Lead Network Security Specialist Infrastructure
On-siteBinghamton, New York, United States
Job Summary
Respond to incidents, service requests, and operational tasks while participating in 24x7 on-call support rotations. Lead engineering efforts to design, implement, and maintain enterprise network security solutions, overseeing deployments and enforcing standards across infrastructure initiatives. Collaborate with stakeholders and vendors to translate business requirements into secure, scalable architectures, evaluating and selecting hardware and software while ensuring regulatory compliance. Plan and execute infrastructure changes, mentor technical teams, and coordinate contractors to deliver modernization projects. Maintain strong security controls protecting critical systems using advanced networking, cloud security, and identity technologies.
Required Qualifications
- Masters degree
- 5+ years of technical experience
- Bachelors degree
- 8+ years of technical experience
- Associate degree
- 12+ years of technical experience
- Minimum of 10 years supporting enterprise infrastructure environments
- Enterprise experience across multiple domains including data center operations, disaster recovery, security compliance, infrastructure policies, and technical project coordination
- Hands-on configuration and support of enterprise networking equipment including routers, switches, firewalls, and network security platforms
- Experience managing next-generation firewall technologies and VPN implementations
- Advanced expertise in network infrastructure, operations, and security architecture
- Deployment and administration of firewall platforms and secure connectivity solutions
- Knowledge of network security technologies including NAC, micro-segmentation, PKI, SAML, and identity systems
- Experience with authentication services such as RADIUS, TACACS+, LDAP, and SSO
- Ability to design and enforce security standards, policies, and procedures
- Cloud security architecture experience across major platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)
- Familiarity with SD-WAN, encrypted transport technologies, and tunneling solutions
- Experience with network automation and DevOps practices
- Strong routing and switching expertise including BGP, OSPF, VXLAN, multicast, and traffic engineering
- Participate in 24x7 on-call support rotations
Desired Qualifications
- Experience with network troubleshooting and packet analysis tools
- High-availability application delivery and access management platforms
- Large-scale identity and access control system deployments
- Zero Trust security architecture experience
- Experience operating within regulated environments
- Familiarity with network management and monitoring platforms
- Growth and continuous improvement mindset
- Initiative and adaptability to change
- Results-driven execution
- Customer-focused approach
- Strong communication skills
- Cross-team collaboration
- Technical and people leadership
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