Network and Infrastructure Security Consultant at RiverSafe, London Area, £Contract Rate (Outside IR35)

Role

• Design and implement secure network architectures for cloud (Azure), on-prem and hybrid environments.
• Conduct security assessments and hardening of Active Directory (AD), Azure AD, VMware ESXi and virtual machine infrastructure.
• Evaluate, deploy and manage enterprise firewalls (e.g. Palo Alto, Fortinet, Cisco, Azure Firewall).
• Collaborate with infrastructure and operations teams to integrate security into network, identity and virtualisation platforms.
• Support segmentation strategies and zero trust network designs.
• Provide technical leadership for secure deployments in Azure, including NSGs, ASGs, UDRs and firewall policies.

Skills

• Extensive experience in infrastructure/network security roles.
• Expertise in Microsoft Azure security controls (Azure Firewall, NSG, ASG etc.).
• Strong hands-on experience with Active Directory and Azure AD security best practices.
• In-depth knowledge of VMware vSphere/ESXi environments and hardening techniques.
• Proven experience with enterprise firewalls (e.g. Palo Alto, Fortinet, Check Point, Cisco ASA).
• Familiarity with segmentation, VPNs, IPsec tunnels and secure connectivity models.