Network & Firewall Engineer

About the Team

Wibmo is a full-stack PayTech company and an industry leader in payment security, digital payments, and digital financial services. Wibmo is an integral part of the Prosus Organization and was acquired by PayU in 2019.

PayU, the fintech-arm of Prosus, is a leading financial services provider in global growth markets.

About the Role

We are seeking a Lead Network & Firewall Engineer (L3) with 10+ years of hands-on experience in network and security engineering, preferably in BFSI, payments, or other regulated environments. The ideal candidate will have recent experience in a lead or senior engineering role, managing production 24x7 environments, and will be responsible for designing, implementing, and supporting our network and firewall infrastructure.

Responsibilities:

• Lead and manage network and firewall operations, including Fortinet FortiGate (preferred) or Juniper SRX, with hands-on experience in HA firewalls, policy management, NAT, and VPNs (IPsec/SSL).
• Oversee Cisco L2/L3 switching, VLANs, trunking, STP, port-channels, BGP, and static routing.
• Architect and support AWS networking (minimum 2 years), including VPC design, route tables, IGW, NAT, Transit Gateway, AWS Network Firewall, and DDoS protection (AWS Shield).
• Ensure compliance with regulatory standards (RBI, PCI DSS, SOC/SOC2), support audits, and maintain documentation and SOPs.
• Act as L3 escalation, mentor junior engineers, lead incident handling and RCA, and participate in change management/CAB.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver secure, high-availability network solutions.

Requirements:

• 12+ years in network/security engineering, with recent L3/Manager experience.
• Strong hands-on expertise with Fortinet FortiGate or Juniper SRX firewalls.
• Proven experience with Cisco L2/L3 switching and BGP.
• Solid AWS networking background, including VPC, Transit Gateway, and security controls.
• Experience in regulated environments (BFSI, payments, fintech) and compliance frameworks.
• Demonstrated leadership, ownership, and incident management skills.

Preferred Certifications:

• CCNP/CCIE, Fortinet NSE, Juniper JNCIA/JNCIP, AWS Networking or Associate level.

What we offer?

• A positive, get-things-done workplace
• A dynamic, constantly evolving space (change is par for the course).
• An inclusive environment that ensures we listen to a diverse range of voices when making decisions.
• Ability to learn cutting edge concepts and innovation in an agile start-up environment with a global scale.
• Access to 5000+ training courses accessible anytime/anywhere to support your growth and development (Corporate with top learning partners like Harvard, Coursera, Udacity).

About us:

PayU Digital Labs is a full-stack PayTech company and an industry leader in payment security, digital payments, and digital financial services, partnering with 160+ banks across 30+ countries. Acquired by PayU in 2019.

Our Commitment to Building A Diverse and Inclusive Workforce

As a global and multi-cultural organization with varied ethnicities thriving across locations, we realize that our responsibility towards fulfilling the D&I commitment is huge. We continuously strive to create a diverse, inclusive, and safe environment for all our people, communities, and customers.