Sr. Network Security Engineer

Company: Northwestern Mutual
Location: Milwaukee
Posted on: October 4, 2024

Job Description:

Summary: Northwestern Mutual seeks a Network Security Engineer to design, assess, and implement network security solutions, safeguarding sensitive information and ensuring compliance with industry standards.

We are strong, innovative, and growing. We invest in our people. We care and make a positive difference. Northwestern Mutual is looking for passionate cybersecurity professionals who want to grow their career in network security. You're the right fit if you love to solve problems and are always striving to learn new things.

We need an experienced network security engineer who has a strong background in networking across both on-premise and cloud technologies. We're looking for independent, self-motivated engineers who are passionate about what they do and love cybersecurity. Your expertise in network security will be instrumental in safeguarding our organization's sensitive information and ensuring compliance with industry standards, best practices, and regulations.

In this position, you will work with cross-functional teams across a set of diverse technologies to help design, assess, and implement network security solutions and provide authoritative consultation on enterprise network security projects. You will work in an agile and innovative environment, solving complex problems and collaborating with network and cybersecurity architects and engineers to ensure the safety and security of Northwestern Mutual corporate and client data.

**Key Responsibilities:**

* Consult, review, design, and engineer network security solutions by tactically embedding with network security team
* Represent the CISO's department to ensure network security initiatives align with enterprise information protection strategies and patterns
* Guide and advise network security engineering teams on security best practices
* Consult on large enterprise network security projects to ensure best practices are followed
* Monitor for network redesigns that will impact security capabilities
* Design, implement, and maintain policies, procedures, processes, and methodologies that support network security capabilities
* Actively monitor, assess, and recommend tactical and strategic initiatives based on new and emerging threats posing risk to our company
* Stay apprised of current and proposed security changes impacting regulatory, privacy and security industry best practices
* Drive remediation efforts after security assessment findings outline weaknesses requiring attention
* Mentor other staff members to ensure consistency, quality, and productivity of deliverables

**Requirements:**

* Bachelor's or equivalent experience with an emphasis in computer science, computer engineering, software engineering, MIS related field
* 5+ years' experience in cloud and on-prem technologies (Systems administration of Unix/Linux/Windows, AWS and/or Azure networking, firewalls, etc.)
* 5+ years' experience in development, infrastructure, or cybersecurity
* Understanding of applicable risk management frameworks such as NIST
* Experience with CICD pipelines to automate application and infrastructure code deployments
* Experience with workload orchestration platforms such as Kubernetes
* Understanding of a wide range of cybersecurity capabilities including data security, security engineering, identify & access management, incident response, logging & monitoring, and penetration testing
* Relevant certifications from GIAC, ISC(2) and other recognized cybersecurity industry organizations
* Experience with Infrastructure as code concepts and tooling including Terraform and YAML
* Experience with development and scripting languages such as Python, PowerShell, or equivalent

**Grow your career with a best-in-class company that puts our client's interests at the center of all we do.**

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