Principal Network Cybersecurity Engineer

About This Role

Advance security posture for Core, Edge, and Access networks through real-time threat monitoring and detection, incident response, and vulnerability management. Define and implement robust security architecture with a focus on firewalls, encryption, identity access management, and multi-factor authentication.

Responsibilities

• Identify technology gaps to lead the design, architecture, and implementation of appropriate security solutions
• Create formal guidelines, policies, and procedures to ensure smooth and error-free operations
• Drive and lead relevant, strategic solutions in a highly scalable environment, and lead the implementation of said solutions
• Partner across the Operations, Engineering, and Planning organizations to ensure secure design patterns are embedded into new deployments and major changes
• Work independently on strategic technical challenges
• Identify opportunities to mentor, guide, and delegate technical documentation/tasks to support the team and broader organization
• Communicate clearly and effectively, articulating complex technical concepts to diverse internal and external audiences
• Lead network security incident response activities, including triage, containment, eradication, and recovery for disruptive threats
• Build and refine incident playbooks and response runbooks, ensuring repeatable workflows for high-impact scenarios
• Serve as escalation support for security-related investigations, providing expert-level analysis and guidance during active incidents

Requirements

• Expert-level ability to write complex, optimized Splunk SPL (Search Processing Language) searches
• Strong foundational knowledge of incident response lifecycles (NIST or SANS)
• Experience designing, testing, and maintaining automation playbooks using SOAR platforms
• In-depth experience with risk-based alerting, managing notable events, asset/identity correlation, and defining/tuning correlation searches
• Expert in conflict resolution and negotiation to ensure that design, strategy, and decisions consistently support security requirements
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail with a proven track record of managing and delivering results
• Leadership experience as a subject matter expert with effective written, interpersonal, and verbal communication skills

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or four or more years of work experience.
• Six or more years of relevant experience required, demonstrated through one or a combination of work and/or military experience, or specialized training.

Nice to Have

• Security certifications such as CompTIA Security+, CISSP, CCIP, CISM, CCSP, OSCP, Ethical Hacking (CEH, OSCP)
• Experience with Identity and Access Management (IAM) solutions
• Ability to build consensus and a common understanding of security objectives, goals, and execution steps
• Experience with network protocols and information security with networking certifications such as PCNSE, CCNP or CCNA
• Experience with networks, 4G/5G wireless network functions or virtualization technologies like OpenStack and Kubernetes
• Experience with scripting languages like Python and/or automation tools like Ansible
• Experience in UNIX or Linux systems engineering expertise with a variety of variants
• Experience with encryption for data in transit (e.g., IPsec, or TLS) and at rest

Skills

* Required skills

Benefits