Network Security Firewall Engineer

Thermo Fisher Scientific • Frederick, MD

15d

About The Position

When you join us at Thermo Fisher Scientific, you'll be part of a hard-working, driven team that shares your passion for exploration and discovery. With annual revenues of approximately $40 billion and the most significant investment in R&D in the industry, we give our over 100,000 colleagues the resources and chances to create meaningful contributions to the world. Location/Division Specific Information Discover Impactful Work: The Network Security Engineer has global responsibility for supporting solutions crafted to protect, detect, and alert to security threats in our enterprise network environment.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in cybersecurity, computer science, systems engineering, or related field. Equivalent work experience is accepted
• Four years of related work experience in cybersecurity
• At least four years of experience in zero-trust security framework, user identity and device management, architecture
• Strong organization skills, leading sophisticated projects
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Demonstrates knowledge of firewalls, F5s, VPNs, and cloud technologies
• Monitoring web security gateways, perimeter security, network access controls, and endpoint security
• Maintaining & implementing SOPs for Network Security
• Knowledge of various packet analyzers to perform packet captures

Nice To Haves

• Certifications are not required but encouraged: Certified Information Systems Security Professional, CompTIA Network+, Security+, or related certifications

Responsibilities

• Communicates and engages with the SOC on security incidents related to network security events.
• Oversees management of security posture for network security platforms such as firewalls, web content filtering, etc
• Maintains enterprise firewall policy rule base and support the business during technical troubleshooting and support efforts
• Work closely with our vendors to mitigate threats and vulnerabilities
• Resolves security violations and inefficiencies by conducting periodic audits
• Ensure documentation and processes are well defined so that the engineered solutions are understood and repeatable
• Maintaining, updating, configuring, monitoring firewalls, virtual private networks, content filtering, intrusion detection, log management, and security policies
• Identify and implement IT industry standards to improve the organization's security posture
• Maintaining technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing publications
• Safeguards information system assets by identifying and solving potential and actual security problems

Benefits

• A choice of national medical and dental plans, and a national vision plan, including health incentive programs
• Employee assistance and family support programs, including commuter benefits and tuition reimbursement
• At least 120 hours paid time off (PTO), 10 paid holidays annually, paid parental leave (3 weeks for bonding and 8 weeks for caregiver leave), accident and life insurance, and short- and long-term disability in accordance with company policy
• Retirement and savings programs, such as our competitive 401(k) U.S. retirement savings plan
• Employees’ Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) offers eligible colleagues the opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees