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SWBC is seeking an experienced Senior Network Security Engineer to design, implement, operate, and improve enterprise network security controls across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments. This position owns or supports major network security platforms and capabilities, including firewalls, segmentation, VPNs, secure cloud connectivity, intrusion prevention, and network security telemetry.
The Senior Network Security Engineer collaborates with Network Operations, Cloud Operations, Security Operations, infrastructure, application, and development teams to provide secure and resilient connectivity across the enterprise. The role requires strong hands-on experience with Palo Alto Networks and Cisco firewalls, enterprise routing, AWS and Microsoft Azure networking, production change control, and complex incident resolution.
Why you’ll love this role:
This role is ideal for an experienced network security professional who enjoys solving complex technical challenges and shaping secure, resilient enterprise connectivity. You will have the opportunity to own critical security platforms, influence hybrid-cloud architecture, lead major changes and incident resolution, mentor technical team members, and strengthen security across SWBC’s enterprise environment.
Essential duties include the following:
- Design, implement, operate, and improve secure enterprise network architectures across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments.
- Deploy, configure, manage, and troubleshoot Palo Alto Networks and Cisco firewalls, including security policies, NAT policies, security zones, objects, application controls, and access-control policies.
- Design and implement network segmentation, micro-segmentation, and isolation controls to reduce attack surfaces and limit lateral movement.
- Perform firewall migrations, upgrades, configuration changes, policy optimization, and complex troubleshooting.
- Develop and maintain network security standards, architecture documentation, network diagrams, implementation procedures, and operational runbooks.
- Design, implement, and troubleshoot remote-access VPN solutions and site-to-site IPsec tunnels, including authentication, encryption, routing, and tunnel connectivity.
- Establish secure connectivity among corporate offices, data centers, cloud environments, remote users, and third-party organizations.
- Design, implement, and troubleshoot enterprise routing architectures, including BGP, OSPF, route redistribution, route filtering, route summarization, and routing policies.
- Apply strong knowledge of TCP/IP, subnetting, VLANs, NAT, DNS, DHCP, network segmentation, high availability, and redundancy.
- Design and implement secure AWS VPC and Microsoft Azure VNet architectures, including subnets, route tables, network security controls, and hybrid connectivity.
- Evaluate cloud network architectures and configurations for security risks, misconfigurations, and control gaps and support cloud transformation initiatives.
- Configure and maintain IDS/IPS, firewall logging, and network security telemetry and coordinate integration into centralized monitoring and incident-response workflows.
- Serve as a senior technical resolver for complex network security incidents and service disruptions and lead or contribute to root-cause analysis and corrective actions.
- Participate in the defined on-call rotation and support major technical escalations.
- Support compliance and audit activities by maintaining controls, producing audit-ready evidence, and coordinating remediation related to PCI DSS, SOC 2, NIST, ISO 27001, and other applicable requirements.
- Own assigned network security platforms or major subsystems throughout their operational lifecycle.
- Plan, sponsor, present, test, validate, implement, and review non-trivial production changes through established change-control processes, including appropriate rollback plans.
- Coordinate remediation of vulnerabilities affecting firewalls, VPN services, network appliances, edge controls, and cloud network infrastructure.
- Support disaster recovery planning and testing for assigned network security platforms and services.
- Use operational metrics to improve service reliability, change quality, vulnerability remediation, and incident resolution.
- Maintain complete and accurate change, incident, problem, vulnerability, and technical evidence records in ServiceNow or other approved systems.
- Collaborate with technical teams, translate security requirements into practical solutions, and provide guidance for network, cloud connectivity, infrastructure, and application architecture decisions.
- Mentor analysts, administrators, and engineers and provide technical guidance during complex changes and incidents.
- Communicate complex technical and security concepts effectively to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Support Security Assurance and Governance, Risk, and Compliance activities through technical evidence, control validation, and remediation support.
- Perform all other duties as assigned.
Serious candidates will possess the minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Security, Cybersecurity, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
- Minimum of seven (7) years of experience in network engineering, network security, cloud network security, infrastructure security, or a combination of these areas.
- Extensive experience designing, implementing, securing, and supporting enterprise network environments.
- Extensive hands-on experience with Palo Alto Networks firewalls and hands-on experience with Cisco firewalls, including Cisco ASA or Cisco Secure Firewall/FTD.
- Strong experience with remote-access VPN and site-to-site IPsec VPN technologies.
- Strong understanding of enterprise routing concepts, including BGP and OSPF.
- Hands-on experience with routing, network security, and hybrid connectivity in AWS and Microsoft Azure.
- Strong knowledge of TCP/IP, VLANs, subnetting, NAT, network segmentation, DNS, DHCP, defense-in-depth, and network security architecture.
- Experience implementing production changes through formal change-control processes, including testing, validation, rollback planning, and documentation.
- Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot and resolve complex technical incidents beyond established runbooks and contribute to root-cause analysis, corrective actions, vulnerability remediation, and recurrence reduction.
