Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. PND NDCHealth Corporation is hiring a Network Systems Engineer to administer, support, and improve enterprise network and security infrastructure in a highly regulated environment. The role supports production network operations, security controls, compliance activities, and infrastructure reliability, while collaborating with engineering, cybersecurity, and GRC teams.
Responsibilities
- Administer and support Palo Alto Networks firewall platforms
- Administer and support Cisco firewall technologies
- Implement approved firewall rules, VPN configurations, NAT policies, and network segmentation requirements
- Assist with vulnerability remediation and security hardening activities
- Participate in security incident investigation and resolution efforts
- Support implementation of security controls and approved security baselines
- Support Cisco switching and routing environments
- Troubleshoot and resolve network connectivity and performance issues
- Support network infrastructure upgrades and lifecycle management activities
- Participate in change management processes and maintenance activities
- Perform root cause analysis on network service incidents
- Support F5 load balancing technologies
- Maintain virtual servers, traffic management policies, SSL configurations, and application delivery services
- Partner with application support teams to maintain highly available services
- Apply patches, firmware updates, hotfixes, and security updates
- Perform user administration and access management activities
- Execute operational maintenance procedures and validation activities
- Support disaster recovery and business continuity testing activities
- Maintain operational runbooks and support procedures
- Support infrastructure operating within a federal, healthcare, or otherwise highly regulated environment
- Participate in audit readiness, evidence collection, and remediation activities
- Assist with maintenance of technical controls aligned to regulatory and security requirements
- Support protection of sensitive information including PII and PHI
- Follow established configuration management and change control processes
- Utilize monitoring and observability platforms to identify service and infrastructure issues
- Review network health, capacity, availability, and performance metrics
- Support operational reporting and dashboard development
- Participate in continuous service improvement initiatives
- Develop and maintain network diagrams, technical procedures, standards documentation, and operational guides
- Maintain accurate and audit-ready documentation
- Collaborate with Systems Administration, Senior Systems Engineering, Senior Network Engineering, Cybersecurity, and GRC teams
- Participate in incident, change, and problem management processes
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience
- Typically requires 4+ years of relevant network engineering, network administration, or network security experience
- Experience administering Palo Alto firewalls
- Experience administering Cisco firewalls
- Experience supporting Cisco switching environments
- Experience supporting enterprise production infrastructure
- Experience working in regulated or compliance-driven environments
- Experience performing operational maintenance activities including patching, upgrades, and user administration
- TCP/IP networking
- Routing and switching
- VPN technologies
- Network security principles
- DNS and related network services
- High availability concepts
- Load balancing concepts
- Cloud networking fundamentals
- Monitoring and observability concepts
- Strong troubleshooting and analytical abilities
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
- Outstanding documentation and organizational skills
- Ability to independently manage operational responsibilities with limited supervision
- Strong attention to detail in compliance-sensitive environments
- Collaborative mindset and ability to work effectively across infrastructure, engineering, cybersecurity, and compliance teams
- Commitment to operational excellence, security, and regulatory compliance
- Experience supporting federal, healthcare, or other highly regulated environments
- Familiarity with NIST SP 800-53 security controls
- Familiarity with DISA STIG security configuration standards
- Familiarity with HIPAA compliance requirements
- Experience protecting regulated information including PII and PHI
- Experience supporting audit and compliance activities
- Experience with Azure, AWS, or hybrid cloud networking environments
- Experience with automation technologies such as PowerShell, Python, or Ansible
- Familiarity with vulnerability management processes and security remediation activities
- CCNA
- CCNP
- Security+
- Palo Alto PCNSA
- Palo Alto PCNSE
- CISSP
- Azure AZ-104
- Azure AZ-700
- AWS Certified Advanced Networking
- ITIL Foundation
Benefits
- An annual bonus may be offered.
- Long-term incentive opportunities may be offered.
- Fully remote.
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