Job Title: Senior Network Security Engineer
Job Location: Orange, CT
Project Duration: 6-12 months with possible extension
(W2 Position)
JOB DESCRIPTION
Duties
We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Network Security Engineer to join our team and play a key role in securing, optimizing, and transforming our enterprise network infrastructure.
The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in firewall security, NAT, IPSEC, SD-WAN, routing protocols (EIGRP, BGP, OSPF), and cloud security solutions.
This position will focus on managing and enhancing our security infrastructure, which includes:
• Cisco ASA, Checkpoint, Fortinet FortiGate, Palo Alto Firewalls.
• Radware for DDoS protection.
• Zscaler ZIA/ZPA for cloud security.
• SD-WAN for optimized global connectivity.
• EIGRP, BGP, and OSPF-based network routing
• NAT policy design and implementation
Skills
• 5-8 years of experience in network security engineering.
• Expertise in Fortinet FortiGate, Checkpoint, Palo Alto, and Cisco ASA firewalls.
• Strong knowledge of SD-WAN solutions (Fortinet SD-WAN, Cisco SD-WAN, Prisma
Access).
• Experience configuring and troubleshooting EIGRP, BGP, and OSPF routing protocols.
• Hands-on experience managing Zscaler ZIA/ZPA for cloud security.
• Proficiency in VPN technologies (IPSec, SSL, GRE, DMVPN, L2TP) and their security
implications.
• Strong skills in NAT, firewall rule optimization, and routing table analysis.
• Experience with Radware DDoS protection, IPS/IDS, and threat mitigation.
• Knowledge of zero-trust security architectures and secure SD-WAN implementation.
• Lead the migration from Checkpoint to Fortinet, including policy conversion, rule
optimization, and traffic validation.
• Manage and maintain Cisco ASA, Palo Alto, Fortinet, and Checkpoint firewalls across
corporate, cloud, and remote sites.
• Design and optimize firewall rule sets for improved security, performance, and
compliance.
• Perform risk assessments and firewall audits to ensure network security best
practices.
• Manage and optimize SD-WAN architecture to improve application performance and
reduce latency.
• Implement policy-based traffic steering, failover mechanisms, and WAN optimization.
• Ensure seamless integration between SD-WAN, firewalls, cloud security solutions,
and on-prem networks.
• Troubleshoot SD-WAN performance issues, routing conflicts, and connectivity
problems.