Senior Firewall Engineer — Palo Alto & Checkpoint Focus

Tampa Electric Company; Lutz (FL); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Tampa Electric Company is seeking a Network & Security Systems Analyst Lead to design, implement, and support our network security infrastructure. The role emphasizes firewall engineering with Checkpoint and Palo Alto, VPN design, and ensuring compliance with CIP/SOX/PCI regulations.

Ideal candidates will have 8+ years in network security, strong experience with large enterprise environments, and potential to lead small projects within the progression family.

Qualifications

• Requires strong hands-on firewall engineering experience in production environments.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and support network, server and storage infrastructure with emphasis on security controls.
• Ensure compliance with NERC CIP, SOX, and PCI standards.
• Manage WAN/LAN, VPNs, DNS, DHCP, IP routing and security devices.
• Lead or mentor on project design and cross-train peers.

Skills

Firewall engineering

Checkpoint experience

Palo Alto experience

VPN design

HA/large-scale environments

Network security controls

DDoS, WAF, proxies

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering/Math/MIS

Tools

Checkpoint

Palo Alto

NetScaler

WAF

DNS/DHCP

Job description

Tampa Electric Company is seeking a Network & Security Systems Analyst Lead to design, implement, and support our network security infrastructure. The role emphasizes firewall engineering with Checkpoint and Palo Alto, VPN design, and ensuring compliance with CIP/SOX/PCI regulations.

Ideal candidates will have 8+ years in network security, strong experience with large enterprise environments, and potential to lead small projects within the progression family.