Job Description
Job Description
Greetings of the day
Position: Firewall / IT Network Engineer
Location: Miami / Plantation, FL (on-site, Miami-Dade)
Start: ASAP
Experience: 5+ years in network engineering
Reports to: IT Leader
Role overview
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).
Responsibilities
· Manage enterprise firewall infrastructure, processing 450+ change requests a year with zero network impact
· Oversee implementation and maintenance of 20,000+ firewall rules supporting NextEra Energy and FPL business operations
· Provide technical leadership across multiple data centers and drive continuous improvement
· Mentor and develop team members
· Design, plan, and deploy network infrastructure, and find and fix potential issues before they affect operations
· Perform complex troubleshooting and root cause analysis with advanced diagnostic tools
· Ensure network operations comply with NERC CIP and other regulatory requirements
· Serve as Lead Firewall Engineer on critical IT-OT network segmentation projects
· Perform quarterly Electronic Security Perimeter (CIP-005) compliance assessments across 120+ network segments and stay audit-ready
· Drive automation of firewall rule management, with zero security violations and zero customer impact
· Handle other job-related duties as assigned
Must-have skills
· Palo Alto firewalls
· Cisco Nexus (NX-OS), Cisco Catalyst, and IOS
· Ability to multi-task projects, with strong interpersonal and analytical skills
Strong preferences
· NERC CIP experience, especially CIP-005 / Electronic Security Perimeter
· Experience with IT-OT segmentation
· Utility, energy, or other regulated critical-infrastructure background
· Firewall automation experience
· Arista switches (plus)
· Prior mentoring or lead experience
\nCompany Description
K-Tek Resourcing is a consulting organization with offices in Houston TX and St. Paul, MN. It is supported by 2 global delivery centers, located in India. With its global employee strength of over 250, K-Tek has been supporting its clients for over 9 years.
Why K-Tek
K-Tek has a tenet of excelling at delivering resources and solutions based on its experience, integrity, distinction in delivery, reduced turn-around time and the consistency at being the "First Time Right".
Vision / Mission
At K-Tek we believe in understanding the specific needs of the customer and tailor-creating innovative solutions to meet these needs. We invest in our employees and customers. We build a relation of trust with our customers through empathy, solutions and being the first time right.
K-Tek Resourcing LLC is one of the leaders in Resourcing industry with a portfolio of over 300+ consultants working at different client’s sites. Our commitment to compliance, excellent client servicing and superior quality has positioned us for sustained success.
Company Description
K-Tek Resourcing is a consulting organization with offices in Houston TX and St. Paul, MN. It is supported by 2 global delivery centers, located in India. With its global employee strength of over 250, K-Tek has been supporting its clients for over 9 years.\r\n\r\nWhy K-Tek\r\nK-Tek has a tenet of excelling at delivering resources and solutions based on its experience, integrity, distinction in delivery, reduced turn-around time and the consistency at being the "First Time Right".\r\n\r\nVision / Mission\r\nAt K-Tek we believe in understanding the specific needs of the customer and tailor-creating innovative solutions to meet these needs. We invest in our employees and customers. We build a relation of trust with our customers through empathy, solutions and being the first time right.\r\n\r\n K-Tek Resourcing LLC is one of the leaders in Resourcing industry with a portfolio of over 300+ consultants working at different client’s sites. Our commitment to compliance, excellent client servicing and superior quality has positioned us for sustained success.