Network Reliability Engineering Lead

Group 1001 is a consumer-centric, technology-driven family of insurance companies on a mission to deliver outstanding value and operational performance by combining financial strength and stability with deep insurance expertise and a can-do culture. Group1001’s culture emphasizes the importance of collaboration, communication, core business focus, risk management, and striving for outcomes. This goal extends to how we hire and onboard our most valuable assets – our employees.

Why This Role Matters:

The Network Security Engineer at Group 1001 will play a pivotal role in fortifying our network infrastructure against emerging threats, implementing robust security protocols, and strategically supporting cybersecurity resilience. Their responsibilities will include designing, deploying, and maintaining secure network systems to safeguard our digital assets and operations from evolving cyber risks. They will lead strategic security initiatives aimed at protecting our data and services, collaborating closely with various teams to integrate security seamlessly into our processes, technologies, and organizational culture. This role demands a profound grasp of network security principles, advanced critical thinking abilities, and adept navigation of complex technical environments. The individual will uphold a stringent standard of accountability to ensure consistent delivery of mission-critical results, aligned with the rigorous standards of leading financial institutions.

How You’ll Contribute:

• Develop, implement, and maintain network security policies aligned with industry standards and regulatory requirements.
• Deploy and configure Cisco security appliances, Palo Alto Networks firewalls and Zscaler infrastructure to fortify a strong network across the organization.
• Work with cross-functional teams to understand the business and technological needs of unique application infrastructure across a diverse cloud, on premise, and SaaS environment ensuring the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of data.
• Identify areas for improvement in security processes, policies, and technologies and drive initiatives to enhance security effectiveness.
• Deploy, maintain availability of various security technology’s including intrusion prevention systems (IPS), web application firewalls (WAF), and provide engineering support to network detection and response solutions.
• Implement and manage network security monitoring tools for real-time threat detection and response.
• Optimize security configurations to support business specific performance needs while retaining resilience against emerging threats.

• Develop and maintain automation tools and scripts to streamline security testing, validation processes, and repetitive or daily tasks.
• Keep up to date with new and evolving security threats, vulnerabilities, and industry trends.
• Assume accountability for projects, propose innovative solutions, and actively steer them to successful completion.

What We’re Looking For:

• Bachelor's degree in Information Security, Computer Science, or related academic field.
• 7+ years of professional experience in information security, with a focus in network security including firewall and secure perimeter technology.
• Strong knowledge of public cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Understanding of industry security frameworks, standards, and best practices (e.g., NIST, ISO, CIS, MITRE ATT&CK).
• Experience with broad range of security tools and technologies (e.g., SIEM, CASB, CSPM, EDR, IDS/IPS, DLP, WAF).
• Experience in scripting languages such as Python, PowerShell and Shell.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work closely with engineering, operations and infrastructure teams.
• Experience working with cloud native networking and security solutions found in Azure, AWS, GCP, etc.
• Strong knowledge and experience with modern container orchestration technology.
• Experience with modern Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform or Ansible.
• Creativity and critical thinking with the ability to work both independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.
• Be able to serve as a mentor or subject matter expert to other members within the organization.

Benefits Highlights:  

Employees who meet benefit eligibility guidelines and work 30 hours or more weekly, have the ability to enroll in Group 1001’s benefits package. Employees (and their families) are eligible to participate in the Company’s comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance plan options.  Employees are also eligible for Basic and Supplemental Life Insurance, Short and Long-Term Disability. All employees (regardless of hours worked) have immediate access to the Company’s Employee Assistance Program and wellness programs—no enrollment is required.  Employees may also participate in the Company’s 401K plan, with matching contributions by the Company.

Group 1001, and its affiliated companies, is strongly committed to providing a supportive work environment where employee differences are valued. Diversity is an essential ingredient in making Group 1001 a welcoming place to work and is fundamental in building a high-performance team. Diversity embodies all the differences that make us unique individuals.  All employees share the responsibility for maintaining a workplace culture of dignity, respect, understanding and appreciation of individual and group differences.