- Experience creating technical standards, architecture diagrams, implementation procedures, automation, or design documentation.
- Knowledge of IDS/IPS, firewall logging, network security monitoring, SIEM integration, and related telemetry.
- Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code and automation technologies such as Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible, Python, or PowerShell.
- Working knowledge of security standards and control frameworks applicable to network and cloud security.
- Strong analytical, troubleshooting, documentation, problem-solving, written communication, and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced, evolving environment and participate in defined on-call responsibilities as a senior technical resolver.
- Current Cisco CCNP, preferably CCNP Enterprise or an equivalent certification, or Palo Alto Networks Certified Network Security Engineer (PCNSE) certification.
- AWS Certified Advanced Networking – Specialty, AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional, a relevant Microsoft Azure network or security certification, CISSP, or an equivalent advanced security certification is preferred.
- Experience working in financial services or another regulated industry is preferred.
SWBC offers*:
- Competitive overall compensation package
- Work/Life balance
- Employee engagement activities and recognition awards
- Years of Service awards
- Career enhancement and growth opportunities
- Leadership Academy and Mentor Program
- Continuing education and career certifications
- Variety of healthcare coverage options
- Traditional and Roth 401(k) retirement plans
- Lucrative Wellness Program
- Based upon employee eligibility
Additional Information:
SWBC is a Substance-Free Workplace and requires pre-employment drug testing.
Please note, SWBC does not hire tobacco users as allowed by law.
To learn more about SWBC, visit our website at www.SWBC.com. If interested, please click the appropriate apply button.
SWBC is seeking an experienced Senior Network Security Engineer to design, implement, operate, and improve enterprise network security controls across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments. This position owns or supports major network security platforms and capabilities, including firewalls, segmentation, VPNs, secure cloud connectivity, intrusion prevention, and network security telemetry.
The Senior Network Security Engineer collaborates with Network Operations, Cloud Operations, Security Operations, infrastructure, application, and development teams to provide secure and resilient connectivity across the enterprise. The role requires strong hands-on experience with Palo Alto Networks and Cisco firewalls, enterprise routing, AWS and Microsoft Azure networking, production change control, and complex incident resolution.
Why you’ll love this role:
This role is ideal for an experienced network security professional who enjoys solving complex technical challenges and shaping secure, resilient enterprise connectivity. You will have the opportunity to own critical security platforms, influence hybrid-cloud architecture, lead major changes and incident resolution, mentor technical team members, and strengthen security across SWBC’s enterprise environment.
Essential duties include the following:
- Design, implement, operate, and improve secure enterprise network architectures across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments.
- Deploy, configure, manage, and troubleshoot Palo Alto Networks and Cisco firewalls, including security policies, NAT policies, security zones, objects, application controls, and access-control policies.
- Design and implement network segmentation, micro-segmentation, and isolation controls to reduce attack surfaces and limit lateral movement.
- Perform firewall migrations, upgrades, configuration changes, policy optimization, and complex troubleshooting.
- Develop and maintain network security standards, architecture documentation, network diagrams, implementation procedures, and operational runbooks.
- Design, implement, and troubleshoot remote-access VPN solutions and site-to-site IPsec tunnels, including authentication, encryption, routing, and tunnel connectivity.
- Establish secure connectivity among corporate offices, data centers, cloud environments, remote users, and third-party organizations.
- Design, implement, and troubleshoot enterprise routing architectures, including BGP, OSPF, route redistribution, route filtering, route summarization, and routing policies.
- Apply strong knowledge of TCP/IP, subnetting, VLANs, NAT, DNS, DHCP, network segmentation, high availability, and redundancy.
- Design and implement secure AWS VPC and Microsoft Azure VNet architectures, including subnets, route tables, network security controls, and hybrid connectivity.
- Evaluate cloud network architectures and configurations for security risks, misconfigurations, and control gaps and support cloud transformation initiatives.
- Configure and maintain IDS/IPS, firewall logging, and network security telemetry and coordinate integration into centralized monitoring and incident-response workflows.
- Serve as a senior technical resolver for complex network security incidents and service disruptions and lead or contribute to root-cause analysis and corrective actions.
- Participate in the defined on-call rotation and support major technical escalations.
- Support compliance and audit activities by maintaining controls, producing audit-ready evidence, and coordinating remediation related to PCI DSS, SOC 2, NIST, ISO 27001, and other applicable requirements.
- Own assigned network security platforms or major subsystems throughout their operational lifecycle.
- Plan, sponsor, present, test, validate, implement, and review non-trivial production changes through established change-control processes, including appropriate rollback plans.
- Coordinate remediation of vulnerabilities affecting firewalls, VPN services, network appliances, edge controls, and cloud network infrastructure.
- Support disaster recovery planning and testing for assigned network security platforms and services.
- Use operational metrics to improve service reliability, change quality, vulnerability remediation, and incident resolution.
