Senior Network Security Engineer — Automation & VPN

The Home Depot; Atlanta (GA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

The Home Depot is hiring a Senior Network Security Engineer to secure and optimize our enterprise network infrastructure. Responsibilities include firewall lifecycle management, GlobalProtect VPN support, automation using Ansible and Python, and incident response with vulnerability management.

Candidates should have 3+ years in network security, Linux experience, and familiarity with cloud services (GCP/AWS/Azure). Travel within Georgia may be required for onsite activities.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in network and security engineering or operations.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience in a relevant discipline.
• Hands-on Linux experience and firewall/vpn administration.

Responsibilities

• Design automation workflows to support data collection, investigation and incident response.
• Develop threat hunting and data analysis capabilities.
• Identify and propose new technologies or approaches to detect malicious activity.
• Configure and monitor cybersecurity threat defense capabilities and user access management.

Skills

Firewall management

VPN technologies

Automation (Ansible, Python)

Linux

Cloud services (GCP, AWS, Azure)

Network security

Threat detection/incident response

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline

Tools

SolarWinds

Looker

Tableau

Job description

The Home Depot is hiring a Senior Network Security Engineer to secure and optimize our enterprise network infrastructure. Responsibilities include firewall lifecycle management, GlobalProtect VPN support, automation using Ansible and Python, and incident response with vulnerability management.

Candidates should have 3+ years in network security, Linux experience, and familiarity with cloud services (GCP/AWS/Azure). Travel within Georgia may be required for onsite activities.