Information Security Engineer, Consultant

Job Description Your Role The Principal Information Security Engineer, Consultant – Network Protection is a highly skilled technical contributor within the Information Asset Protection team, responsible for designing, implementing, and supporting enterprise-wide network security solutions.

This role helps ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of corporate and personal data by contributing to modern network protection strategies and supporting the adoption of advanced security technologies to defend against evolving threats.

Responsibilities Your Work In this role, you will:

  • Architect and deploy advanced network security solutions, including firewalls, intrusion prevention systems (IPS), secure web gateways, and DNS protection.
  • Architect, implement, and support network security solutions including firewalls, intrusion prevention systems (IPS), secure web gateways, DNS protection, and DDoS mitigation across enterprise environments.
  • Implement, analyze, and continuously improve network security controls for on premises, cloud, and multi-point (hybrid and distributed) architectures.
  • Contribute security architecture recommendations and technology selections that protect company assets, reduce exposure to technology risk, and help prevent security incidents.
  • Work toward defined strategic and operational security objectives, delivering outcomes that have measurable impact on IT Security Engineering results.
  • Design and support high-availability network security solutions, considering systems design, architecture, cloud technologies, databases, open-source components, and web and mobile platforms.
  • Partner with Security Defense Management and Incident Response teams to provide technical guidance, architectural options, and hands-on support during incident handling and threat mitigation.
  • Collaborate with DevOps, platform, and infrastructure teams to integrate security controls into infrastructure-as-code (IaC), cloud-native environments, CI/CD pipelines, and containerized platforms.
  • Develop and maintain automation scripts, playbooks, and operational runbooks for configuration management, monitoring, and incident response.
  • Support the deployment and tuning of threat detection, logging, and analytics capabilities, including automation-driven and behavior-based controls.
  • Provide hands-on engineering support for Cisco and Akamai security technologies, contributing to implementation, optimization, and lifecycle management.
  • Mentor junior and mid-level engineers and act as a technical role model by sharing best practices, operational knowledge, and emerging network security trends.
  • Continuously expand technical depth and architectural judgment in preparation for future principal-level responsibilities.
Qualifications Your Knowledge and Experience
  • Hands-on experience with Cisco security technologies such as Umbrella, Secure Access, ISE, or related platforms.
  • Working knowledge of Akamai security solutions, such as Web Application Firewall and edge security services.
  • Familiarity with regulatory and compliance considerations (e.g., HIPAA, GDPR, CCPA) as they relate to network security controls.
  • Ability to document designs, operational procedures, and security standards clearly.
  • Industry certifications such as CISSP, CCNP Security, CCIE Security, or equivalent preferred.
Required Qualifications:
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, a related field or equivalent experience.
  • 7+ years of relevant experience in network security engineering, with demonstrated progression in scope and responsibility.
  • Solid understanding of network-based threat detection, logging, and alerting concepts.
  • Experience with secure remote access technologies, VPNs, NAC, and identity-aware access controls.
  • Practical experience with DevOps and automation tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI, Terraform, Ansible, and Kubernetes.
  • Strong communication skills with the ability to collaborate effectively with engineering peers, architects and security stakeholders.
About Us About Stellarus and the Ascendiun Family of Companies Stellarus, launched in January 2025, is designed to scale innovative healthcare solutions that support customers in creating a health care experience deserving of their family, friends, and neighbors. Stellarus is part of a family of organizations that is overseen by a nonprofit corporate entity named Ascendiun. The Ascendiun Family of Companies also includes Blue Shield of California and its subsidiary, Blue Shield of California Promise Health Plan and Altais, a clinical services company.

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