- Maintain complete and accurate change, incident, problem, vulnerability, and technical evidence records in ServiceNow or other approved systems.
- Collaborate with technical teams, translate security requirements into practical solutions, and provide guidance for network, cloud connectivity, infrastructure, and application architecture decisions.
- Mentor analysts, administrators, and engineers and provide technical guidance during complex changes and incidents.
- Communicate complex technical and security concepts effectively to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Support Security Assurance and Governance, Risk, and Compliance activities through technical evidence, control validation, and remediation support.
- Perform all other duties as assigned.
Serious candidates will possess the minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Security, Cybersecurity, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
- Minimum of seven (7) years of experience in network engineering, network security, cloud network security, infrastructure security, or a combination of these areas.
- Extensive experience designing, implementing, securing, and supporting enterprise network environments.
- Extensive hands-on experience with Palo Alto Networks firewalls and hands-on experience with Cisco firewalls, including Cisco ASA or Cisco Secure Firewall/FTD.
- Strong experience with remote-access VPN and site-to-site IPsec VPN technologies.
- Strong understanding of enterprise routing concepts, including BGP and OSPF.
- Hands-on experience with routing, network security, and hybrid connectivity in AWS and Microsoft Azure.
- Strong knowledge of TCP/IP, VLANs, subnetting, NAT, network segmentation, DNS, DHCP, defense-in-depth, and network security architecture.
- Experience implementing production changes through formal change-control processes, including testing, validation, rollback planning, and documentation.
- Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot and resolve complex technical incidents beyond established runbooks and contribute to root-cause analysis, corrective actions, vulnerability remediation, and recurrence reduction.
- Experience creating technical standards, architecture diagrams, implementation procedures, automation, or design documentation.
- Knowledge of IDS/IPS, firewall logging, network security monitoring, SIEM integration, and related telemetry.
- Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code and automation technologies such as Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible, Python, or PowerShell.
- Working knowledge of security standards and control frameworks applicable to network and cloud security.
- Strong analytical, troubleshooting, documentation, problem-solving, written communication, and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced, evolving environment and participate in defined on-call responsibilities as a senior technical resolver.
- Current Cisco CCNP, preferably CCNP Enterprise or an equivalent certification, or Palo Alto Networks Certified Network Security Engineer (PCNSE) certification.
- AWS Certified Advanced Networking – Specialty, AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional, a relevant Microsoft Azure network or security certification, CISSP, or an equivalent advanced security certification is preferred.
- Experience working in financial services or another regulated industry is preferred.
SWBC offers*:
- Competitive overall compensation package
- Work/Life balance
- Employee engagement activities and recognition awards
- Years of Service awards
- Career enhancement and growth opportunities
- Leadership Academy and Mentor Program
- Continuing education and career certifications
- Variety of healthcare coverage options
- Traditional and Roth 401(k) retirement plans
- Lucrative Wellness Program
- Based upon employee eligibility
Additional Information:
SWBC is a Substance-Free Workplace and requires pre-employment drug testing.
Please note, SWBC does not hire tobacco users as allowed by law.
To learn more about SWBC, visit our website at www.SWBC.com. If interested, please click the appropriate apply button.
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Senior Level Network Security Manager Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a senior level network security manager job?
Employers at this level look for candidates who have owned security programs end to end, not just contributed to them. Demonstrated experience leading incident response, architecting zero-trust or cloud security frameworks, and managing cross-functional security teams carries significant weight. Certifications such as CISSP or CISM strengthen a candidacy, but hands-on evidence of strategic decision-making and measurable outcomes is what separates senior candidates from mid-level ones.
Which companies hire senior level network security managers?
Companies hiring senior level network security managers right now include HP, SWBC, and Zoox, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Hiring at this level tends to concentrate among large enterprises, defense contractors, financial institutions, and technology firms that maintain complex, regulated network environments requiring experienced leadership.
Are there remote senior level network security manager jobs?
Yes, though availability varies by employer and security clearance requirements. About 40% of senior level network security manager openings are remote or hybrid as of November 2026, reflecting broader adoption of distributed security operations. Roles tied to classified infrastructure or on-premises systems typically require on-site presence, so filtering by work setting on Migrate Mate helps narrow the field quickly.
What makes a network security manager role senior level?
Senior level network security manager roles are defined by ownership of the full security function rather than execution of defined tasks. Responsibilities include setting the organization's security posture, building and mentoring security teams, engaging with executive stakeholders on risk, and driving program-level decisions across identity, endpoint, cloud, and network domains. The expectation is that you lead the response when things go wrong, not just follow a runbook.
Which industries hire the most senior level network security managers?
Senior Level network security manager roles concentrate in Technology & Software, Insurance, and Automotive, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. These sectors drive hiring at this level because they operate under strict regulatory and compliance requirements, manage sensitive data at scale, and face persistent threat environments that demand experienced security leadership rather than generalist management.