Network Security Architect

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L.L.Bean is looking for an Network Security Architect to join our Infrastructure Architecture Team, someone that is passionate and has proven experience in networking and security disciplines. This position will be responsible for collaborating with other architects and engineers to deliver results-focused network architecture designs that support business objectives.  

We welcome the opportunity for this role to be hybrid based at the corporate headquarters in Freeport, Maine.

Responsibilities

Leadership:

• Provide technical leadership and mentorship for the network services team members. This position will be the subject matter expert for the network security domain.

• Partner with cybersecurity and business areas to ensure strong alignment in the delivery of network solutions leveraging a ‘security is built-in’ approach.

• Identify people, process, and technology gaps across the portfolio. Recommend and evaluate potential solutions.

• This will be a visible role and will require the ability to work at all levels of the organization.

Strategic:

• Key contributor to the annual technology roadmap process identifying and budgeting for technology solutions over a 5-year horizon.  

• Translate business requirements and architectural directions into program/project deliverables and establish architectural guardrails for projects.

• Responsible for defining technical sections of RFP, evaluating RFP responses, and searching for solutions that fit within our desired architecture.

• Must have experience in managing vendor relationships.

• Can develop multiple Enterprise Architecture viewpoints (such as Business, Technical, and pragmatic options)

Technical:

• Expert in designing, implementing, supporting, and securing Cisco, Arista, and cloud networks (emphasis on Azure).

• Advanced understanding in all network routing and switching protocols and how they apply to secure network design

• Ability to effectively leverage the OSI model to communicate designs and impacts.  

• Familiar with competing network & security vendor offerings.

• Expert with Palo Alto, Cisco, and Zscaler technologies.

• Ability to take strategic concepts such as Zero Trust Architecture and apply them tactically to projects and day-to-day work.

• Proven experience in Mirco-segmentation, OT, and IoT isolation.

• Experience with designing, supporting, and securing voice, load balancer, and wireless implementations.  

• Strong technical documentation skills are required.

• Automation (IaC) focus. Disciplined in CI/CD as it applies to Net/SecOps.

• Working knowledge of compliance frameworks. PCI, NIST, etc.

Operational:

• Provide a degree of hands-on support for the network team as needed.

• Comfortable being the highest escalation point for critical network security problems in a 24/7 environment.

• Participate in daily stand-up of calls for network related work streams.

• Must excel in a fast-paced environment while multi-tasking and can change focus quickly.

Health and Safety Requirement: Every employee is responsible for contributing to a safe and healthy workplace. Employees are expected to be active participants in health and safety by following all safety policies and procedures, reporting unsafe conditions or at-risk behaviors to leadership, and conducting work in a safe manner. Those in a leadership role are also expected to model safe behaviors, evaluate risk, and ensure that risks are reduced to acceptable levels.

Education Level: 4-Year Bachelors Degree
Years of Experience: 7+ years

Skills and Qualifications:

Business:

• Intermediate level of understanding business organization politics and culture

• Intermediate level of understanding of business model and ecosystem

• Challenges conventional thinking and traditional ways of operating, and invites stakeholders to identify issues and opportunities.

• Maintains balance between innovation and pragmatism when determining the practical application of new ideas.

• Sees opportunities and