Senior Network Security Engineer
Largeton Group · Whippany, NJ · 1 mo ago
On-siteInformation TechnologyContract
Job Summary
Senior Network Security Engineer
Responsibilities
- Lead the design, implementation, and management of advanced enterprise network security solutions (firewalls, IDS/IPS, proxy, remote access, NAC, segmentation).
- Support and optimize large-scale network security environments for stability, security, resiliency, and scalability.
- Enforce security standards, policies, and baseline configurations across the enterprise network.
- Drive automation initiatives using Infrastructure as Code (IaC), CI/CD pipelines, and DevSecOps practices; develop automation tools (Python, Ansible, Terraform).
- Collaborate with infrastructure, cloud, cybersecurity, and operations teams to deploy integrated security solutions.
- Execute complex production changes within structured change management processes.
- Provide incident response, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis for critical network security events.
- Maintain operational documentation, standards, diagrams, and ensure compliance reporting.
- Participate in architectural discussions for zero trust, secure access, segmentation, and security modernization.
Qualifications
- Proven experience leading network security initiatives in large enterprises.
- Expertise in firewall, IDS/IPS, proxy, remote access, NAC, and segmentation technologies.
- Strong understanding of security standards, policies, and baseline configurations.
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC), CI/CD pipelines, and DevSecOps practices.
- Proficiency in Python, Ansible, Terraform, and other automation tools.
- Excellent collaboration skills with cross-functional teams.
- Experience with zero trust, secure access, segmentation, and security modernization architectures.
- Ability to manage complex production changes and provide effective incident response.
- Strong documentation and compliance reporting skills.