Senior Firewall Infrastructure Manager (Remote/Hybrid)

Centene Corporation; United States; Hybrid; USD 103,000 - 191,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401K and stock purchase plans

Tuition reimbursement

Paid time off plus holidays

Flexible work schedules

Job summary

Centene Corporation is seeking a Manager, Firewall Infrastructure Engineering in the United States to lead and evolve our enterprise firewall environment. You will drive delivery, workforce management, capacity planning, and continuous improvement across firewall platforms, coordinating with architecture, security operations, and cloud teams.

The role emphasizes scalable, reliable, and measurable operations, with responsibility for uptime, tooling, and governance related to infrastructure.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 5+ years of related experience.
• Or equivalent experience reflecting level of this position.
• Strong people leadership and team development skills.
• Execution-focused management approach.
• Ability to balance operational support and strategic improvements.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Experience managing multiple concurrent security initiatives.
• Risk-based decision-making capability.
• Ability to translate technical issues into business impact discussions.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of firewall infrastructure engineers.
• Establish priorities, sprint objectives, and operational work plans.
• Conduct performance management, coaching, and mentoring.
• Develop succession plans and reduce key-person dependency risks.
• Build a sustainable operating model with distributed team ownership.
• Ensure reliable operation of enterprise firewall infrastructure and services.
• Maintain readiness, support models, escalation paths, and runbooks.
• Manage backlogs and technical debt.
• Monitor platform health, performance, availability, and metrics.
• Drive consistent firewall engineering processes and standards.
• Oversee lifecycle management, capacity planning, and resource forecasting.
• Lead project execution and coordinate resources across teams.
• Track risks, support audits, and ensure compliance.

Skills

People leadership

Stakeholder management

Risk management

Execution focus

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Centene Corporation is seeking a Manager, Firewall Infrastructure Engineering in the United States to lead and evolve our enterprise firewall environment. You will drive delivery, workforce management, capacity planning, and continuous improvement across firewall platforms, coordinating with architecture, security operations, and cloud teams.

The role emphasizes scalable, reliable, and measurable operations, with responsibility for uptime, tooling, and governance related to infrastructure.