Senior Network Engineer - Firewall Automation(Hybrid Job Culpeper area,Virginia USA,IT/Tech

Position: Senior Network Engineer - Firewall Automation(Hybrid)

About Us

We’re the world’s leading provider of secure financial messaging services, headquartered in Belgium. We are the way the world moves value - across borders, through cities and overseas. No other organisation can address the scale, precision, pace and trust that this demands, and we’re proud to support the global economy.

We’re unique too. We were established to find a better way for the global financial community to move value - a reliable, safe and secure approach that the community can trust, completely. We’re always striving to be better and are constantly evolving in an ever-changing landscape, without undermining that trust. Five decades on, our vibrant community reflects the complexity and diversity of the financial ecosystem.

We innovate diligently, test exhaustively, then implement fast. In a connected and exciting era, our mission has never been more relevant. Swift now has a presence in 200+ countries and legal territories to serve a community of more than 12,000 banks and financial institutions.

In this role you will:

Dynamic Challenges:
Tackle a mix of proactive design work and reactive troubleshooting, from architecting secure network segments to resolving urgent firewall alerts during peak traffic or attack scenarios
Leadership Opportunities:
Streamline and enhance firewall network automation strategies (Python, APIs, infrastructure-as-code). Work closely with networking and security squads to automate request handling, policy lifecycle activities, and change execution steps and also mentoring junior engineers.
Continuous Improvements:
Improve firewall policy provisioning efficiency by developing or optimizing tooling, scripts, and integrations (e.g., REST APIs, automation pipelines, dashboards) to reduce manual effort and errors. Adapt cutting-edge security trends including AI-assisted engineering tools into network engineering best practices
Cross-Functional Interaction:
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate requirements into secure, scalable, and maintainable application solutions. Oversee implementation of automated deployment pipelines and operational processes to improve consistency, reliability, and efficiency
High Impact:
Work will directly influence Swift’s security posture, protect mission critical systems and data while enable business operations through reliable, secure and optimized network access
This position is mission critical and offers flexible work (minimum 2 days onsite and maximum 3 days from home - per week), hence required to be a local candidate
Be required to perform weekend deployment activities and on-call (estimated: One week including weekend per month), on a rotational basis with peer team members Expected to arrive within 1 hour as Live/Production access is only possible from within office.

We are seeking professionals with:

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field
10+ years of solid work experience
Hands-on expertise with firewall platforms such as Fortinet, Palo Alto Networks or Check Point
Strong knowledge of network architecture, protocols, and large-scale system design
Hand-on experience with Firewall management platforms Forti Manager, Forti Analyzer, Checkpoint Smart-1
Familiarity with security policy management tools like Algosec Security Management System
Familiarity with SD-WAN, Zero Trust architecture and next-generation firewall (NGFW) features
Familiarity with concepts like Zero Touch/Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC)
Experience with automation/scripting (Python, Ansible, Bash) and APIs for firewall management
Experience supporting Linux platforms.
Autonomous, driven, with strong ability to quickly adapt and respond to change
Customer oriented and quality mindset - we continually strive to deliver true customer value.
Design and Architecture:
Lead the automation design, configuration, and deployment of…