Job Description
JOB TITLE: Network Security Engineer
EMPLOYMENT TYPE: Long-term Contract
This position requires a strong understanding of core networking and cybersecurity principles, best practices, and a demonstrated interest in intelligent transportation technologies.
Key Responsibilities
- Configure and troubleshoot VLANs, network segments, and routing protocols.
- Monitor network performance and availability using network management tools
- Respond to and resolve network incidents, including connectivity issues, performance degradation, and security alerts.
- Perform routine maintenance tasks such as firmware updates, configuration backups, and equipment replacement support.
- Provide technical support to internal teams and external partners regarding network connectivity and performance.
- Assist in the configuration and management of firewalls, intrusion detection and prevention systems (IDS/IPS), and other security appliances.
- Configure and monitor SIEM platforms for security anomalies and escalate incidents according to established procedures.
- Document network configurations, standard procedures, and operational guidance.
- Support vulnerability scanning and remediation efforts.
- Assist maturing the cybersecurity incident response plans.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
- Strong understanding of TCP/IP, routing, switching, and network security principles.
- Proficiency configuring and troubleshooting LANs, VLANs, trunks, spanning tree, IP subnetting, routing protocols, and wireless networking
- Proven experience in network administration and troubleshooting.
- Ability to perform and analyze packet traces.
- Proficiency with firewalls to configure and troubleshoot security rules, NAT, threat protection, and logging
- Experience with IDS/IPS and SIEM tools, security event triage, and escalation.
- Industry certifications such as CCNP, PCNSA, or similar are preferred.
- Familiarity with network monitoring tools.
- Familiarity with vulnerability scanning tools.
- Excellent problem-solving and communication skills.
- Display a strong grasp of key cybersecurity and IT concepts such as:
- Cloud Concepts: SaaS, IaaS, PaaS, hybrid, on premises
- Cybersecurity Principles: defense in depth, least privilege, CIA triad
- Cybersecurity Technology: NAC systems, next-generation firewalls, VPNs, micro segmentation, IAM, vulnerability management, encryption
- IT principles: High availability, clustering, failover, single point of failure, dynamic routing, classification, tagging
- Server and Compute: Client Server, virtualization, clustering, failover, backups, imaging
- A strong desire to learn and grow within the field of intelligent transportation systems.
Preferred Qualifications
- Data classification principles and enforcement
- Understanding of cybersecurity frameworks such as NIST CSF, CIS Critical Controls
- Experience supporting operational technology or critical infrastructure environments.
- Experience working with distributed networks that support transportation, public sector, industrial, or field-based operations.
- Familiarity with cybersecurity incident response and escalation procedures.
- Experience balancing network security requirements with system availability and operational continuity.
- Hands-on familiarity with modern network security monitoring, event analysis, and infrastructure documentation practices.
Core Knowledge Areas
- TCP/IP networking, subnetting, routing, and switching.
- VLAN design, segmentation, and troubleshooting.
- Network security fundamentals, including firewalls, IDS/IPS, access control, and secure configuration.
- SIEM monitoring, security event triage, and escalation.
- Network performance monitoring and availability management.
- Threat intelligence integration and operational awareness.
- Incident response support for network disruptions, malicious activity, and denial-of-service conditions.
- Documentation of network topology, procedures, and configurations.
- Collaboration with cybersecurity, operations, and engineering teams in a mission-critical environment.
Job Tags
Long term contract