Telecom Security Operation Engineer

Job Summary

We are seeking a Security Operations Engineer with at least three years of experience to join our core infrastructure team. In this role, you will be responsible for the day-to-day monitoring, management, and hardening of critical telecom interfaces. You will ensure the integrity of our signaling and data planes while responding to emerging threats in a 24/7 environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform real-time analysis of security logs across GI, GP, and SEC-GW interfaces.
• Manage and troubleshoot high-performance firewalls (e.g., Fortinet, Palo Alto, or Juniper)
• Lead the containment and remediation of security incidents affecting core network elements.
• Draft and implement firewall rules and security policies that align with GSMA FS.31 and 3GPP standards.
• Coordinate with vendor support (e.g., F5, Palo Alto …etc.) for patching and software lifecycle management
• Ability to manage issues and provide Level 2 support for network security issues.
• Provide periodic reports to team leader regarding network issues, security incidents and team performance.
• Participate in security configuration reviews and baseline compliance checks for new or modified systems.

Qualifications

Educational Background:

• Bachelor’s degree in communications engineering / computer science, IT, or equivalent.

Experience:

• 3-4 years of relevant experience.

• Strong understanding of routing protocols such as OSPF & BGP and IPsec.
• Strong troubleshooting skills.
• Good Understanding of mobile core and IMS architecture (EPC, 5GC, SECGW).
• Proficiency in analyzing traffic for protocols such as GTP, Diameter, SCTP, and HTTP/2.
• Hands-on experience with IPsec VPNs, and Load Balancers (F5 BIG-IP/AFM).
• Good analytical and troubleshooting skills.
• Detail-oriented with strong documentation habits.

Certifications

• CCNA or JNCIA or COMPTIA + (recommended)
• CCNP Security / JNCIS /JNCIP / NSE 4 or higher (Preferred).