NetworkSecurity EngineerJob Location- Dallas, TX

Network Security Engineer

Job Location- Dallas, TX (Day 1 - Onsite, Candidate needs to work 5 Days at the Client Office)

Job Duties

• Provide internal risk advisory and consulting services to lead infrastructure developers
• Partner with networkadmins and Engineering stakeholders to ensure network security designs meet standards
• Assist with design reviews, risk assessments and advocate for security design, posture and resiliency improvement.
• Perform threat modelling to identify potential weaknesses and design mitigation strategies.
• Review and approve configurations for networkcomponents such as firewalls, IDS/IPS, VPN gateways, load balancers, WAFs and more.
• Develop patterns and certify reference architectures for security best practices and recommend changes where appropriate
• Develop, review and update networksecurity policies, diagrams, procedures, standards and guidelines.
• Collaborate with audit & compliance where needed
• Lead security and vulnerability reviews of legacy, production and affiliated networkconnectivity.
• Architect segmentation to reduce exposure to sensitive data and critical applications.
• Adopt cybersecurity framework standards across networkand application stacks.
• Review vulnerability and penetration test results to identify exposure and improve networksecurity posture
• Remain educated about emerging threats and security best practices.

Skills and Experience

• Preferably 8-plus years of experience in networksystems security architecture or engineering and administration
• Proficient with VPNs, networkbehaviour, WAFs, next-generation firewalls, routers, switches, IAM, ZTNA, IDS/IPS, proxies, DNS, and network access control.
• In-depth proficiency with IPv4/IPv6, QoS, MPLS, BGP, TCP/IP, and the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) 7-layer model
• An understanding of security principles and adeptness with NIST / CIS benchmarks, Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification and Cybersecurity Framework.
• Advanced understanding of applications, databases, web services, authentication and continuous integration/ continuous delivery pipelines.
• Expertise in designing scalable, resilient, and secure networkarchitectures, including LAN/WAN, Software-Defined Networking (SDN), and cloud networking
• Aptitude with one or more scripting languages (Python preferred).
• Strong written and oral communication skills across varying levels of the organization.
• Ability to stay organized and prioritize and complete tasks within defined SLAs