manage the day-to-day operations of the tower

  • Manage day-to-day operations by troubleshooting any issues, conducting root cause analysis (RCA) and developing fixes to avoid similar issues.
  • Plan for and manage upgradations, migration, maintenance, backup, installation and configuration functions for own tower
  • Review the technical performance of own tower and deploy ways to improve efficiency, fine tune performance and reduce performance challenges
  • Develop shift roster for the team to ensure no disruption in the tower
  • Create and update SOPs, Data Responsibility Matrices, operations manuals, daily test plans, data architecture guidance etc.
  • Provide weekly status reports to the client leadership team, internal stakeholders on database activities w.r.t. progress, updates, status, and next steps
  • Leverage technology to develop Service Improvement Plan (SIP) through automation and other initiatives for higher efficiency and effectiveness