Security Technician

Compuquip Cybersecurity; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Compuquip Cybersecurity seeks an experienced Security Technician to join our Managed Firewall team, supporting diverse customer environments built on enterprise firewall technology. You will design, implement, optimize, and operate security architectures across Check Point, Fortinet, and Palo Alto platforms, focusing on stability, scalability, and secure outcomes.

The role is customer-facing and deeply technical, requiring collaboration with a team that covers multiple customers, with emphasis

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS/IS or equivalent practical experience
• Experience with Linux/Windows operating systems and system hardening
• Hands-on firewall experience on at least one major platform (Check Point, Fortinet, or Palo Alto) and enterprise networks

Responsibilities

• Serve as core engineer on the Managed Firewall team across multiple customers
• Manage and optimize firewall rules and threat prevention policies
• Analyze traffic flows, logs, and PCAPs for troubleshooting and validation
• Coordinate with customers and internal teams to deliver secure, scalable network environments
• Support platform lifecycle activities including upgrades and migrations
• Collaborate in design reviews and change planning to ensure high-quality outcomes
• Adhere to engineering standards and documentation requirements

Skills

Multi-vendor firewall experience

Network routing & switching

Linux

Windows

Threat prevention knowledge

Troubleshooting

Technical communication

Education

Bachelor's Degree in CS/IS or equivalent

Tools

Check Point

Fortinet

Palo Alto Networks

Job description

Security Technician

About Us

For more than four decades, Compuquip Cybersecurity has designed, implemented, and operated security programs for organizations that cannot afford to get it wrong. Our teams deliver 24x7 detection and response, managed firewall and network security, vulnerability management, and offensive security services across cloud, network, and endpoint environments. We are evolving how those services are delivered. Rather than having analysts triage every alert and engineers hand-write every change, we are building AI systems that handle reasoning work at scale so our people can focus on judgment, escalation, and customer outcomes. This work runs against live customer environments with real service commitments attached.

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced Security Technician to join our Managed Firewall team, supporting a diverse portfolio of customer environments built on enterprise firewall technology. This role is part of a team responsible for the design, implementation, optimization, and ongoing operational success of our customers' network security architectures. The ideal candidate has strong hands-on experience with at least one major firewall platform — Check Point, Fortinet, or Palo Alto Networks — excels in complex enterprise network environments and works effectively as part of a collaborative team supporting multiple customers. This role is customer-facing and technically deep, with an emphasis on stability, scalability, and security across the team's managed environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as a core engineer on the Managed Firewall team, supporting firewall environments across multiple customers (Check Point, Fortinet, or Palo Alto Networks)
• Knowledge of firewall Threat Prevention technologies and Application Control, including the ability to understand, analyze, and manage application signatures, security profiles, and threat-prevention policies.
• Centralized/multi-domain management platforms (e.g., Check Point SmartConsole/MDM, FortiManager, Panorama)
• VPN architectures (site-to-site, remote access)
• Manage/Update and Optimize Security policies and Threat Prevention Policies (IPS)
• Implement and optimize firewall rules, security profiles, routing, and high-availability configurations
• Troubleshoot complex network and security issues across firewall, routing, and segmentation layers
• Analyze traffic flows, logs, and packet captures (PCAPs) to diagnose performance and security issues
• Support ongoing platform lifecycle activities including upgrades, migrations, and architecture improvements
• Customer Delivery & Environment Familiarity
• Act as an extension of each customer's internal network and security team
• Develop working familiarity across a portfolio of customer network architectures, business requirements, and risk postures
• Execute security projects and enhancements aligned to each customer's priorities and agreed roadmaps
• Provide consultative guidance on best practices and operational improvements
• Balance workload and priorities across multiple customer environments in partnership with the rest of the Managed Firewall team
• Team Collaboration & Operational Excellence
• Collaborate closely with the Managed Firewall team supporting a shared book of customers
• Participate in design reviews, change planning, and peer validation to ensure high-quality outcomes
• Adhere to Compuquip engineering standards, security best practices, and documentation requirements
• Support structured handoffs, cross-coverage, and knowledge sharing across the Managed Firewall team

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent practical experience
• Strong hands-on experience supporting enterprise-grade firewall environments on at least one of the following platforms Certifications: Check Point — Checkpoint Certified Security Administrator (CCNA) and/or Fortinet — NSE 4 or higher And/or Palo Alto Networks — Palo Alto Networks Certified Network Security Engineer (PCNSE)
• Experience with network routing and switching, firewall architectures and security policy design, virtual and hybrid network environments
• Experience with Linux and Windows operating systems, including system hardening

Preferred Qualifications

• Multi-vendor firewall experience across Check Point, Fortinet, and/or Palo Alto Networks
• Additional vendor certifications beyond the required level (e.g., CCSM, CCME, CCTE; NSE 5–8; PCNSA, PCCET, PCCSE)
• Experience supporting large, complex, or regulated enterprise environments
• Familiarity with automation, scripting, or infrastructure-as-code concepts
• Exposure to OT/ICS network environments
• Experience working in a managed services environment supporting multiple customers

Technical Skills & Expertise:

• Strong working knowledge of: VLANs & PVLANs
• Experience configuring and troubleshooting routing and switching platforms
• Deep understanding of firewall technologies, including: IPSEC, IKE, GRE
• NAT, Routing, and security zoning
• Familiarity with: TACACS, RADIUS, ACLs, 802.1x
• Log analysis, audits, and network security telemetry, ability to analyze network packet captures (PCAPs) for troubleshooting and validation
• Strong analytical skills to translate business and security requirements into technical designs
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, particularly for technical documentation