Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Calance is hiring a Senior Network Security Engineer for a fully remote contract-to-hire position supporting a telecommunications service provider network. The role is responsible for designing and maintaining network and security infrastructure, leading incident response and disaster recovery efforts, managing vulnerabilities, and improving the network’s security, availability, and compliance posture.

Responsibilities

• Design, configure, and maintain network devices like routers, switches, and firewalls to prevent intrusion into the service provider network
• Nokia, Adtran, Juniper, Calix, Cisco and/or A10 Networks
• Design, configure, and maintain network monitoring and analysis tools like NMS, IDS, IPS, and SIEM servers and appliances to isolate and diagnose potential threats and intrusion attempts
• Architect comprehensive security procedures and lead the assembly and operationalization of incident response and disaster recovery plans
• Coordinate cross-functional organizational incident response teams to ensure response, prioritization of events, and respective remediations
• Act as the first line of defense in preventing and responding to security incidents, malicious behavior, and attacks
• Monitor, test, and report on the network’s hardware and software to ensure integrity of the service provider network’s design, configuration, and security compliance posture
• Review and ensure vulnerability and patch management is prioritized and remediated in a timely manner
• Identify, propose, and implement measures to improve the security posture of our service provider network
• Produce and peer review MOPS for complex changes on the network
• Drive world-class availability and security in a constantly growing and scaling national network
• Contribute toward departmental and company goals and objectives
• Other duties as assigned

Skills

• 7+ years working in a Network Security Engineering and/or Operations role in the telecommunications service provider industry
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in cybersecurity, electronics, telecom, or computer science
• Ability to clearly identify requirements, communicate the path forward, and guide less experienced engineers
• Hands-on configuration of network, security, and monitoring devices

Benefits

• Fully remote
• W2 +Benefits

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