Cyber Security Engineer

Job Description

Reports To: Director of Infrastructure Security The Lead Network Security Engineer is accountable for securing CDKs network connecting thousands of CDK customers, ISVs, and OEMs - including perimeter, corporate, on-premises data center, public cloud, and 3 rd party networks . This individual plays a key technical leadership role in our network security strategy development, implementation, and operations . Key Responsibilities : 1. Leadership & Strategy: Exemplify security principles and culture Contribute to the development and implementation of the long-term network security strategy Effectively partner across security, technology, and business teams Develop effective metrics and use them to drive meaningful improvements 2. Network Security Standards: Contribute to the development and continuous improvement of network security standards and guidelines in Measure and report on CDKs compliance with network security standards Drive adoption of network security standards through close partnership with technology teams, collaborative roadmap alignment, and transparent reporting 3. Network Security Engineering: Design, build, implement, and operate firewalls, VPNs, IDS/IPS, and other network security solutions Develop and implement effective zero trust network segmentation architecture and strategies to reduce security risk In collaboration with cloud technology and security teams, design and implement an effective cloud network security strategy using a mix of cloud native and 3rd party solutions Use infrastructure as code and other methods to automate deployment of a consistent and secure network infrastructure Seek out opportunities to automate and standardize technology deployment and operations 4. Network Security Operations: Develop and operate processes for making firewall and network security configuration changes in accordance with network security standards Collaborate with Security Operations team to assure effective security monitoring and response capabilities for CDK networks Provide 24x7 tier 2/3 support for network security technologies Required Qualifications: Education: Bachelors degree in computer science, information security, or an equivalent experience Experience: Minimum of 5 years in cybersecurity, with at least 3 years in network security. Strong background in network security architecture, design, and operations preferably in a complex SaaS environment. Experience with Firewalls, routers, switches, IDS/IPS, SASE solutions, cloud networking, infrastructure as code, process automation, wireless networking.