Senior Firewall Policy Engineering Manager

Centene Corp.; United States; On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Centene Corp. seeks a seasoned Manager of Firewall Policy Engineering to lead a team of security engineers, drive engineering delivery, and advance policy automation across the enterprise.

The role focuses on scalable firewall policy implementation, lifecycle management, and adherence to security standards while partnering with cross-functional teams to deliver secure connectivity for the business. This leadership position requires a Bachelor's degree and 5+ years of related experience, with a

Qualifications

• Experience leading security or network engineering teams.
• Strong understanding of enterprise firewall security concepts.
• Ability to prioritize substantial operational and project demand within finite engineering capacity.
• Experience improving engineering processes through standardization and automation.
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a team of firewall security engineers.
• Establish priorities, engineering objectives, and operational work plans.
• Conduct performance management, coaching, and mentoring.
• Lead engineering execution for enterprise firewall security capabilities.
• Ensure firewall changes and security controls are implemented consistently.
• Establish repeatable engineering practices for firewall policy implementation and lifecycle management.
• Balance operational demand, strategic initiatives, technical debt, and capability advancement.
• Ensure initiatives produce measurable security and business outcomes.
• Partner with application, network, cloud, infrastructure, architecture, and cybersecurity teams.
• Manage project dependencies, resource constraints, and delivery risks.
• Support audit, compliance, and control validation activities.
• Maintain documentation, standards, procedures, and practices.

Skills

People leadership

Security engineering

Firewall concepts

Stakeholder management

Automation

Education

Bachelor's degree

5+ years related experience

Job description

Centene Corp. seeks a seasoned Manager of Firewall Policy Engineering to lead a team of security engineers, drive engineering delivery, and advance policy automation across the enterprise.

The role focuses on scalable firewall policy implementation, lifecycle management, and adherence to security standards while partnering with cross-functional teams to deliver secure connectivity for the business. This leadership position requires a Bachelor's degree and 5+ years of related experience, with a