Network Security Team Lead

Geidea Established in 2008, Geidea epitomizes customer focused empowerment and commercial success through continuous innovation. Geidea makes best in class digital payment solutions available for all by attracting and leveraging the best creative & entrepreneurial talent in the market Our solutions give any business the chance to get ahead and reach for more no matter their size or maturity. Our technology mirrors our people - Smart, Innovative & Forward Thinking www.geidea.net To maintain a competitive advantage as we grow, we are currently looking for a new "Network Team Lead" Job purpose: The Network Team Lead is responsible for leading the design, implementation, monitoring, and support of enterprise network infrastructure. This role ensures high availability, performance, security, and compliance of LAN/WAN, data center, cloud, and security network environments. Responsibilities: Leadership & Team Management Lead and mentor network engineers and support staff. Allocate tasks, manage workload, and track performance KPIs. Conduct technical reviews and ensure best practices are followed. Provide escalation support for critical network incidents. Network Operations & Infrastructure Manage and maintain: LAN/WAN, MPLS, SD-WAN Data Center Networking Cloud Networking (AWS/Azure/GCP etc) VPN & Remote Access Ensure high availability and redundancy design. Perform capacity planning and performance tuning. Network Security Oversee firewall management (e.g., Fortinet, Palo Alto, Cisco). Implement network segmentation and Zero Trust principles. Ensure compliance with cybersecurity standards (ISO 27001, NCA, PCI-DSS). Monitor and respond to network security incidents. Architecture & Projects Design scalable and secure network architecture. Lead infrastructure upgrade and migration projects. Support digital transformation initiatives (Cloud/SASE/SD-WAN). Monitoring & Tools Manage monitoring tools (SolarWinds, PRTG, ManageEngine, etc.). Ensure proactive monitoring and incident response. Maintain network documentation and topology diagrams. Qualifications: Must have technical / professional qualifications (knowledge & Skills level of presence in the job (High/Medium/Low) 7+ Years of experience, with minimum 2 years as a lead Bachelor’s degree in IT or engineering Experience in Network, operations, security, projects, design, architecture CCNP/CCIE security or routing and switching Experience in firewalls Fortinet & Palo Alto, F5 Fin-tech background is preferred Experience in telecom provider connectivity and technologies Firewalls & NGFWs → Palo Alto, Fortinet, Cisco Firepower, Check Point IDS/IPS → Snort, Suricata, Palo Alto Threat Prevention SIEM & SOAR → Splunk, QRadar, Elastic, Chronicle DDoS Protection → Arbor Networks, Akamai Kona, Cloudflare, Radware WAF → Imperva, F5 ASM, Cloudflare WAF Endpoint & EDR → CrowdStrike, Carbon Black, Microsoft Defender ATP Cloud Security → Prisma Cloud, AWS , Azure Sentinel, GCP SCC Protocols: BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, MPLS, VXLAN, STP, QoS. Technologies: SD-WAN, SDN, NFV, Load Balancers (F5, Citrix ADC). Cloud Networking: Direct Connect, ExpressRoute, Cloud VPNs. Automation: Python, Ansible, Terraform, REST APIs. Monitoring: SolarWinds, ThousandEyes, NetScout, Wireshark. Our values guide how we think and act - They describe what we care about the most Customer first - It’s embedded in our design thinking and customer service approach Open - Openness allows us to constantly improve and evolve Real - No jargon and no excuses! Bold - Constantly challenging ourselves and our way of thinking. Resilient – If we fail, we bounce back stronger than before. Collaborative - We know that we can achieve a lot more as a team. We are changing lives by constantly striving for a better solution. Show more