Senior Network Security Engineer

About this role

## Your future role at a glance

Location: Remote

Department: Core Tech Network

Schedule: 8 hour shift, Monday-Friday

Salary: $116,413 - $162,273 per year

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## How you'll make an impact in this role

• Own and optimize the organization's core network security platforms, ensuring the availability, performance, and protection of critical systems across a large-scale enterprise environment.
• Serve as the senior technical escalation point for complex security, firewall, and network access control issues, leading root-cause analysis, incident response, and problem resolution efforts.
• Drive continuous improvement of the security environment through policy optimization, segmentation initiatives, automation, and operational enhancements across Palo Alto, Fortinet, and NAC platforms.

## What minimum qualifications you'll need

Education:

• High School diploma equivalency with 2 years of cumulative experience OR Associate's degree/Bachelor's degree with 1 year of experience OR 5 years of applicable cumulative job specific experience required. 2 years of leadership or management experience preferred.

## What additional requirements you'll need

- 8–10+ years of hands-on experience in network/security engineering
- Proven experience operating in large-scale, enterprise environments
- Deep, hands-on expertise with:
- Palo Alto Networks firewalls
- Fortinet security platforms
- Cisco ISE and/or Aruba ClearPass
- Strong knowledge of:
- Firewall operations, policy management, and segmentation
- Authentication protocols (802.1X, RADIUS, TACACS+)
- VPN technologies (IPSec, SSL VPN)
- Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot complex, multi-layered issues under pressure

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