Firewall Engineer

This is a remote position.

We are looking for a Firewall Engineer to join our team and support large-scale network security and firewall transformation initiatives.

In this role, you will be responsible for managing and optimizing enterprise firewall environments, supporting network segmentation projects, and ensuring secure connectivity across complex infrastructures. You will work closely with network and security teams to enhance firewall services, improve security operations, and support infrastructure modernization initiatives. [Digit4U Fi...r_Oct 2026 | PDF]

The role combines network security, firewall engineering, and infrastructure expertise, with a strong focus on Check Point technologies, policy management, and network security operations. [Digit4U Fi...r_Oct 2026 | PDF]

Responsibilities

• Define, analyze, and optimize firewall policies and rulesets [Digit4U Fi...r_Oct 2026 | PDF]
• Support network segmentation and infrastructure separation initiatives [Digit4U Fi...r_Oct 2026 | PDF]
• Implement and maintain user-based firewalling solutions using:
• Check Point Identity Awareness [Digit4U Fi...r_Oct 2026 | PDF]
• Coordinate:
• Firewall changes
• Routing updates
• Migration activities [Digit4U Fi...r_Oct 2026 | PDF]
• Troubleshoot firewall, routing, and authentication-related issues [Digit4U Fi...r_Oct 2026 | PDF]
• Perform:
• Firewall log analysis
• Reporting
• Performance monitoring [Digit4U Fi...r_Oct 2026 | PDF]
• Support internal and external security audits [Digit4U Fi...r_Oct 2026 | PDF]
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of firewall governance, processes, and tooling [Digit4U Fi...r_Oct 2026 | PDF]

Requirements

• Strong experience with:
• Check Point Firewall technologies
• Enterprise firewall administration [Digit4U Fi...r_Oct 2026 | PDF]
• Hands-on experience with:
• Check Point Identity Awareness [Digit4U Fi...r_Oct 2026 | PDF]
• Strong background in:
• Cybersecurity
• Network security [Digit4U Fi...r_Oct 2026 | PDF]
• Experience with firewall management tools such as:
• Tufin SecureTrack
• Tufin SecureChange [Digit4U Fi...r_Oct 2026 | PDF]
• Strong networking knowledge, including:
• TCP/IP
• Routing
• Protocol analysis
• Network traffic analysis
• Packet flows and port utilization [Digit4U Fi...r_Oct 2026 | PDF]
• Experience with:
• Cisco networking environments [Digit4U Fi...r_Oct 2026 | PDF]
• Knowledge of:
• Microsoft Active Directory
• Authentication concepts
• Group and OU management [Digit4U Fi...r_Oct 2026 | PDF]
• Experience administering:
• Linux (RHEL)
• Windows Server environments [Digit4U Fi...r_Oct 2026 | PDF]
• Experience with:
• Firewall log analysis
• Troubleshooting
• Security monitoring [Digit4U Fi...r_Oct 2026 | PDF]
• Business-fluent English [Digit4U Fi...r_Oct 2026 | PDF]

Nice-to-have

• Experience with:
• Elasticsearch
• ELK Stack
• Security reporting and log enrichment [Digit4U Fi...r_Oct 2026 | PDF]
• Automation skills using:
• Python
• Ansible [Digit4U Fi...r_Oct 2026 | PDF]
• Knowledge of German [Digit4U Fi...r_Oct 2026 | PDF]

Certifications (Valued)

• CCSE (Check Point Certified Security Expert) [Digit4U Fi...r_Oct 2026 | PDF]
• CCNP Security [Digit4U Fi...r_Oct 2026 | PDF]
• NSE (Network Security Expert) certifications [Digit4U Fi...r_Oct 2026 | PDF]
• Equivalent network security certifications [Digit4U Fi...r_Oct 2026 | PDF]

If this sounds like you, share your CV with us and let’s talk!