britten.IT

Jörg Britten

Freelancer IT Security

Germany, RP

info@britten.it

+49 (0)6581 9989849

Threema ID XH35MUCB


Skills

Securepoint

90%

Fortinet

90%

Check Point

90%

Cisco

80%

Linux

90%

Languages

German

99%

English

85%

Partner of

SECUREPOINT

Fortinet
Check Point
Allianz fuer Cyber-Security

Work Experience

Fortinet SME at a public authority
March 2026 - Current | full-time freelance
  • Administration of Firewall Systems of the Vendor Fortinet and Genua
  • Integration, maintenance & patching of FortiGates, FortiManager
  • Creating and updating of Documentation
  • Troubleshooting and remedy of issues in the Network and Firewall environment
  • 2nd and 3rd level Support within the responsible area
  • Used Technologies:
    Fortigate Firewalls, FortiManager


Fortinet SME at an Internet Service Provider
Nov 2023 - Feb 2026 | full-time freelance
  • Administration of Firewall Systems of the Vendor Fortinet, Sophos and Linux iptables with Shorewall
  • Integration, maintenance & patching of FortiGates, FortiManager, FortiAnalyzer and FortiAuthenticator
  • Migration of Sophos and Shorewall to Fortigate Firewalls
  • Creating and updating of Documentation
  • Troubleshooting and remedy of issues in the Network and Firewall environment
  • 2nd and 3rd level Support within the responsible area
  • Used Technologies:
    Fortigate Firewalls, FortiManager, FortiAnalyzer, FortiAuthenticator, Sophos Firewalls, Shorewall Firewalls


Check Point & Fortinet SME at an IT-Managed Service Provider
Jul 2022 - Oct 2023 | full-time freelance
  • Administration of Firewall Systems of the Vendor Check Point and Fortinet
  • Constant implementation of Firewall rules and change requests
  • Troubleshooting and remedy of issues in the Network and Firewall environment
  • 2nd and 3rd level Support within the responsible area
  • Used Technologies:
    Check Point R80 – R81 Firwalls, Check Point Secuity Management Server, Fortinet Firewalls, FortiManager, Splunk, Cisco ACI


Fortinet SME within Steel Industry
Jul 2022 - Dec 2023 | part-time freelance
  • Administration of Firewall Systems of the Vendor Fortinet and Check Point
  • Implementation of explicit FortiProxy incl. Kerberos authentication
  • Implementation of FortiClient EMS Server for FortiClient Management
  • Constant implementation of Firewall rules and change requests
  • Troubleshooting and remedy of issues in the Network and Firewall environment
  • 2nd and 3rd level Support within the responsible area
  • Used Technologies:
    Fortigate Firewalls, explict FortiProxy, FortiManager, FortiAnalyzer, FortiClient with EMS, Check Point R81 Firwalls


Check Point & Fortinet SME within Financial Industry
April 2022 - Jun 2022 | full-time freelance
  • Administration of Firewall Systems of the Vendor of Check Point and Fortinet
  • Constant implementation of Firewall rules and change requests
  • Troubleshooting and remedy of issues in the Network and Firewall environment
  • 2nd and 3rd level Support within the responsible area
  • Used Technologies:
    Check Point R80 – R81 Firwalls, Check Point Multi-Domain Security Management, Check Point Secuity Management Server, Fortgate Firewalls, FortiManager, Splunk, HPNA


Check Point SME within Pharma Industry
Jan 2022 - Jun 2022 | part-time freelance
Jan 2020 - Dec 2021 | full-time freelance
  • Deplyoment (roll out) of Check Point NG Firewalls around the world as a replacement for Cisco ASA and Lancom Firewalls
  • Site survey of the existing Infrastructure and take over of the Firewall configuration including adapting to new defined company standards
  • Used Technologies:
    Check Point, Cisco ASA, Lancom, VeloCloud, Solarwinds, Cisco Switches, HP Switches


