Lead IT Network Security Engineer

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CenterPoint Energy and its predecessor companies have been in business for more than 150 years.

Our Vision: Our vision is to become the most admired utility in the United States through the execution of our long-term growth strategy. We have an unwavering commitment to safely and reliably deliver electricity and natural gas to millions of people.

Our Commitment: CenterPoint Energy is committed to creating an inclusive work environment where business results are achieved through the skills, abilities and talents of our diverse workforce.

At CenterPoint Energy, individuals are respected for their contributions toward our company objectives. We strive for an inclusive work environment across all levels that is reflective of the available workforce in the communities we serve.

We are seeking an experienced Network Security Engineer to provide technical and team leadership and help strengthen the security of CNP’s network infrastructure and web applications. This role will be responsible for designing, implementing, and supporting security controls that protect the organization from cyber threats, application attacks, and bot abuse.

The engineer will provide expertise across evolving network and web application security technologies, develop and troubleshoot security policies, and help ensure solutions align with organizational security standards and requirements. The position requires close collaboration with Network, Security Architecture, Dev Ops, and other technology teams to translate requirements into secure, supportable solutions.

• Provide technical leadership and subject-matter expertise for network security and web application security across CNP environments.
• Design, implement, maintain, and troubleshoot security controls protecting network infrastructure, applications, and internet-facing services.
• Develop and maintain firewall, WAF, threat prevention, URL filtering, remote access, and application security policies.
• Protect web applications from common application-layer threats, automated attacks, malicious bots, and abuse.
• Manage and support enterprise security technologies such as Next Gen firewalls, Prisma Client VPNs, and Web Application Firewall (WAF), where applicable to the role.
• Analyze security events, alerts, and traffic patterns to identify threats, vulnerabilities, policy issues, and opportunities to strengthen controls.
• Lead troubleshooting and resolution of complex network and application security incidents and service-impacting issues.
• Partner with Security Architecture, Network Engineering, Dev Ops, application teams, and infrastructure teams to design and implement secure solutions.
• Review proposed infrastructure and application changes to ensure alignment with established cybersecurity policies, architecture, and standards.
• Maintain security configurations, standards, procedures, diagrams, and operational documentation.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to other engineers and serve as an escalation point for complex security issues.

• Support change management, incident response, vulnerability remediation, lifecycle management, and continuous security improvement initiatives.
• Monitor platform health and maintain KPI reporting on coverage, rule effectiveness, and incident trends.
• Implement automation scripting to improve firewall and web application firewall Operations and Services
• Maintain platform documentation, change records, and configuration baselines.
• Serves as the subject matter expert for firewall best practices, policies, and regulatory requirements.
• Provides support and assistance during internal and external audits.
• Interfaces with technical vendors regarding…