Senior Network Security Engineer

Mspark, a B2C marketing services company, specializes in driving Rural Market brand growth and customer engagement strategies for national and local advertisers. By combining consumer and marketplace data, we craft coordinated campaigns using a seamless mix of shared mail, direct mail, trigger-based marketing, and digital advertising solutions such as display, retargeting, and Mobile ID tracking that drive the right audience behavior to achieve your marketing goals.

The Senior Network Security Engineer will provide all aspects of planning, implementation, and support for Mspark’s computer and network infrastructure.

Responsibilities: 

• The role includes supporting the organization's network and server infrastructure and ensuring connectivity for all employees and locations.
• Work closely with departmental peers to ensure the organization’s systems and data security.
• Initiates and fosters partnerships with key stakeholders to better understand the primary objectives of the business unit to proactively improve upon or develop new solutions through technology.
• Implement security measures to protect systems, networks, and data.
• Work as part of the IT Operations Department, regularly interacting with Developers, other IT Engineers, and the IT Help Desk as needed to troubleshoot and resolve production issues.
• Leadership role in the planning and testing disaster recovery and business continuity plans and exercises.
• Follow best logical and physical security practices to improve the company’s security posture continually.
• Monitor and support all network equipment, maintaining current code levels.
• Lead role in the organization’s patch management process.
• Installing, updating, and configuring security infrastructure and other security measures.
• Respond to security incidents and assist with incident response plans.
• Occasional after-hours support and travel are required for preventative maintenance, break/fix activities, and project work.
• Other Duties as assigned.

What we're looking for:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related technical degree.
• 8+ years’ experience as a network engineer implementing and supporting large enterprise networks.
• Hands-on experience installing and supporting enterprise routers, switches, and firewalls.
• Hands-on experience installing and supporting virtualized environments that support Windows and Linux operating systems.
• Experience installing and Supporting SDWAN Technologies.
• Experience installing and supporting network storage equipment (NAS, SAN)
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to speak on varying technical levels.
• Self-starter who can work independently on complex IT projects.
• Experience installing and configuring Firewalls.
• Experience installing and maintaining Network Monitoring and Alerting Products.
• Experience deploying and maintaining secure wireless network configurations.
• Experience working with cloud architecture and infrastructure.