Senior Firewall & Network Security Engineer

Confidential
📍 Sandton, Gauteng, South Africa 💼 full time 🕒 Posted June 08, 2026

Job Description

Senior Firewall & Network Security Engineer

Job Description

The Senior Firewall & Network Security Engineer (NGFW) is a senior, hands-on technical specialist responsible for the end-to-end operational management of the organisation's Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) security services, with primary experience in Fortinet FortiGate and similar enterprise firewall platforms. The role ensures effective delivery of layer 7 firewalling, intrusion prevention, VPN, application control, web filtering (including directory integrated policies), anti malware protections, and internal segmentation controls, safeguarding business operations while enabling secure connectivity.

This role is accountable for secure policy enforcement, continuous optimisation and recertification of firewall rules, incident response, security hygiene (patching/backups), and compliance reporting, operating in alignment with security standards a...

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Job Details

  • Location Sandton, Gauteng
  • Job Type full time
  • Category Computer Occupations
  • Posted Date June 08, 2026
  • Application Deadline July 18, 2026