Network Security Engineer

About Playtech 
Founded in 1999, the company has a premium listing on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange and is focused on regulated and regulating markets across its B2B and B2C businesses. Both divisions leverage Playtech’s proprietary technology to deliver innovative products and services to ensure a safe, engaging and entertaining gaming experience.   

Playtech is the gaming industry's leading technology company delivering business intelligence-driven gaming software, services, content, and platform technology across the industry. 

Read more about who we are and what we do here: www.playtechpeople.com 

Here at Playtech, we genuinely believe that people are our biggest asset. Diverse thoughts, experiences, and individual characteristics enrich our work environment and lead to better business decisions. Recognizing differences and ensuring our processes are transparent is the core of Playtech's overall commitment to responsible business practices. 

Ready to level up your career?  
Playtech‘s Security unit is looking for a proactive Network Security Engineer with excellent communication and problem-solving skills.  

Your Role and Responsibilities:

• Implement, administer, and maintain network security controls in both on-premises and cloud infrastructure.
• Identify and resolve weak or missing security controls and vulnerabilities on the network domain, collaborating with the appropriate risk owners.
• Lead the migration of existing and new sites, ensuring integration into Playtech network security standards.
• Design and evaluate new security and network solutions, and assess new technologies to enhance security and network performance.
• Collaborate with Business, R&D, and IT teams, serving as a subject matter expert on network security topics.
• Assist Security Operations with responding to and investigating potential security incidents at the network level.
• Support audits by addressing questions, collecting evidence, and documenting network security standards and policies.

Components for success. You... 

• Have 3+ years of IT security experience in a medium/large global enterprise.
• Have a strong technical background in network and infrastructure security.
• Have an understanding of routing and switching protocols and products (network management certifications like CCNA/CCNP/etc. are appreciated).
• Have knowledge of and experience with NGFW, Web content filtering, IDS/IPS (firewall management/engineering certifications like CCSA/CCSE/etc. are appreciated).
• Have strong self-education skills, striving to learn new technologies, tools, and methodologies and staying up to date with the most recent security capabilities.
• Have strong soft skills - the ability to communicate effectively with infrastructure teams (o/s, networking, storage, DB, etc.) and help them understand the importance of the security aspect; you can speak with them at the same level of knowledge in their fields.

You'll get extra points for... 

• Experience working with Network Access Control (NAC), DDoS mitigation and Remote Access VPN solutions
• Experience with firewall governance and central management tools (Tufin, AlgoSec, etc.)
• Experience with Cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP) and/or microservices
• Passion for automation and experience with building and/or maintaining automation tools
• Being able to plan, design, and roll out security solutions with a high level of independence
• Security management certifications (CISSP/CISM/etc.)

Thrive in a culture that values...  

• Empowerment, support, and mentoring  
• Constant learning and development opportunities  
• Warm and friendly attitude to every specialist 
• Possibility to cooperate with a product company