Network Security Engineer

Network Security Administrator

Works from established procedures with limited instruction. Assist in the development and enhancement of procedures. Performs moderately difficult assignments, requiring a great deal of originality and problem solving. Working knowledge of project management concepts; able to run small projects. Complies with information security policies. Exhibits regular, reliable, punctual and predictable attendance. Day-to-day operational tasks such as firewall request and incident management. Be able to work closely with 2nd and 3rd level Network Engineers, the Security Operations Center, as well as other teams. Administration of firewalls such as Palo Alto virtual and physical appliances within the data center and AWS/Azure cloud. Conduct regular security assessments on controls and policies to iterate and improve the security posture. Develop/maintain operational documentation and lead knowledge transfer/training sessions across technical teams as needed. A minimum of 2 years of experience in directly related work experience in network security administration/operational role fulfilling firewall requests and providing frontline incident response. A four year computer science or related technical degree or equivalent work experience. Proven ability to communicate in the written/spoken language with audiences of diverse technical understanding. Proven ability to be a self-starter with self-motivation for learning new technologies. Proven ability to quickly understand customer problems and how they relate to network/security infrastructure. Basic knowledge of network security, Palo Alto firewalls, intrusion detection systems, authentication mechanisms, encryption technologies, and networking protocols including SMTP, HTTP, DNS, TCP/IP, and SNMP. Proven ability to understand and decode network traces and capture files. Knowledge of network routing/switching (routing protocols, multicast, other LAN protocols).

Work Schedule - M-F 8-5 CST. Some evening work with end users to troubleshoot access across multiple firewalls and create identity and port-based firewall rules to allow traffic may be required. Experience in Palo Alto, Splunk and Guardicore are required.