Sr. Network Security Engineer

Full-time - Mid Level

Hybrid - Radnor, PA

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About the position

Lincoln Financial Group (LFG) is looking for a team-oriented network security engineer. This position is primarily responsible for implementing, maintaining, and administering the network security tools for preventing, detecting, and responding to security events. S/he will work closely with other LFG security and infrastructure teams to configure and tune tools per security requirements to facilitate business objectives.

Responsibilities

• Collaborates with LFG security and infrastructure teams as needed to configure and ensure appropriate data flows and integration with various systems.
• Assess and assists in the development of network security requirements and evaluate security services and technologies.
• Identifies systems misconfigurations and serves as a resource to others to correct and analyze the configurations.
• Maintains availability of security technologies, including but not limited to intrusion prevention system (IPS) and web application firewall (WAF) especially system health, upgrades, logs, and policies.
• Manages and provides engineering support to endpoint and network detection/response (EDR/NDR) solutions including client and system health, upgrades, protection policies, and logs.
• Manage LFG multifactor authentication (MFA) infrastructure health and availability. Collaborate with other LFG security teams as needed on configurations and enforcement for user and application access.
• Reviews firewall security policies and profiles and makes recommendations to LFG infrastructure teams as needed based on security best practices.
• Maintain LFG secure web gateway including traffic steering configuration, client health, and client configuration.
• Proactively identify and determine priority for any network security gaps and facilitate collaboration between LFG security and infrastructure teams as needed.
• Partners with project teams ensuring control techniques are incorporated into the overall security model regarding operating systems, applications, database management, and network management.
• Provide clear and concise documentation of technical solutions and communicate plans to management and customers.
• Assesses new and changing security needs and selects the right tools for those needs.
• Builds scripts and techniques to automate and speed up tasks.
• Researches, evaluates, and recommends new or improved information security software and tools.

Requirements

• 7 - 10+ years of Information Security / Infrastructure Protection experience that directly aligns with the specific responsibilities of this position.
• Four-Year undergraduate degree in a technical field or equivalent experience.
• Strong networking knowledge and understanding of traffic flow.
• Strong security policy implementation experience.
• Network security architecture and design experience.
• Experience with installation, deployment, and management of security tools/devices, both hardware and software.
• Demonstrated experience with cloud networking in Amazon and Microsoft cloud environments.
• Experience in deploying, configuring, monitoring, and troubleshooting secure web gateway.
• Knowledge of National Institute of Standards and Technology Cyber Security Framework, MITRE Adversary Tactics, Techniques and Common Knowledge, Center for Internet Security Critical Security Controls, and similar frameworks.
• Scripting experience - Python, PowerShell, and Shell scripting.

Benefits

• A clearly defined career framework to help you successfully manage your career
• Leadership development and virtual training opportunities
• PTO/parental leave
• Competitive 401K and employee benefits
• Free financial counseling, health coaching and employee assistance program
• Tuition assistance program
• A leadership team that prioritizes your health and well-being; offering a remote work environment and flexible work hybrid situations
• Effective productivity/technology tools and training