Network Security Engineer II (Contract)

Come join Deepwatch’s team of world-class cybersecurity professionals and the brightest minds in the industry. If you're ready to challenge yourself with work that matters, then this is the place for you. We're redefining cybersecurity as one of the fastest growing companies in the U.S. – and we have a blast doing it!

Who We Are

Deepwatch is the leader in managed security services, protecting organizations from ever-increasing cyber threats 24/7/365. Powered by Deepwatch’s cloud-based security operations platform, Deepwatch provides the industry’s fastest, most comprehensive detection and automated response to cyber threats together with tailored guidance from dedicated experts to mitigate risk and measurably improve security posture. Hundreds of organizations, from Fortune 100 to mid-sized enterprises, trust Deepwatch to protect their business. 

Our core values drive everything we do at Deepwatch, including our approach to tackling tough cyber challenges. We seek out tenacious individuals who are passionate about solving complex problems and protecting our customers. At Deepwatch, every decision, process, and hire is made with a focus on improving our cybersecurity solutions and delivering an exceptional experience for our customers. By embracing our values, we create a culture of excellence that is dedicated to empowering our team members to explore their potential, expand their skill sets, and achieve their career aspirations, which is supported by our unique annual professional development benefit.

Deepwatch recognition includes:

• 2023, 2022 and 2021 Great Place to Work® Certified
• 2023 and 2022 Forbes America’s Best Startup Employers
• 2023 and 2022 Fortress Cybersecurity Award
• 2023 $180M Series C investment from Springcoast Capital Partners, Splunk Ventures, and Vista Credit Partners of Vista Equity Partners
• 2022 Cigna Healthy Workforce Silver Designation
• 2022 Cybersecurity Excellence Award for MDR

Network Security Engineer II - Contract (6 months)

Location: This job is available to work in one of our hub locations: Tampa, FL; Denver, CO; DC metro area, CA (Bay area), Austin, TX and will be hybrid

*We are not working with third party vendors for this role*

Position Overview

Reporting directly to the Manager, Network Security, the Network Security Engineer II will be responsible for the configuration and management of our customer’s next generation firewall environment on a 24/7 team. Additionally, you'll update and maintain all policies, objects, interface configurations, and signatures, perform upgrades, and provide best in class security for the customer while maintaining compliance with applicable regulations. As an escalation tier resource, you will be asked to provide consultative expertise on next-generation firewall platforms to improve customer implementations. You will also respond to continuously monitored customer environments ensuring maximum availability and acceptable risk tolerance documented by the customer.  You will be part of a weekly on-call rotation and required to adhere to all change windows required by customers. 

If you are passionate about leveraging best in class security tools and processes to achieve positive results for customers, Deepwatch, and our shareholders, in a remote, work-from-home environment, while remaining adaptable & positive in a dynamic work environment, we want to hear from you. 

In this role, you’ll get to:

• Serve as an escalation tier technical resource for customer’s next generation firewall solution(s) (Cisco & Fortinet) providing recommendations and guidance on their implementation to increase cyber resilience
• Analyze and perform Firewall Policy, network VPN, and associated configuration creation, updates, maintenance, and triage, through strict adherence to customer defined Change Management processes
• Perform Hardware, software, and firmware upgrades and patching while ensuring security hardening is within requirements set forth by the customer and in accordance with industry best practices
• Execute on approved Policy Audit & Cleanup
• Engage with customer stakeholders for policy management consultation and dialogue
• Analyze and guide improvements to Policy optimization and normalization across customer environments
• Monitor and triage platform and network performance through health, netflow, and other required tooling including packet capture tools and performance monitoring platforms
• Provide recommendations and guidance on potenti