Network/Security Engineer

Job Title – Network/Security Engineer

Help expand the boundaries of cutting-edge fintech security.

Our client, a successful financial technology and services company, currently seeks a detail-oriented candidate to serve as a Network Security Engineer. In this position, you would work with senior technical network and leadership teams to provide scalable, consistent, and secure solutions across multiple different types of firewalls and network infrastructure, in both private and public clouds.

Responsibilities:

• Palo Alto, Meraki, Citrix, NetScaler, Network Routing, Software Defined Networks concepts (NSX,vtep/vxlan), VPN.
• Monitor & Detection: utilize network traffic and security tools (SIEM, CrowdStrike, Rapid7,Palo Alto logs) for reporting of suspicious activity, intrusions, or malicious behavior
• Incident Response and Vulnerability Management: Respond to managed SOC alerts and conduct regular vulnerability assessments with various security tools
• Attend regular infrastructure meetings with Senior technical staff.
• Ensure timely roll out and client sign off on new implementations.
• Participate in periodic DR testing, provide immediate response for any critical issues, ensure the network is operating securely, highly available and meeting all SLAs with clients.
• Work with senior technical network and leadership teams to provide scalable, consistent, and secure solutions across multiple different types of firewalls and network infrastructure, in both private and public clouds.
• Create and maintain network diagrams.
• Configure and manage MPLS/VPN solutions to provide secure remote access for employees, clients, and partners.
• Work on the design and deployment of Software Defined Networks, optimizing performance and security.
• Participate in weekly working group status calls with infosec and infrastructure working groups as needed. Participate in daily infrastructure meeting held at EST afternoons.
• Flexibility to participate in on-call support some weeknights and weekends where needed for implementation checkout or triage.
• Conduct regular training sessions for the IT team and relevant stakeholders on compliance requirements.
• Foster a culture of compliance awareness to ensure all team members understand their roles in maintaining regulatory compliance
• Actively participate in industry forums and stay informed about evolving compliance standards.
• Implement continuous improvement initiatives to enhance the organization's ability to meet and exceed compliance requirements.
• Ability to utilize Visio and or other presentation software to produce topological diagram of infrastructure. This will support creating of client specific Runbooks.

Requirements:

• Computer Science BS/Engineering.
• 5-7 years of proven experience as a Network Security Engineer in private datacenters and cloud environments.
• Relevant certifications such as CCNP Security, CISSP, or equivalent.
• Expertise in designing, implementing, and maintaining robust network security solutions.
• Routing-Knowledge of BGP & OSPF routing protocols.
• Knowledge of cloud AWS/Azure routing and security infrastructure design
• In-depth knowledge of Palo Alto, Cisco ASA, Meraki, Citrix NetScaler, MFA access, SDN, VPN, and Cloud security.
• Strong understanding of security best practices and familiarity with CrowdStrike, SecureWorks and industry’s best practices.
• Excellent troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
• Effective communication skills with the ability to convey complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.

Preferred Skills and Qualifications:

• Previous experience in financially regulated environments (SEC, OCC, Federal Reserve, FINRA, SOC 1 and SOC 2, etc.) preferred.
• Certifications such as Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH), or cloud-specific certifications (AWS Certified Security) would be advantageous.

Benefits:

Our client offers a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your health, well-being, and future. This includes medical, dental, and vision coverage, life and disability insurance, flexible spending accounts, a 401(k) retirement plan, and access to additional voluntary benefits. Employees also enjoy a perk program that provides special discounts.

Salary Range: $130,000 – $150,000

The above requirements and qualifications are meant to describe the general nature of the position and do not represent all duties to be performed by the selected candidate. Please note that only candidates who are under consideration for the position will be contacted. The Company is an equal opportunity employer. All employment is decided on basis of qualifications, merit and business needs without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.