- Company Name
- ICON Consultants, LP
- Job Title
- Network Security Engineer
- Job Description
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**Job Title**: Network Security Engineer
**Role Summary**: Design, implement, and maintain secure, scalable, and redundant network infrastructures to ensure stable 24/7 operations. Oversee migrations to next-generation security technologies and enforce defense-in-depth strategies.
**Expectations**:
- Proactively align network designs with business and security requirements.
- Lead end-to-end engineering, troubleshooting, and documentation for secure network solutions.
- Coordinate team efforts to resolve issues, manage configurations, and comply with security protocols.
**Key Responsibilities**:
- Design and deploy secure data networks (firewalls, IDPS, VLANs).
- Implement next-generation firewall (Palo Alto) and Cisco network solutions.
- Optimize network performance via load balancing (A10), NAC (Cisco ISE, FreeRADIUS), and micro-segmentation.
- Conduct vulnerability assessments and protocol analysis (Wireshark, Nessus).
- Manage migrations from legacy systems to modern security platforms.
- Document configurations, enforce change management, and report on project status.
**Required Skills**:
- **Palo Alto Networks**: Next-gen firewall (5+ yrs), IDPS, content filtering, DLP, SSL/TLS inspection.
- **Cisco**: Complex routing (EIGRP, OSPF, BGP), switching, wireless environments (4+ yrs).
- **A10 Networks**: Reverse proxy/load balancing (3+ yrs).
- **Network Access Control**: Cisco ISE, FreeRADIUS, ACLs (2+ yrs).
- Cloud networking, PKI/certificate management, 802.1x authentication.
- Vulnerability tools (Nmap, Nessus), protocol analyzers (Wireshark, OpNet).
**Required Education & Certifications**:
- Associates degree in IT or related field (or equivalent); bachelor’s preferred.
- **Active certifications**: PCNSA or PCNSA Professional, CCNA Enterprise/Security.
- **Preferred (active or expired within 3 yrs)**: PCNSE, CCNP Enterprise/Security.
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