Firewall Engineer 1 year

If you are a professional looking for an opportunity to grow and develop your abilities within a dynamic business, Emerson has an appealing role for you!

As a Firewall Engineer, you will be focused on the Palo Alto Platform design and operate our Wide Area Network, External Connectivity, Wireless and Data Switching environments. Over the past few years, the number of Firewalls we maintain and associated rulesets have continued to grow, particularly cloud and internal segmentation. This role will be focused on ensuring all our firewalls are operationally maintained to a standard, including software versions, features, and rulesets once operational.

If this sounds like an interesting job for you, we welcome your application! 

In This Role, Your Responsibilities Will Be:

• Work on project related efforts to implement ruleset changes and configurations in relation to our firewall environment in conjunction with a dedicated divestiture effort.
• Act as a lead and subject matter expert for security technologies within the group as assigned to the project.
• Act as interface between Service Engineering and Service Operations ensuring the firewall environment is capacity planned and proactively monitored to maximize availability.
• Drive security best practices, efficiency, and performance initiatives that improve and complement the existing security design in regard to firewall capabilities.
• Provide 4th level support to project escalations and drive them to resolution.

Who You Are:

You scan the environment for new technical skills, knowledge, or capabilities that can benefit business or personal performance. You break down objectives into appropriate initiatives and actions. You facilitate an open dialogue with a wide variety of contributors and stakeholders. You persist in the face of challenges and setbacks.

For This Role, You Will Need:

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems or equivalent work experience.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in the design, implementation, and operation of networks, including firewalling.
• Experience with an Enterprise Firewall Platform such as FortiGate.
• Experience with Cisco VPN routers and connectivity to 3rd party vendor devices.
• Advanced English language skills (read/spoken/written).

Preferred Qualifications that Set You Apart: 

• Experience with a Firewall Assessment Tool such as Firemon.
• Experience with SIEM tools, Splunk and LogScale.
• Experience with Service Now and its change management system.

Our Offer to You

We understand the importance of work-life balance and are dedicated to supporting our employees' personal and professional needs. From competitive benefits plans and comprehensive medical care to equitable opportunities for growth and development we strive to create a workplace that is supportive and rewarding.

Depending on location, our flexible work from home policy allows you to make the best of your time, by combining quiet home office days with collaborative experiences in the office so that you can personalize your work-life mix.

At Emerson, we are committed to fostering a culture where every employee is valued and respected for their unique experiences and perspectives. We believe a diverse and inclusive work environment contributes to the rich exchange of ideas and diversity of thoughts, that inspires innovation and brings the best solutions to our customers. This philosophy is fundamental to living our company’s values and our responsibility to leave the world in a better place.  Learn more about our Culture & Values and about Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Emerson.

Our training programs and initiatives focus on end-to-end development, from onboarding through senior leadership. We provide a wide range of development opportunities, including face-to-face and virtual training, mentorship and coaching, project management, and on-the-job training.