Administrator Security within retail industry
Apr 2022 - Jun 2022 | part-time freelance
Jan 2022 - Mar 2022 | full-time freelance
Sep 2021 - Dec 2021 | part-time freelance
Sep 2017 - Sep 2019 | full-time freelance
  • Administration of Firewall Systems, Web-Proxy, Authentication Services (RADIUS), WLAN Infrastructure, VPN (SSL/IPsec), PKI
  • Constant implementation of Firewall rules and change requests
  • Troubleshooting and remedy of issues in the Network and Firewall environment
  • 2nd and 3rd level Support within the responsible area
  • Used Technologies:
    Cisco ASA (CSM), Cisco Firepower (FMC), Cisco Prime, Cisco ISE, Cisco Wireless Lan Controller, Cisco Iron Port, Check Point, BlueCat Adress Manager (IPAM), Bluecoat Advanced Secure Gateway Proxy, RSA, LinTOP, YubiKey


Network and Security Administrator within financial industry in Luxembourg
Jan 2008 - Sep 2017 | full-time employed
  • Administration of the whole Network infrastructure as router and switches, Firewalls, VPN (SSL/IPsec), Web Proxy, Linux Mail gateways and Web server, Windows server and their services
  • Troubleshooting and remedy of issues in the Network and Firewall environment
  • 2nd and 3rd level Support within the responsible area
  • Used Technologies:
    Cisco ASA, Fortigate, Cisco Catalyst Switches, Cisco ISR Router, Cisco Prime, Cisco ISE, RSA, Postfix Mail Gateway, Amavis, Spamassassin, VMWare ESX, Linux Red Hat, Apache Web server, SSL certificates, Microsoft AD, DNS and Exchange Server, McAfee, NetApp SAN, Brocade


Network and System Administrator within financial industry in Luxembourg
Jul 1999 - Dez 2007 | full-time employed
  • Administration of the whole Network infrastructure and Windows Server
  • Troubleshooting and remedy of issues in the Network and Firewall environment
  • 2nd and 3rd level Support within the responsible area
  • Used Technologies:
    Nortel Networks switches, Postfix Mail Gateway, Amavis, Spamassassin, Microsoft AD, DNS und Exchange Server, McAfee, EMC SAN, Brocade


Technician at a computer retailer in Germany
Oct 1997 - Jun 1999 | full-time employed
  • Installation and configuration of Windows Server and Client systems and related services
  • installation and configuration of small Networks
  • 1st to 3rd level support of customers
  • Used Technologies:
    Windows Client and Server systems


re-Education as IT business specialist
May 1995 - Jul 1997 | school



Certifications

Securepoint - UTM Certified "NextGen UTM Firewall"
issued on May 17, 2026

Securepoint - UTM Operator "NextGen UTM Firewall"
issued on May 15, 2026

Securepoint - Antivirus Pro Certified
issued on May 08, 2026

Securepoint - Antivirus Pro Operator
issued on May 08, 2026

CCES - Check Point Certified Harmony Endpoint Specialist
issued on Jan 07, 2023

Fortinet NSE3 Network Security Associate
issued on Oct 17, 2021

Fortinet NSE2 Network Security Associate
issued on Oct 30, 2021

Fortinet NSE1 Network Security Associate
issued on Oct 22, 2021

ECIH - EC-Council Certified Incident Handler v2
issued on Feb 26, 2019

ECSA - EC-Council Certified Security Analyst v10
issued on Nov 02, 2018

CCNP Security - Cisco Certified Network Professional Security
issued on Mar 18, 2014

RHCE - Red Hat Certified Engineer - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
issued on Apr 20, 2012

RHCA - Red Hat Certified System Administrator - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
issued on March 09, 2012

CCNA Security - Cisco Certified Network Associate Security
issued on Aug 01, 2011

CCNA - Cisco Certified Network Associate
issued on Dec 02, 2011

ECSA - EC-Council Certified Security Analyst v3
issued on May 07, 2010

CEH - EC-Council Certified Ethical Hacker v5
issued on May 25, 2009

CompTIA Network+
issued on Jun 10, 2007

CompTIA A+
issued on Jun 08, 2007

MCP - Implementing and Administering Security in a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Network


