Carla J.
Network & Perimeter Security Engineer | Banking-Grade Firewall & WAF
Perimeter Security Specialist | 10+ Years | Regulated Banking & Critical Infrastructure. I secure network perimeters for banks and critical infrastructure operators, and keep them audit-ready for regulators and HQ. 3 years in a BCRA-supervised bank (Argentina's central bank — comparable oversight to the Bank of Spain/EBA): control evidence for regulator and HQ audits, change management with prior risk assessment. Before that, 7 years in 24/7 ops for Argentina's state telecom (ARSAT), where I built my perimeter specialty. *Core skills:* 🔹 Check Point & Fortinet firewall admin, policy optimization with AlgoSec 🔹 F5 WAF — 85%+ coverage of exposed inventory 🔹 TLS/PKI lifecycle (DigiCert) — 95%+ certificate SLA 🔹 VPN & network segmentation 🔹 Anti-DDoS (Arbor) 🔹 SIEM triage & detection engineering — Elastic SIEM, QRadar, MITRE ATT&CK 🔹 Regulated environments — audit evidence, compliance documentation Italian (EU) citizen based in Valencia, Spain. Available immediately, remote or hybrid.
Earnings and projects
Last 6 months ÷ 2.7 months active (since Aug 2026)
Last 6 months: $992
Billed in all: $1,068$1.1k
$992 in the last 6 months
Earnings, last 30 days
Skill rankings: Top 24% in Network Engineering
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