Network Firewall Engineer

Wintrust is a financial holding company with approximately $50 billion assets under management and traded on the NASDAQ:WTFC. Built on the "HAVE IT ALL" model, Wintrust offers sophisticated technology and resources of a large bank while focusing on providing service-based community banking to each and every customer. Wintrust operates fifteen community bank subsidiaries with over 170 banking locations in the greater Chicago and southern Wisconsin market areas. Additionally, Wintrust operates various non-bank business units including commercial and life insurance premium financing, short-term accounts receivable financing, out-sourced administrative services, mortgage origination and purchase, wealth management services and qualified intermediary services for tax-deferred exchanges.
Why join us?

• An award-winning culture! We are rated a Top Workplace by the Chicago Tribune (past 8 years) and Employee Recommended award by the Globe & Mail (past 6 years)
• Competitive pay and discretionary or incentive bonus eligible
• Comprehensive benefit package including medical, dental, vision, life, a 401k plan with a generous company match and tuition reimbursement to name a few
• Promote from within culture

Why join this team?

• We hold ourselves accountable to high standards, share wins, operate ethically, and have fun

Position Summary
The Network Firewall Engineer will maintain/support the network security infrastructure. In this role, you will configure, deploy, monitor and maintain network security equipment including, but not limited NGFW firewalls. To ensure compliance with information security standards, the position will require working knowledge of supporting/related technologies, industry standards and best practices. The role requires strict adherence to Wintrust's Network standards, policies, processes and procedures.
What You'll Do

• Manage firewall and network security systems by establishing and enforcing approved policies
• Analyze network security requirements and implement perimeter security changes
• Utilizing industry best practices for security, disaster recovery, business continuity, change control, the engineer will design, configure, manage and troubleshoot a variety of network firewall technologies
• Serve as a subject matter expert in coordinating and troubleshooting with customers, other infrastructure support activities and business units
• Develop network documentation of security infrastructure
• Monitor network performance and implement performance tuning as necessary
• Plan and coordinate upgrades, patches and new corporate technologies
• Maintain an inventory of hardware
• Perform system audits and complete necessary due diligence in preparation for new technologies.
• Provide troubleshooting and end user support

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent
• 1-4 years of related experience
• Ability to prioritize, meet deadlines and complete assignments in a timely manner
• Knowledge of data center networking
• Ability to work individually as well as in teams and be flexible in a dynamic environment
• Excellent customer service and documentation skills
• Knowledge of Next Generation (preferably Cisco FTD) firewalls
• Experience managing global server load balancer
• Understanding of controls (e.g. access control, auditing, authentication, encryption, integrity, physical security, and application security)
• Experience in administering and troubleshooting firewalls within medium to large, complex organizations
• Deploy Site to site and Corporate VPN solutions with multi-factor authentication
• Experience with packet capture and analysis methodologies

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From our first day in business, Wintrust has been proud to serve a variety of unique communities and people from all walks of life. To be Chicago's Bank® and Wisconsin's Bank®, we need to reflect that diversity both in all the communities we serve, the people we employ, the organizations we work with, and our banking and lending practices. Wintrust Financial Corporation, including community banking and financial services subsidiaries, is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expressions, genetic information, marital status, age, disability, or status as a covered veteran or any other characteristic protected by law.