Senior Network Security Engineer
Job ID: 112615
Location: Whippany , New Jersey [Hybrid]
Category: Infrastructure
Employment Type: Contract
Date Added: 05/14/2026
Role Summary
A senior network security engineer responsible for leading the design, implementation, and operation of advanced enterprise network security solutions within a complex, global environment. This role focuses on modernizing security infrastructure, ensuring operational resilience, and integrating automation and zero trust architecture principles. The position offers a strategic opportunity to collaborate across teams to safeguard critical systems and enterprise connectivity at scale.
Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and manage enterprise network security solutions, including firewalls, IDS/IPS, proxy technologies, remote access, NAC, and network segmentation.
- Support large-scale production network security environments with an emphasis on stability, security, resiliency, scalability, and performance optimization.
- Enforce security standards, policies, and baseline configurations across enterprise networks.
- Lead and support automation initiatives utilizing Infrastructure as Code (IaC), CI/CD pipelines, configuration management, and DevSecOps methodologies.
- Develop automation solutions using tools such as Python, Ansible, and Terraform.
- Partner with infrastructure, cloud, cybersecurity, and operations teams to design and deploy integrated security solutions.
- Execute complex production changes within structured change management and governance frameworks.
- Support incident response, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis for critical network security events.
- Maintain operational documentation, runbooks, standards, diagrams, and compliance reporting.
- Participate in architecture discussions around zero trust, secure access, segmentation, and enterprise security modernization.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or related discipline.
- 8+ years of experience supporting enterprise-scale security infrastructure, architecture, or operations in complex environments.
- Hands-on expertise with firewalls, IDS/IPS, secure remote access, proxy solutions, NAC, and segmentation platforms.
- Proven experience with automation, CI/CD pipelines, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
- Deep understanding of risk management, incident response, security governance, and regulatory compliance frameworks.
- Strong technical skills in network security technologies, including zero trust principles and secure enterprise network design.
- Experience supporting critical production environments with troubleshooting and root cause analysis skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication abilities, with effective collaboration across multiple teams.
- Ability to lead initiatives and execute in fast-paced enterprise settings.
Publishing Pay Range: $63.15 – $65.61 hourly
This position is based in office and requires employee to work on-site.
