Job Description

Job Title: Network Engineer (Audit & Compliance)

 Location: [RedQ]
Department: ICT Infrastructure Network Operations
Reports to: Head ICT Infrastructure

Job Summary:

We are seeking a highly skilled Network Engineer with a primary focus on network audits and compliance. This role involves conducting comprehensive network audits, ensuring governance and security standards are maintained, and supporting operational network activities. The position is audit-driven (70%), with hands-on network operations responsibilities (30%). The successful candidate will play a critical role in maintaining network integrity, mitigating risks, and ensuring audit readiness.

Key Responsibilities:

Audit & Compliance (70%):

• Conduct regular and ad-hoc network audits across switches, routers, firewalls, access points, and other network devices.

• Risk Assessment: Identifying vulnerabilities in network hardware, software, and configurations.

• Compliance Verification: Ensuring adherence to security policies and regulatory requirements.

• Security Control Review: Testing firewalls, access controls, and intrusion detection systems.

• Perform User Access Reviews (UAR) to identify dormant, unauthorized, or non-compliant accounts.

• Validate network configurations and ensure compliance with security hardening standards.

• Prepare detailed audit documentation and reports for internal and external reviews.

• Collaborate with IT Security, Operations, and management to implement corrective actions based on audit findings.

• Maintain network governance frameworks, SOPs, and compliance checklists in accordance with standards such as ISO 27001, NIST, and ITIL.

• Track audit findings and follow through to ensure timely resolution of non-compliance issues.
   

Network Operations (30%):

• Support day-to-day network monitoring, troubleshooting, and performance management for LAN, WAN, Wi-Fi, and VPN infrastructure.

• Participate in Disaster Recovery (DR) failover testing and network resilience planning.

• Apply configuration changes and updates while ensuring alignment with audit and compliance requirements.

• Assist with capacity management and performance optimization of network infrastructure.
   

Qualifications & Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.

• Minimum 3-5 years of experience in network engineering with significant exposure to audits and compliance activities.

• Hands-on experience with network devices including Cisco, Juniper, Fortinet, and Palo Alto.

• Strong knowledge of network protocols: TCP/IP, BGP, OSPF, VLAN, and VPN.

• Experience in conducting network audits, compliance checks, and documentation.

• Professional certifications such as CCNA, CISA, CompTIA Network+, ITIL Foundation are highly desirable.

Key Competencies:

• Exceptional attention to detail and accuracy in audit and compliance tasks.

• Strong analytical skills with the ability to identify risks and gaps in network governance.

• Ability to produce audit-ready documentation and reports.

• Solid understanding of network operations and security best practices.

• Collaborative and proactive, with excellent communication skills to engage multiple stakeholders.