Senior Technical Specialist Firewalls (TDG) Grade 12

Your new companyHays Recruitment have partnered with Leicestershire County Council in the search for a Senior Technical Specialist with strong knowledge of firewalls, ideally with Cisco knowledge.As the SME in the team, you will lead on the operational management and administration of the corporate firewall infrastructure. Working alongside other specialists, you will bring extensive firewall skills and expertise to help support this critical infrastructure.Mentoring and guiding technical specialists and other technical staff is key as part of the knowledge sharing ethos within the team.You will also be expected to co-ordinate small teams of technicians to deliver new services and service improvements.Your new role will involveTo own, support, install and administer corporate firewall and perimeter security solutionsLiaise with customers and appropriate IT staff Advise on technical and security standards to ensure compliance, security of systems and services to maintain high service availability.The role will involve a varying combination of line management duties and in-depth technical knowledge and understanding across a range of IT infrastructure services.To co-ordinate small teams of technicians across IandT to deliver new services and service improvements.Work in a technical operations team that is responsible for the following technologies:Hyper-Converged Systems (HCI)Infrastructure SecuritySQL Database AdministrationSystem Backup Management and AdministrationServer ..... full job details .....