MEANINGFUL WORK AND PERSONAL IMPACT
The Network Security Engineer Senior plays a critical role in supporting the implementation, monitoring, and maintenance of security technologies across enterprise networks. This role helps strengthen the organization’s cybersecurity posture by ensuring network devices, configurations, and traffic flows align with modern security standards and federal requirements. Working within a fast‑paced cybersecurity mission environment, the engineer contributes to safeguarding critical systems that underpin national‑level operations.
As a Network Security Engineer Senior, you will
Lead the design, engineering, and lifecycle management of enterprise network security infrastructure including firewalls, intrusion detection and prevention systems (IDS/IPS), VPN solutions, and network access control technologies.
Provide expert analysis of network security architectures, identify vulnerabilities, and develop mitigation strategies that align with federal and organizational security requirements.
Monitor and interpret complex network security events, guide investigations of advanced threats, and direct response and containment activities as needed.
Recommend and implement security enhancements to improve resilience, reduce attack surface, and support continuous modernization of the network security environment.
Develop, review, and enforce network security policies, standards, and procedures to meet compliance obligations under frameworks such as NIST, CIS, and other regulatory requirements.
Serve as a technical advisor to leadership and cross‑functional teams, ensuring secure design principles are embedded into program initiatives, system upgrades, and enterprise architecture decisions.
Provide mentorship, technical guidance, and quality oversight to junior and mid-level engineers to promote professional growth and ensure consistent engineering excellence.
Develop, document, and maintain network security policies, procedures, and standards.
Ensure compliance with applicable security frameworks, regulatory requirements, and organizational policies.
Collaborate with IT, security operations, and infrastructure teams to support secure network design and operations.
WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED
Minimum of seven (7) years of hands-on network or security engineering experience.
