Firewall Engineer - Technology Specialist II - Digital and Technology Partners - Remote
United States
Firewall Engineer - Technology Specialist II - Digital and Technology Partners - Remote - Req#3017182
This is a remote position. Prefer someone in NY, NJ, CT or surrounding areas to come onsite occasionally for breaks/fixes.
As a hands-on engineer of the team supporting the firewall and F5 BIG-IP services, you are responsible for design, maintenance, optimize, and troubleshoot the firewall and F5 infrastructure. This role requires a combination of technical expertise, leadership skills, and a commitment to ensuring the organization's network operates efficiently, effectively, smoothly, and securely.
- Project Management: Lead firewall/F5 support engineering projects, including defining project scope, setting objectives, allocating resources, and managing timelines. Monitor project progress, identify, and mitigate risks, and ensure successful project completion.
- Network Planning: Collaborate with other teams and stakeholders to understand business requirements and develop network strategies to support those requirements. This includes capacity planning, network expansion, and technology upgrades.
- Performance Monitoring: Implement and maintain network monitoring tools and processes to continuously assess network performance and identify areas for improvement.
- Security and Compliance: Ensure network operations and security practices comply with industry standards, regulations, and organizational policies.
- Vendor Management: Evaluate and recommend network equipment vendors and service providers. Negotiate contracts, manage vendor relationships, and continuously monitor service-level agreements (SLAs) to ensure quality and cost-effectiveness. Ensure vendor KPIs metrics are achieved and maintained.
- Budgeting and Resource Planning: Collaborate with leadership to develop and manage the network budget. Identify resource requirements, assess technology investments, and make recommendations for infrastructure improvements.
- Documentation: Maintain accurate network documentation, configurations, develop and maintain Standard Operating Procedures and processes.
- Continuous Improvement: Stay current with emerging networking technologies, industry trends, and best practices. Identify opportunities for process optimization, automation, and efficiency gains within the network engineering function.
- Bachelors degree in a technical discipline; Masters degree preferred
- Ten years of related experience, In -depth knowledge of associated technology areas that could impact area of responsibility; healthcare technology experience preferred.
- 5+ years of experience in leading a team of engineers supporting an institutional IT system.
- 7+ years of experience with Palo Alto Next Gen Firewalls and VPN software including Palo Alto and Cisco.
- Extensive knowledge of F5 BIG-IP LTM/GTM/APM modules
- Advanced understanding of the OSI level, routing and switching protocols as they relate to load balancing (STP, BGP, OSPF, TCP, SSL, SNAT, TLS, SSH, NTP)
- Strong understanding of application layer protocols including HTTP, HTTPS, SSH, SSL, TLS, and DNS.
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Benefits/PerksProfessional development Remote work
Tasks- Continuous Improvement
- Design
- Document processes
- Ensure compliance
- Lead projects
- Maintain
- Manage vendors
- Monitor performance
- Patient care
- Troubleshoot
BGP Budgeting Business Requirements Cardiology Communication Continuous Improvement DNS Documentation Firewall Health care Healthcare HTTP IT IT Management Load balancing Networking Network Monitoring NTP OSI model OSPF Palo Alto Patient care Project Management Routing Security Software SSH SSL Surgery Switching TCP Technologies TLS Tools Vendor Management VPN
Experience10 years
Education TimezonesAmerica/Anchorage America/Chicago America/Denver America/Los_Angeles America/New_York Pacific/Honolulu UTC-10 UTC-5 UTC-6 UTC-7 UTC-8 UTC-9