Lead Network Security Engineer

Lead Network Security Engineer

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in related field required and associated professional certifications preferred (Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) Security), Palo Alto Networks Certified Network Security Engineer (PCNSE), AWS Certified Solution Architect)
• 10+ years of hands-on experience in network security engineering, with a strong focus on Cisco networking and Palo Alto firewall technologies.
• 7+ years of operationalizing network security services and technologies, including firewall rule optimization and advanced troubleshooting.
• 8+ years of experience working with the market leading cloud providers (Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud)
• 8+ years of security engineering experience inclusive of cloud security, network security, application security, and vulnerability management
• 7+ years of integration experience – hands on keyboard experience developing integrated technologies with authentication and authorization platforms, scheduling platforms and enabling on-prem and off-prem systems to work together.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate and Optimize Network Security Solutions: Review existing and future security solutions, including hardware, software, and services, with a focus on advanced networking tools.
• Define and Enforce Security Policies: Create and maintain policies and procedures that ensure secure network practices while adhering to industry standards.
• Lead Network Security Projects: Drive the specification, validation, and implementation of network security products and services, including design, evaluation, and full lifecycle delivery.
• Deploy and Manage Cisco and Palo Alto Firewalls: Configure, maintain, and troubleshoot complex firewall environments to protect against threats and ensure robust network performance.
• Provide Expert-Level Network Troubleshooting: Act as the top escalation point for resolving operational issues and security incidents.
• Participate in Technical Audits: Collaborate with governance teams to support audits and compliance reviews, ensuring network security alignment with organizational goals.
• Develop and Maintain Network Recovery Plans: Design and implement recovery and business continuity strategies for network security infrastructure to ensure resilience against disruptions.
• Drive Automation in Network Security: Leverage tools and techniques to automate network security processes, reducing manual interventions and optimizing efficiency.
• Collaborate on Security Roadmaps: Work with security architects and technology leaders to define a long-term roadmap for network security technologies.
• Responsible for designing the technology implementation and delivery approach that expands past just the product aspect but includes training operations, documentation, updating the knowledge base and providing post implementation support.
• Acts as the L3 escalation point for operational issues and security incidents with some operational responsibilities as the need arises.
• Drives hyper-automation into all security products and services ensuring minimal human engagement is necessary to deliver desired outcomes.
• Leverages partners, cloud services and other resources to lead with an “automation first – cloud first” mentality. Must be able to design for the future.

Preferred Qualifications

No preferred qualifications provided.