Senior Network Security Engineer | Edge water Park, NJ

Overview

On Site
Accepts corp to corp applications
Contract - Independent
Contract - W2
Contract - 6 month(s)

Skills

aws
sox
azure
Network Security
PCI DSS
Cybersecurity
NIST
GCP
oci
ISO/IEC 27001
Palo Alto Networks
load balancers

Job Details

Cohesive Technologies is a global IT Services & Solutions company providing IT Staffing Services and Application Development Services necessary for technology leaders to deliver business value. We help our people and clients succeed by leveraging our expertise, deep industry and market knowledge, proprietary assessment tools and techniques, and project delivery methodologies. Through relationships with thousands of specialized professionals, we bring an unparalleled ability to match talent with opportunities by assessing, recruiting, developing and engaging the best and brightest people for our clients. We combine broad geographic presence, world-class solutions and a tailored, consultative approach to help our people and clients achieve higher performance and outstanding results.

Position Title: Senior Network Security Engineer

Location: Edge water Park, NJ - 5 Days onsite

10+ Years of experience.

Overview:

  • As the Senior Network Security Engineer you will develop and implement enterprise network security solutions to address the current and emerging network security and compliance needs of the business.

  • You will serve as a security engineer in network, infrastructure, and/or platform (operating system) efforts, helping project teams comply with Burlington enterprise security policies, industry regulations, and best practices.

  • Additionally, you will lead assigned design and implementation work efforts for integrating the service capability with diverse Burlington IT network, platforms and applications, and execute service delivery tasks against defined processes and conduct service improvement activities across people, process and technology realms.

  • The ideal candidate will have demonstrated skills in modern network design and engineering with a differentiated focus on current and emerging network security technologies and their application in thwarting and impeding cyber threats.

A Day In The Life:

  • Develop, document, implement and enforce network security standards and guidelines in adherence to industry regulations (e.g., PCI DSS, SOX, etc.) and internal security policies.

  • Design, implement and support secure network architectures in clouds (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform, or OCI), and on-premises data centers, ensuring high availability, performance, and scalability.

  • Design and implement network segmentation and access control mechanisms.

  • Manage firewalls, including optimization of firewall rules and policies, monitoring of firewall logs and alerts for suspicious activity, and regular firewall maintenance.

  • Manage load balancers, including configuration of algorithms and health checks, performance and capacity monitoring, and issue troubleshooting.

  • Provide support to security audits and risk assessments.

  • Maintain currency on the latest security regulations and best practices.

  • Support and implement automated processes to improve efficiency and reduce the risk of human error using scripting languages (e.g., Perl, Python, PowerShell, etc.) and automation tools.

  • Collaborate with security teams to investigate security incidents, identify vulnerabilities, and implement effective countermeasures.

  • Engage with network security vendors to ensure adherence to vendor specific best practices and optimal performance and support.

  • Provide on-call support for all network technologies, including firewalls, load balancers, and cloud infrastructure.

  • Provide off-hours support for major incidents and work the incident queue for all other incidents during normal business hours.

To Be Successful You Should Possess:

  • Bachelor degree in Computer Science, Information Security or a related technical field.

  • 4-7 years of proven experience designing and implementing secure network architectures in complex enterprise environments.

  • In-depth knowledge of cybersecurity frameworks including but not limited to NIST, ISO/IEC 27001 and PCI DSS.

  • In-depth knowledge of network security protocols (TCP/IP, BGP, OSPF), cloud security best practices, and web application firewalls (WAF).

  • Extensive experience with network security technologies such as firewalls (Palo Alto Networks), load balancers, IDS/IPS, CASB, SASE, SD-WAN, etc.

  • Strong understanding of network segmentation, access control, and intrusion detection/prevention systems

  • Proficiency in scripting languages (e.g., Perl, Python, PowerShell) and experience with automation tools (e.g., Ansible, Terraform).

  • Cloud experience in at least two of the following: AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform, OCI in a multi-cloud corporate environment.

Cohesive Technologies is an equal access/equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, color, disability, marital status, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status or any other classification prescribed by applicable law.

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