Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Ascension is a leading nonprofit Catholic health system with more than 97,000 associates focused on reimagining healthcare through service, growth, care, and connection. The Senior Network Security Engineer will own and optimize core network security platforms, act as the senior escalation point for complex security and access control issues, and improve the environment through policy optimization, segmentation, automation, and operational enhancements.
Responsibilities
- Own and optimize the organization's core network security platforms, ensuring the availability, performance, and protection of critical systems across a large-scale enterprise environment
- Serve as the senior technical escalation point for complex security, firewall, and network access control issues, leading root-cause analysis, incident response, and problem resolution efforts
- Drive continuous improvement of the security environment through policy optimization, segmentation initiatives, automation, and operational enhancements across Palo Alto, Fortinet, and NAC platforms
Skills
- High School diploma equivalency with 2 years of cumulative experience OR Associate's degree/Bachelor's degree with 1 year of experience OR 5 years of applicable cumulative job specific experience required
- 8–10+ years of hands-on experience in network/security engineering
- Deep, hands-on expertise with:
- + Palo Alto Networks firewalls
- + Fortinet security platforms
- + Cisco ISE and/or Aruba ClearPass
- Strong knowledge of:
- + Firewall operations, policy management, and segmentation
- + Authentication protocols (802.1X, RADIUS, TACACS+)
- + VPN technologies (IPSec, SSL VPN)
- 2 years of leadership or management experience preferred
Benefits
- Paid time off (PTO)
- Various health insurance options & wellness plans
- Retirement benefits including employer match plans
- Long-term & short-term disability
- Employee assistance programs (EAP)
- Parental leave & adoption assistance
- Tuition reimbursement
- Ways to give back to your community
- Benefit options and eligibility vary by position.
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