Senior Network & Web Security Engineer

CenterPoint Energy, Inc.; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Paid training

Benefits from day one

Flexible schedule

Wellness center on-site

Job summary

CenterPoint Energy in Houston seeks an experienced Network Security Engineer to lead security design and implementation across our network and web applications. You will develop and enforce security controls, collaborate with Network, Security Architecture, DevOps and other technology teams, and guide incident response and policy improvement.

You will mentor engineers, maintain security configurations and documentation, and ensure compliance with corporate standards and regulatory requirements.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of cybersecurity or IT experience.
• Hands-on with Next Gen Firewalls and WAF.
• Experience with Azure and GCP cloud apps and services.
• Familiarity with change management processes and maintaining configuration documentation.
• CISSP or other relevant security certifications preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership for network security and web application security across CNP environments.
• Design, implement, maintain, and troubleshoot security controls protecting network infrastructure, applications, and internet-facing services.
• Develop and maintain firewall, WAF, threat prevention, URL filtering, remote access, and application security policies.
• Protect web applications from common application-layer threats, automated attacks, malicious bots, and abuse.
• Manage and support enterprise security technologies such as Next Gen firewalls and Web Application Firewall (WAF).
• Analyze security events, alerts, and traffic patterns to identify threats and opportunities to strengthen controls.
• Lead troubleshooting and resolution of complex security incidents and service-impacting issues.
• Partner with Security Architecture, Network Engineering, DevOps, application teams, and infrastructure teams to design and implement secure solutions.
• Review proposed infrastructure and application changes to ensure alignment with cybersecurity policies, architecture, and standards.
• Maintain security configurations, standards, procedures, diagrams, and operational documentation.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to other engineers and serve as an escalation point for complex security issues.

Skills

Network security

Web application security

Firewall policies

WAF

Incident response

Zero Trust

Azure / GCP

Education

Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field

Tools

Next Gen Firewalls

Web Application Firewall (WAF)

Prisma Client VPN

Firewall management tools

Job description

CenterPoint Energy in Houston seeks an experienced Network Security Engineer to lead security design and implementation across our network and web applications. You will develop and enforce security controls, collaborate with Network, Security Architecture, DevOps and other technology teams, and guide incident response and policy improvement.

You will mentor engineers, maintain security configurations and documentation, and ensure compliance with corporate standards and regulatory requirements.