Overview

This position is for a Senior Network Security Engineer with a concentration on Nextgen Firewalls technologies (Cisco and Palo Alto). The right candidate will be a self-starter who can serve in a technical lead role, provide technical project management/oversight, and provide hands-on support at an SME level within areas of focus.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the lead engineer working with application team to properly shape firewall rules
• Act as a liaison between the firewall team and Information Security.
• System baselining
• System requirements gathering
• Engineer/Implementation of Cisco Nextgen firewalls
• Engineer/Implementation of Palo Alto Nextgen firewalls
• Developing and supporting migrations between various firewall platforms (e.g. Cisco to Palo)
• Developing and evaluating layer 3 and layer 7 firewall rules
• Supporting and implementing holistic security stacks relative to Nextgen Firewalls (e.g. IPS, IDS, Layer 7 rules, etc.)
• Develop and support IPSEC VPN tunnels
• Develop and support remote access VPNs
• Manage and implement Firewall code updates
• In depth troubleshooting and supporting of firewall fleet exceeding 100 nodes
• Evaluate technical solutions in response to business challenges
• Provide thought leadership in support continuous improvements
• Present technical solutions as needed for knowledge sharing and acceptance
• Provide project support and status reporting
• Establish and maintain system documentation
• Represent changes via CAB meetings
• Present new solutions and architectures via ARB meetings
• Collaborate with partnering teams in support of solution development and deployment

• Advance hands on experience and knowledge of Firewall technologies
• Extensive experience with hands on experience and knowledge of Cisco Catalyst switches
• Extensive experience with routing and switching
• Advance hands on experience and knowledge with System design, administration, and security
• Strong team player, able to communicate and show leadership amongst teams of similarly knowledgeable specialists and Engineers
• Experience supporting technical teams in a lead role
• Experience working with Incident, Problem, and Change Management
• Bachelor's Degree in Computer or Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or related field or equivalent work experience

• Familiarity and/or prior experience working with Cloud environment(s) (e.g. Azure, AWS, or OCI)
• Active CISSP Certification
• Active Certification in Cisco and/or Palo Alto