Systems Infrastructure, Network Security Operations Engineer

Job Responsibilities

• Zero‑Trust System Design: draft, review, and maintain zero‑trust SOPs across identity, device, data, and infrastructure.
• Infrastructure‑as‑Code & Automation: extend Net‑Sec‑Ops pipelines with IaC (Ansible) for firewalls, switches, SD‑WAN, and edge fabric.
• Systems Resilience & Disaster Recovery: architect and automate backup, failover, and DR workflows for all network devices.
• Security & Compliance Orchestration: integrate vulnerability scanners (Nessus, Qualys), threat‑intel feeds, and policy‑as‑code into CI/CD pipelines.
• Network Configuration & Lifecycle Management: operate configuration managers to centralize topology, inventory, and device state.
• Cross‑Functional Architecture Governance: collaborate with platform, edge, security, and product teams to embed network security into CI/CD and Dev Ops pipelines.
• Capacity & Performance Modeling: model traffic and compute link utilization; forecast capacity needs using historical data and predictive analytics.
• Continuous Process & Tool Improvement: evaluate emerging trends; propose tool/process changes to reduce manual effort and improve security posture.
• Prototyping & Customer Validation: rapidly spin up proof‑of‑concept environments to test complex customer requests.

• Networking: 6+ years configuring firewalls, switches, VPNs, VLANs, and traffic load balancing.
• Deep knowledge of L2/L3 protocols (OSPF, BGP, MPLS, VXLAN).
• Systems & Infrastructure Engineering: architecture governance (TOGAF/Archi Mate).
• Design documentation, lifecycle management, and change control.
• Infrastructure‑as‑code expertise.
• Automation & Dev Ops: proficiency in Python, Ansible, Terraform, Git, Jenkins/Git Lab CI.
• Proven CI/CD for network assets, automated testing, and policy‑as‑code pipelines.
• Security & Compliance: vulnerability management, policy‑as‑code, zero‑trust design.
• Certifications such as CISSP, CCSP, or equivalent preferred.
• Tools & Platforms: VMware vSphere, Proxmox, Linux, Windows, F5, Info Blox.
• Experience with cloud networking (AWS VPC, Azure VNets).
• Strong attention to detail and documentation.
• Excellent stakeholder communication.
• Proactive, self‑directed learning mindset.