What are the responsibilities and job description for the Network Security Specialist : Palo Alto, Fortinet, Cisco CCIE Security : New York : $200-300k + bonus position at Hunter Bond?
We’re partnering with a leading proprietary trading firm to appoint a Senior Network Security Engineer into their globally distributed infrastructure team. This is a rare opportunity to work at the intersection of ultra-low latency networking and advanced security architecture in a fast-paced, technology-first business.
You’ll play a key role in designing, building, and enhancing secure, high-performance network environments that underpin critical trading operations. This position blends hands-on engineering with project delivery, giving you real ownership over complex initiatives across on-prem and cloud environments.
Key Responsibilities:
- Architect and implement robust network security solutions across enterprise and trading systems
- Lead end-to-end delivery of infrastructure and security projects
- Design and optimise routing, switching, and secure connectivity across global networks
- Drive improvements in monitoring, observability, and incident response capabilities
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to enhance resilience and performance
- Contribute to automation initiatives to improve scalability and efficiency
Requirements:
- Strong background in network engineering within complex, high-availability environments
- Deep expertise across routing and switching protocols (e.g. BGP, OSPF, multicast, high-availability technologies)
- Proven experience working with enterprise-grade firewall and security platforms (e.g. Palo Alto, Fortinet)
- Hands-on exposure to network access control solutions such as Cisco ISE
- Solid understanding of modern security principles including segmentation and zero-trust approaches
- Scripting/automation capability (Python preferred)
- Experience troubleshooting and optimising large-scale networks using monitoring and diagnostic tools
- Familiarity with cloud networking concepts across AWS, Azure, or GCP is advantageous
- Cisco certifications CCNP/CCIE (Security track ideally) or equivalent experience