Job Description
Role overview
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The team supports critical infrastructure for the largest clean energy provider in North America. The role combines deep technical skill, technical leadership, and a understanding of regulatory knowledge (NERC CIP is what they will have to learn).
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Responsibilities
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· Manage enterprise firewall infrastructure, processing 450+ change requests a year with zero network impact
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· Oversee implementation and maintenance of 20,000+ firewall rules supporting NextEra Energy and FPL business operations
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· Provide technical leadership across multiple data centers and drive continuous improvement
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· Mentor and develop team members
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· Design, plan, and deploy network infrastructure, and find and fix potential issues before they affect operations
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· Perform complex troubleshooting and root cause analysis with advanced diagnostic tools
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· Ensure network operations comply with NERC CIP and other regulatory requirements
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· Serve as Lead Firewall Engineer on critical IT-OT network segmentation projects
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· Perform quarterly Electronic Security Perimeter (CIP-005) compliance assessments across 120+ network segments and stay audit-ready
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· Drive automation of firewall rule management, with zero security violations and zero customer impact
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· Handle other job-related duties as assigned
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Must-have skills
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· Palo Alto firewalls
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· Cisco Nexus (NX-OS), Cisco Catalyst, and IOS
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· Ability to multi-task projects, with strong interpersonal and analytical skills
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Strong preferences
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· NERC CIP experience, especially CIP-005 / Electronic Security Perimeter
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· Experience with IT-OT segmentation
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· Utility, energy, or other regulated critical-infrastructure background
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· Firewall automation experience
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· Arista switches (plus)
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· Prior mentoring or lead experience