Sr. Network Security Engineer
Company: Northwestern Mutual
Location: Milwaukee
Posted on: October 4, 2024
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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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