Advanced Trainings

03.04.2025 – 11.04.2025
Junior Penetration Tester
11.11.2024 – 12.11.2024
Check Point Certified Maestro Expert (CCME) R81.X
07.11.2024 – 08.11.2024
Check Point VSX Specialist (CCVS) R81.10

15.12.2023 – 16.12.2023
FCA - FortiGate 7.4 Operator Self-Paced

11.04.2022 – 12.04.2022
Check Point Certified Endpoint Specialist (CCES)

15.03.2022 – 16.03.2022
Infrastructure Hacking Check Point Certified PenTesting Expert (CCPE)

14.02.2022
Hacking 101 Check Point Certified PenTesting Associate (CCPA)

09.02.2021 – 10.02.2021
Check Point Certified Troubleshooting Expert (CCTE)

02.02.2021 – 03.02.2021
Check Point Certified Troubleshooting Administrator (CCTA)

03.12. - 05.12.2019
Check Point Certified Security Expert – CCSE R80.20

26.11. - 28.11.2019
Check Point Certified Security Administrator - CCSA R80.20

26.08. - 30.08.2019
EC-Council - Advanced Penetration Testing Course (LPT Master)

25.02 – 26.02.2019
EC-Council – Certified Incident Handler (ECIH)

29.10 – 02.11.2018
EC-Council – Certified Security Analyst (ECSA)

12.09 – 14.09.2018
Fortigate III NSE 7 – Enterprise Firewall
07. - 08.05.2018
Praxisworkshop: WiFi Hacking auf einer Kali Linux Plattfom

02. - 03.05.2018
Praxisworkshop: Metasploit Framework auf einer Kali Linux Plattfom

19. - 20.07.2017
ITIL Foundation

30.01 – 03.02.2017
Implementing Cisco IP Routing (ROUTE)

07. - 11.11.2016
Implementing Cisco IP Switched Networks v2.0

04. - 06.11.2015
Fortigate II – NSE 4 – The Secured Network Deployment and IPSec VPN Course, FortiOS

02. - 03.11.2015
FortiGate I – NSE 4 – The Administration, Content Inspection and SSL VPN, FortiOS

25.06.2015
Zarafa Engineer Training

11.06.2015
Zarafa Administrator Training

02 – 06.03.2015
Sichere Mail Server mit Postfix

24.03 – 26.03.2014
Spamassassin and Amavis

09.01.2014
Online Zarafa Administrator Training

18. - 22.06.2012
Cisco VPN - Deploying Cisco ASA VPN Solutions

21. - 25.05.2012
Cisco SECURE - Securing Networks with Cisco Routers and Switches

26. - 30.03.2012
Cisco FIREWALL - Deploying Cisco ASA Firewall Solutions

05. - 09.03.2012
Red Hat RH300 Fast Track

26. - 29.09.2011
Red Hat System Administration 2

01. - 05.11.2010
Check Point R70 Essentials Power Camp

07. - 11.06.2010
Securing Networks with Cisco ASA Fundamentals (SNAF)

03. - 07.05.2010
EC-Council Certified Security Analyst & Licensed Penetration Tester

12. - 16.04.2010
Implementing Cisco IOS Network Security (IINS)

05. - 09.04.2010
Interconnecting Cisco Network Devices Part 2 (ICND2)

01. - 05.03.2010
Interconnecting Cisco Network Devices Part 1 (ICND1)

03. - 05.05.2009
EC-Council Certified Ethical Hacker

04. - 10.06.2007
CompTIA A+ / Network+

07. - 11.05.2007
Implementing and Administering Security in a MS Windows Server 2003 Network

09. - 13.05.2005
Linux advanced

28.04. - 02.06.2004
Linux basics on 6 times in the evening

22. - 26.04.2002
Implementing and Managing Microsoft Exchange 2000

11. - 15.03.2002
Implementing and Administering Windows 2000 Active Directory Service

06. - 09.12.1999
MS Exchange Server 5.5 Series - Concepts and Administration Administering and Supporting SMS 2.0 special course

21. - 23.09.1998
WinNT 4.0 Administering