It Operations & Network Security Engineer
True Value Solar
Melbourne, Australia
• Responsible for performing and handling network security operations and administration• Performing BAU IT operations & support and ensuring network and systems availability and service continuity for enterprise IT users at national level• Responsible for implementation and administration of network security hardware and software• Administration and maintenance of Sophos UTM 9 security platform (in High-availability configuration) including firmware upgrade, firewall rules etc.• Administration of Sophos intrusion prevention, web-filtering, antivirus and antispam modules• Responsible for drafting and designing IT security policies and procedures• Planning, scheduling and implementing network upgrades, OS/firmware upgrades, implementations, and migrations in a timely manner, and during times that will have the minimum impact on the users of the affected networks & systems.• Be available, on-call, to rapidly troubleshoot any problems resulting from the changes• Monitoring of networks and make any necessary repairs utilizing available network tools before they cause network outages.• Writing technical reports that include suggested resolution for identified problem areas and perform operational risk assessment• Coordinating with service providers such as Sophos, Dell, Telstra, TPG/AAPT, RICOH and OPTUS for a wide range of services• Maintaining, reporting and monitoring of IT networks infrastructure• Supporting network and end-user environment• Vendor management, service coordination and data center co-ordination• Responsible for the operations, administration, configuration & support of the IT network and the telephony system• Troubleshooting and resolve all network and telephony related issues and incidents• Performing periodic health-checks on the network• Performing periodic network redundancy exercises• Liaising and coordinating with the service provider to implement data center related network connectivity changes and upgrades