Network Security Engineer

Founded over 35 years ago, First Quality is a family-owned company that has grown from a small business in McElhattan, Pennsylvania into a group of companies, employing over 5,000 team members, while maintaining our family values and entrepreneurial spirit. With corporate offices in New York and Pennsylvania and 8 manufacturing campuses across the U.S. and Canada, the companies within the First Quality group produce high-quality personal care and household products for large retailers and healthcare organizations. Our personal care and household product portfolio includes baby diapers, wipes, feminine pads, paper towels, bath tissue, adult incontinence products, laundry detergents, fabric finishers, and dishwash solutions. In addition, we manufacture certain raw materials and components used in the manufacturing of these products, including flexible print and packaging solutions.

Guided by our values of humility, unity, and integrity, we leverage advanced technology and innovation to drive growth and create new opportunities. At First Quality , you’ll find a collaborative environment focused on continuous learning, professional development, and our mission to Make Things Better®.

We are seeking a Network Security Engineer for our First Quality Enterprises, LLC, working remotely . This position is responsible for the support and management of the network security infrastructure including Palo Alto Next-Generation Firewalls, Network Access Control platform, and micro segmentation platform. This position will also assist in auditing configurations on routers, switches, and wireless equipment.
Primary responsibilities include:

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Daily monitoring and management of firewall infrastructure, VPN, NAC platform, micro segmentation platform, and other security related tools.

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Collaborates closely with the information security team and network team to establish and enforce security policies and configurations across firewalls and NAC consistent with the overall security posture.

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Provides detailed analysis and troubleshooting of firewall rule sets as they relate to application performance and availability.

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Supports the change management process for all proposed configuration changes affecting security platforms by reviewing existing configurations to determine the overall impact of the change on the enterprise network, then executes accordingly.

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Attends and participates in team and departmental meetings providing updates and insight into ongoing projects, initiatives, and incidents.

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Ensures adherence to IT Architecture principles and guidelines along with published Information Security Standards (ISS).

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Collaborates with outsourced partners in delivery of network security services.

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Uses 3rd party tools like Algosec or Tufin to analyze firewall rule sets to look for misconfigurations and gaps, along with firewall policy optimization.

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Performs micro-segmentation using firewalls and other 3rd party tools like Illumio or Guardicore.

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Responds to and appropriately addresses support calls, incidents, and requests related to the network and security infrastructure.

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Configures and optimizes firewall logs that are sent to the SOC. Adheres to Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and maintains daily checklists related to operational activities.

The ideal candidate should possess the following:

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Minimum 3+ years' networking experience and 2 years of hands-on firewall engineering activities.

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Experience with managing Palo Alto Firewall infrastructure in an enterprise environment.

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Extensive hands-on work configuring and troubleshooting within the Palo Alto "Panorama" and SCM (Strata Cloud Manager) interfaces.

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PCNSA, PCNSE, or CISSP certifications are preferred.

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Strong understanding of VPN (site to site, remote access client, IPSec, IKE, tunnel modes, SSL, Tunnels between Firewalls) with broad troubleshooting experience.

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Experience with micro-segmentation in a virtualized Data Center envi