Location: Irvine, United States of America. In fast changing markets, customers worldwide rely on Thales. Thales is a business where brilliant people from all over the world come together to share ideas and inspire each other. In aerospace, transportation, defence, security and space, our architects design innovative solutions that make our tomorrow's possible. Senior Network Infrastructure Engineer Remote USA Position Summary. Responsible for all aspects of Senior Network Infrastructure Enginee... more details
Location: Irvine, United States of America
In fast changing markets, customers worldwide rely on Thales. Thales is a business where brilliant people from all over the world come together to share ideas and inspire each other. In aerospace, transportation, defence, security and space, our architects design innovative solutions that make our tomorrow's possible.
Senior Network Infrastructure Engineer
Remote USA
Position Summary
Responsible for all aspects of Senior Network Infrastructure Engineer . Expected to become a SME in several relevant domains. Expected to have full professional knowledge of network infrastructure concepts and company objectives to resolve a wide range of issues in effective and sometimes creative ways, in all relevant domains. As an advanced engineer, you are expected to do these things with little technical direction and with only general guidance on new assignments.
Regulatory Compliance Requirements
Must be a US Person as defined in applicable law
Must be a U.S. Person as defined in applicable law, or otherwise authorized or eligible for authorization, to access to hardware, software, technology or technical data controlled under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and/or the Export Administration Regulations (EAR).
Key Areas of Responsibility
Define network architecture, norms and best practices
Mentoring and training of new and/or more junior team members
Firewalls and network filters, in both Enterprise, Stores, and cloud networks
Intrusion Prevention policies
Networking Protocols/Concepts (Routing(OSPF, BGP), VLAN, Sub-netting, Load balancing, TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP, TLS, SSH)
Site-to-site and remote-access VPN connectivity
Network Access Control
Authentication, Authorization and Accounting (to include multi-factor authentication)
Web access proxy servers and URL filtering
Network Security policy creation, exception documentation and approval
Provide suggestions to team lead/manager in creating your professional development and training plan.
Work on projects assigned to you, in effort to advance partnership opportunities between Network Security team and other business areas.
Help define network security requirements for current and future state end-to-end architectures and platforms to advance security controls and the security posture of the business.
Collaborating with development and engineering teams to prioritize security risks, provide mitigation or remediation recommendations, and implement compensating controls.
Assist in performing proof-of-concept testing for network security solutions under consideration for purchase and implementation.
Assist in developing and maintaining network security policies, standards, processes and workflows.
Provide 7/24 On-Call support for infrastructure related service incidents and follow internal management escalation procedures when necessary (team rotation).
Minimum Qualifications
Education:
Bachelor’s degree in a related field of study with a minimum of 8+ years of relevant work experience or a Master’s degree in a related field of study with 6+ years of relevant work experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience
Must have: 3+ years working with Palo Alto Firewall
Must have: 3+ years working with Cisco ISE
At least one vendor certification (with non-entry-level preferred) in the Network Security arena (Palo Alto PCNSA/PCNSE preferred, Cisco CCNA/CCNP Security, Juniper JNCIA-SEC/JNCIS-SEC, etc.) or equivalent experience
Excellent interpersonal & leadership skills
Excellent oral & written communication skills, people skills, planning, implementation and troubleshooting skills.
Preferred Qualifications
Skills and Abilities:
Extensive experience working with Cisco switches, Cisco AnyConnect VPN, Dell switches, Fortinet firewalls
ITIL experience and certifications
Special Position Requirements
Pay Transparency
The anticipated TTC range for this role is $113,033.90 - 1 - 226,067.80 USD Annual. The Company reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s status protected by local, state, or federal law.
What We Offer
Thales provides an extensive benefits program for all full-time employees working 30 or more hours per week and their eligible dependents, including the following:
•Elective Health, Dental, Vision, FSA/HSA, Voluntary Life and AD&D, Whole Group Life w/LTC, Critical Illness, Hospital Indemnity, Accident Insurance, Legal Plan, Identity Theft, and Pet Insurance.
•Retirement Savings Plan after 30 days of employment with a company contribution and a match, and with no vesting period.
•Company paid holidays and Paid Time Off.
•Company provided Life Insurance, AD&D, Disability, Employee Assistance Plan, and Well-being Program.
Why Join Us?
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N/A (because US Persons are already authorized to access ITAR and EAR technical info).
This position will require successfully completing a post-offer background check. Qualified candidates with [a] criminal history will be considered and are not automatically disqualified, consistent with federal law, state law, and local ordinances.
Successful applicant must comply with federal contractor vaccine mandate requirements.
Thales champions inclusion and we believe diversity strengthens the fabric of our culture. We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.
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