Senior Network Security Engineer (Remote)

Kohl's; Menomonee Falls (WI); On-site; USD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Kohl's is seeking a hands-on Senior Network Engineer, Network Security to design, implement, and operate secure, scalable network services across data centers, cloud environments, and retail locations.

You will lead firewall and VPN implementations (Palo Alto, GlobalProtect, Prisma Access), manage policy lifecycles, perform upgrades, and drive Zero Trust adoption with minimal business impact.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of network security experience in large-scale environments.
• Strong understanding of TCP/IP, BGP, OSPF, VLANs, DNS/DHCP.
• Hands-on with Palo Alto firewalls, Panorama, GlobalProtect, Prisma Access.
• Strong remote-access VPN, SASE, ZTA concepts and policy design.
• Experience with GCP or similar cloud networking including VPCs, Cloud Firewall, Cloud VPN, and load balancing.
• Experience troubleshooting GlobalProtect and Prisma Access issues using logs and captures.
• Experience designing secure connectivity for remote users, retail locations, data centers, and partners.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and support Cloud network-security solutions including VPCs, Cloud NGFW, and firewalls.
• Deploy and support next-generation firewalls across data centers, retail locations, and cloud environments.
• Own firewall-policy lifecycle from intake to decommissioning of obsolete rules.
• Lead hardware/software upgrades, migrations, and platform consolidations with minimal impact.
• Troubleshoot firewall, NAT, routing, and application issues using logs and captures.
• Design, implement, and support GlobalProtect VPN and Prisma Access remote connectivity.

Skills

5+ years network security

Palo Alto firewalls

Cloud networking

Zero Trust

GlobalProtect/Prisma Access

VPN/remote access

Tools

Palo Alto Panorama

GlobalProtect

Prisma Access

Cloud VPN

Cloud Interconnect

Job description

The Senior Network Engineer, Network Security is a hands‑on technical leader responsible for designing, implementing, and operating secure, reliable, and scalable network services across locations, data centers, cloud environments, partner connectivity, and remote‑user access.

What You’ll Do

• Design, implement, and support Google Cloud Platform or similar Cloud network‑security solutions, including VPC architecture, Cloud NGFW, Palo Alto VM‑Series firewalls, routing, segmentation, ingress and egress controls, NAT, and centralized logging.
• Design, deploy, configure, and support next‑generation firewalls across data centers, retail locations, internet edge, B2B partner connectivity, remote access, and cloud environments.
• Own the firewall‑policy lifecycle, including intake, design review, implementation, validation, documentation, periodic rule recertification, and decommissioning of obsolete rules.
• Lead hardware refreshes, software upgrades, migrations, and platform consolidations with minimal business impact.
• Troubleshoot complex firewall, connectivity, routing, NAT, application, and performance issues using logs, packet captures, traffic‑flow analysis, and monitoring tools.
• Design, implement, and support GlobalProtect VPN and Prisma Access services for secure remote‑user connectivity.
• Drive the transition toward Zero Trust access controls, SSL decryption, consistent security policy enforcement, and secure direct internet access.
• Troubleshoot remote‑user connectivity, application performance, authentication, voice and video quality, routing, and security‑policy issues across GlobalProtect and Prisma Access.
• Lead lifecycle management, upgrades, capacity planning, resiliency testing, and operational improvements for remote‑access and SASE platforms.
• Serve as an escalation resource for major network incidents, participate in the on‑call rotation, support front‑line operations teams with complex issues, lead root‑cause analysis, and implement corrective actions to prevent recurrence.

Required

What Skills You Have

• 5+ years of network security experience in large‑scale, complex enterprise, or high‑traffic global environments.
• Strong understanding of networking concepts and protocols (e.g., TCP/IP, BGP, EIGRP, OSPF, VLANs, DNS/DHCP)
• Hands‑on experience with Palo Alto Networks firewalls, Panorama, GlobalProtect VPN, and Prisma Access.
• Strong understanding of remote‑access VPN, SASE, Zero Trust Network Access, IPsec VPN, identity integration, and security‑policy design.
• Strong experience with Google Cloud Platform or similar cloud networking and security, including VPCs, firewall policies, Cloud NGFW or third‑party cloud firewalls, Cloud VPN, Cloud Interconnect, Cloud Router, BGP, Cloud DNS, and load balancing.
• Experience troubleshooting GlobalProtect and Prisma Access issues using firewall logs, Prisma Access logs, packet captures, routing data, and end‑user experience metrics.
• Experience designing secure connectivity for remote users, retail locations, cloud environments, data centers, and third‑party partners.

Preferred

• Palo Alto Networks certifications such as PCNSA, PCNSE, or Prisma Access certification.
• Cisco certifications such as CCNA, CCNP Enterprise, CCNP Security, CCIE Enterprise Infrastructure, or CCIE Security.
• CISSP or equivalent security certification.
• Experience with Cisco routing, switching, Cisco ACI, SD‑WAN, and enterprise data‑center networking.
• Experience with Prisma Access, SASE, ZTNA, ADEM, and identity‑based access controls.
• Experience with FireMon or similar firewall policy‑management and compliance platforms.
• Experience supporting PCI DSS or another regulated environment.