Senior Infrastructure Specialist

Iberdrola•Orange, CT

3d•$106,000 - $132,500•Onsite

About The Position

The Senior Infrastructure Specialist (Firewall Engineer) defines, maintains, and supports Operational Smart Grids (OSG) infrastructure operational policies, standards, best practices, procedures, tools, and projects to support efficient, resilient, and secure operations of OSG-supported applications and facilities. The role works with technical teams and external vendors to support diverse operational enterprise services, monitor performance and identify improvements, and align operational requirements with corporate requirements, security frameworks, and regulatory compliance. The position requires a self-starter who can complete work independently without supervision. The specialist provides infrastructure and network security expertise, leads technical implementation plans, evaluates and tests hardware and software products, and maintains compliance with NERC/CIP guidelines and security controls for critical SCADA systems. The role also provides professional and technical mentoring to team members and 24x7 on-call support. The position is onsite five days a week in Orange, Connecticut.

Requirements

At least 8 years of experience working with infrastructure solutions in an enterprise environment.
At least 4 years of extensive experience with packet-capturing software.
Experience with networking and networking protocols.
Experience with dynamic routing protocols, including BGP and OSPF, on firewall hardware.
Familiarity with firewall technology such as Check Point, Cisco ASA, and Palo Alto.
Experience with security tools and scripting.
Experience in more than one of the following areas: data center operations; disaster recovery/business continuity planning and execution; security and compliance management; or fundamental understanding of UNIX, Linux, Microsoft operating systems, VMware, or Citrix.
Bachelor of Science or Bachelor of Arts degree in Business, Computer Science, or another technical discipline; additional relevant experience and/or related technical certifications may be considered in lieu of the degree.
Strong routing and switching experience, including BGP, OSPF, VPC, traffic engineering, and multicast.
Ability to work independently with limited supervision and collaboratively in a team environment.
Excellent problem-solving, customer service, oral communication, and written communication skills.
Ability to deal collaboratively and diplomatically with customers, coworkers, professional colleagues, managers, and staff.

Nice To Haves

Experience with SDN and load balancing; associated certifications are preferred.
Virtual switching experience with Cisco Nexus Technology.
Experience with SD-WAN and other tunneling/encryption transport technologies.
Network security automation and DevOps experience.

Responsibilities

Respond promptly to assigned incidents, tasks, and requests to meet service-level agreements.
Work with internal clients, suppliers, contractors, project teams, and technical staff to identify, design, and support technical solutions.
Design, plan, and implement environmental changes for improvements and projects.
Maintain infrastructure technologies in accordance with the change management process.
Lead technical implementation plans supporting infrastructure technologies.
Lead evaluation, selection, and testing of hardware and software products.
Maintain regulatory compliance under NERC/CIP guidelines.
Maintain high-quality security controls for critical SCADA systems.
Perform or coordinate special assignments from OSG Infrastructure Management.
Provide 24x7 on-call support.
Provide professional and technical mentoring to team members.
Monitor operational performance and identify opportunities for improvement.
Work effectively and collaboratively with customers, colleagues, managers, and staff, both independently and as part of a team.