Security Operations Engineer III - (Cisco Firewall, Networking, DLP)

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, test, and deploy new security technologies, including developing operational documentation and runbooks.
• Evaluate, recommend, integrate, and automate security tools and processes to enhance the protection of corporate assets and infrastructure.
• Conduct security risk assessments, exposure analyses, and security architecture reviews to ensure secure and cost-effective system and network performance.
• Lead or assist in producing periodic or ad-hoc security reports that provide situational awareness to senior stakeholders.
• Analyze network security elements and architectural designs to maintain optimal performance, security, and operational resilience.
• Monitor and manage networks, systems, and infrastructure for attacks, malware, intrusions, and vulnerabilities, including full remediation of impacted systems.
• Implement, operate, and tune enterprise security technologies (e.g., IPS/IDS, vulnerability scanners, encryption, endpoint protection).
• Support security audits, compliance reviews, and risk-management activities, delivering required documentation and remediation follow-up.
• Participate in or lead incident response activities and provide rotational after-hours on-call support.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of hands-on Security Engineering, Security Planning, or Security Operations experience.
• 2+ years of network administration/engineering experience and 2+ years of system administration experience.
• Advanced knowledge of security technologies with experience operating in medium to complex computing environments.
• Hands-on experience with two or more enterprise security technologies, such as IPS/IDS, VPNs (SSL/IPsec), firewalls, NAC, Windows/Linux OS, packet inspection, or directory services (LDAP/AD).
• Strong understanding of network architecture and concepts, including routing, switching, DNS, DHCP, subnetting, and security dependencies across server/VM environments.
• Experience implementing security technologies, conducting risk assessments, and integrating security controls into operational frameworks.