Senior Network Security Engineer

International SOS group; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

International SOS group seeks a Sr. Network Security Engineer to secure, design, operate, and maintain IT network infrastructure for a key government contract. The role emphasizes solving complex problems and continually improving the security environment.

The ideal candidate will manage Azure and on-prem networks, implement VPNs and firewalls, and work across Checkpoint, Cisco, and F5 technologies. Candidates must be a US citizen eligible for Tier 3/Level II clearance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in IT or InfoSec, or equivalent 4 years of related experience.
• US citizen eligible for Tier 3/Level II IT Security Clearance.

Responsibilities

• Maintains data network hardware and systems including Azure and Cisco on-premise networks.
• Investigates and resolves network and hardware issues of significance; researches, analyses, isolates and resolves errors.
• Assesses and evaluates current and future systems.
• Monitor the IPS system for network intrusions and respond to incidents.
• Ensure IPS system and signatures are kept up-to-date.
• Design networks on-premises or in the Azure government cloud as described in the project requirements and in line with architectural principles.
• Develop and monitor key network metrics for input into IT reviews/reporting and monitoring.
• Implement VPN and firewall rule, web filtering changes.
• Perform hardware and software upgrades of network infrastructure like Cisco switches, Checkpoint firewalls, F5 Load balancers.

Skills

Cisco Nexus/Catalyst

Checkpoint Firewalls

F5 Load Balancers

Azure Networking

Networking Protocols

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Multitasking

Ambiguity tolerance

Education

Bachelor’s degree in IT/InfoSec

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International SOS is looking for a talented Sr. Network Security Engineer to help secure, design, operate, and maintain its IT network and security infrastructure for a key government contract. The ideal candidate would have a passion for solving technical problems and a drive for continually assessing and improving the technical environment in which they operate.

Key Responsibilities

• Maintains data network hardware and systems including Azure and Cisco on-premise networks.
• Investigates and resolves network and hardware issues of significance; researches, analyses, isolates and resolves errors.
• Assesses and evaluates current and future systems
• Monitor the IPS system for network intrusions and respond to incidents
• Ensure IPS system and signatures are kept up-to-date.
• Design networks on-premises or in the Azure government cloud as described in the project requirements and in line with architectural principles.
• Develop and monitor key network metrics for input into IT reviews/reporting and monitoring.
• Implement VPN and firewall rule, web filtering changes.
• Perform hardware and software upgrades of network infrastructure like Cisco switches, Checkpoint firewalls, F5 Load balancers.

Required Skills and Knowledge

• Cisco Nexus and Catalyst Switches
• Checkpoint Firewalls and Intrusion Prevention
• F5 Load Balancers
• Microsoft Azure Networking (Virtual networks, Routing, Subnets, Express Route, VPN, Network Security Groups)
• Networking Protocols/Concepts (Routing, VLAN, Subnetting, Load balancing, TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP, TLS, SSH)
• Goal/results focused.
• Strong ability to analyse and solve problems.
• Available to manage multiple competing demands.
• Comfortable with ambiguity.

Required Work Experience

• 5+ Experience designing, building, and operating networks
• 5+ Years Checkpoint Security
• 10+ Years in IT

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Information Security, or equivalent 4 years additional experience in network security engineering.
• This position does require a US Citizen who can obtain Tier 3/ Level II IT Security Clearance (previously referred to as ADP II Clearance) after being offered a position and maintaining clearance after starting with International SOS.

Required Languages

• Any second language preferred.

Travel / Rotation Requirements

• Not Required
• On-call/after-hours support required as needed.