Firewall Engineer - Technology Specialist II - Digital and Technology Partners - Remote

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.
• Very …