Firewall Engineer - Skill sets

Computer network defense

The engineer must have good knowledge of computer network defense; it helps them to detect, monitor, protect, analyze and defend against network infiltrations resulting in service/network denial, degradation, and disruptions.

Network Security

A proper Network Security is crucial because it allows authenticated users to have unique privileges. However, on the other hand, it is not possible for viruses and other malware programs to be detected by a firewall. So, a sound engineer must have anti-virus software or an intrusion prevention system (IPS) running in the firewall system to prevent and detect virus attacks on the network.

Infrastructure design

A Firewall Engineer must have good knowledge about the hardware and software resources of an entire network that enable network connectivity, communication, operations and management of an enterprise network.

Educational qualifications

The candidate who wants to pursue a career in this filed must have a bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems engineering or telecommunications engineering. If the individual has a master’s degree and relevant work experience, it is an added advantage. Read more