Lead Engineer, Network Security Operations

Lowe's Companies, Inc.•Charlotte, NC

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The Lead Engineer, Information Security is a senior-level role responsible for architecting, implementing, managing, and optimizing enterprise firewall and network security solutions across on-premises datacenters and cloud environments. This position provides technical leadership in firewall governance, advanced troubleshooting, policy management, and incident response. The engineer will also ensure compliance through structured change management (CRQ) and continuous improvement of security controls. To be successful, the individual in this role must have advanced knowledge of network security principles, including firewall policy management, zero trust network segmentation, and IoT device security. This role serves as a technical expert for project teams that establish and maintain secure network environments that enable the business to operate efficiently while meeting regulatory and industry security standards.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree Computer Science, CIS, Engineering, Cybersecurity, or related field or equivalent years of experience in lieu of education requirement, if applicable
7 years Experience in technology system support, software development or a related field
5 years Experience with information security applications and systems
4 years Experience evaluating complex application and hosting environments to identify potential weaknesses and provide remediation plans to reduce risk
5 years Experiencing designing complex application and infrastructure systems

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree Computer Science, CIS, Business Administration or related field
6 years Experience working on project(s) involving the implementation of solutions applying development life cycles (SDLC)
4 years Experience designing application pipelines with secure configuration parameters to remove or reduce known threat vectors
5 years Experience working with diverse application and infrastructure environments to identify and provide technical guidance on threat reduction at both the application and supporting infrastructure layer

Responsibilities

Design, configure, and maintain enterprise firewalls including Palo Alto Networks, Fortinet FortiGate, Cisco
Lead the deployment and optimization of firewall policies, NAT rules, security zones, segmentation, and VPN configurations.
Manage firewall operations for both on-premises datacenters and multi-cloud environments.
Provide expert-level troubleshooting of datacenter network and security issues involving firewalls, routing, switching, VPNs, load balancers, and connectivity failures.
Lead root cause analysis (RCA) and implement long-term corrective actions for recurring problems.
Develop, review, and optimize firewall policies to ensure high security, minimal risk, and compliance with organizational standards.
Implement and manage network security controls in Google Cloud Platform (GCP), including VPC firewall rules, Cloud Armor, and service perimeter configurations.
Configure and maintain Azure Firewall, NSGs, ASGs, UDRs, and other cloud-native security controls.