The Senior Network Security Engineer is responsible for maintaining and supporting the network security infrastructure for Coretek and its clients. The senior security network engineer must be able to assess weaknesses in platforms, access and procedures, to manage risk of exposure of proprietary data. Periodic review of trends or exposures that could be addressed by system policy, training, technical steps or applications to address security. Additional responsibilities include process definition, documentation of platforms/ process, automation of repetative tasks, reporting status and activities, managing and executing assigned project tasks or small projects including major version upgrades, transitions of service for clients, productivity enhancements, and integration with Coretek infrastructure.

Essential Job Functions

• Manage and be a senior resource for network security platforms, creation of procedures, implementation of processes, automating tasks, enhancing tool monitoring, ensuring overall health of these platforms, and development of staff for managing and maintaining security systems across internal and client environments.
• High proficiency in firewalls, cloud networking, physical networking, IPS/IDS, and other network security platforms.
• Expert resource in networking technologies, protocols, and troubleshooting
• Lead the development and support enforcement of system policy, procedures, and standards
• Oversee or perform remediation of security/ management platform issues
• Develop written processes and procedures for level 1 and help-desk personnel to use to remediate management or security agent issues including customer-specific procedures, as needed
• Continuously identify and develop security and productivity-enhancing improvements through automation, better procedures, and other innovations
• Integrate security systems in to the Coretek ticketing / SOAR systems for automation
• Develop and execute endpoint migration strategies including "rip and replace" of existing solutions
• Serve as an expert to the organization on malware and other endpoint vulnerabilities and risks
• Continuously research and learn about additional security technology solutions which may not be currently in use at Coretek.
• Manage problem status, set clear expectations, provide timely follow-up to internal and external clients, and independently handle challenging situations on a daily basis
• Maintain knowledge of current security trends and be able to clearly communicate them to internal and external clients
• Serve as a security senior practitioner/advisor, as needed, for escalations, incidents, and other security initiatives

Requirements

Qualifications / Requirements

• Knowledge and experience with industry leading network security vendor platforms
• Senior level experience with Palo Alto, Micrsoft security, Fortinet, or other similar platforms
• Industry Certifications including vendor certifications are a plus
• Must be able to provide guidance on architecture and design, data flows, data model, Server/ endpoint configuration, and troubleshooting
• Knowledge of common scripting tools, Powershell, Python, Bash a plus
• Strong, in-depth analytical and problem-solving skills
• Experience in a wide range of security tools
• Good organizational and project management skills
• Team player able to lead a small project team when required and also work independently
• Ability to effectively interact with other IT Services professionals and communicate clearly with native and non-native English speakers throughout the world
• MSP/MSSP experience desired
• Bachelor's degree in a technical/creative discipline or equivalent work experience in IT or Information Security