Lead Network Security Engineer

As a leading industrial distributor with operations primarily in North America, Japan and the United Kingdom, We Keep The World Working® by serving more than 4.5 million customers worldwide with products delivered through innovative technology and deep customer relationships. With 2023 sales of $16.5 billion, we're dedicated to providing value for customers, fostering an engaging culture for team members and driving strong financial results.
Our welcoming workplace enables you to learn, grow and make a difference by keeping businesses running and their people safe. As a 2024 Glassdoor Best Place to Work and a Great Place to Work-Certified™ company, we're looking for passionate people to join our team as we continue leading the industry over our next 100 years.
Position Details:
As a Lead Network Security Engineer, you will protect Grainger information assets by implementing advanced network security tools, automating, integrating Grainger network security tools and processes, and collaborating across the Information Security and IT organizations including making smart long-term decisions. You have expert knowledge of Network Security concepts (SSE) and Firewalls (Palo Alto is preferred)
You will report to the Senior Manager of Information Security Engineering.
Pay:
This position is salaried and will pay between $126990- $195,330 with a target bonus of 15%.
The range provided is a guideline and not a guarantee of compensation. Other factors that are involved in offer decisions include, and are not limited to: a candidate's experience, qualifications, geographical area, and internal equity of the team.
You Will:

• Understanding of network security engineering and architecture design, network protocols, and troubleshooting tools.
• Translate security requirements into firewall design.
• Identify operational, performance, and capacity issues.
• Logs, network traces, with a understanding of application flows
• Senior level knowledge of Network Firewalls (Palo Alto is preferred)
• Experience with network security tools and concepts in a cloud environment (AWS preferred)
• Senior level knowledge deploying and managing SSE technologies (Zscaler, ZIA, ZPA, and ZDX preferred)
• Experience with scripting and automation tools (Python, Ansible, or Terraform is preferred)
• Lead the installation, configuration, and integration of network security technologies including SSE & Firewalls.
• Lead the network security team in operational and policy decisions around Firewall and SSE technologies
• Identify operational issues and opportunities for improvement within the network security domain in addition to partnering with internal and external stakeholders
• Build capacity planning and trending capabilities to scale within the network security domain

You Have:

• 5+ years of experience designing and implementing Network Firewalls and SSE technologies
• 7+ years required of combined IT and Information Security work experience with a broad exposure to Infrastructure & Networks within multi-platform and cloud environments
• Experience automating Network Security solutions
• Experience with Agile Scrum methodology

We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.
We are committed to fostering an inclusive, accessible environment that includes both providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities during the application and hiring process as well as throughout the course of one's employment. With this in mind, should you need a reasonable accommodation during the application and selection process, please advise us so that we can provide appropriate assistance.