Firewall / IT Network Engineer

The team supports critical infrastructure for the largest clean energy provider in North America. The role combines deep technical skill, technical leadership, and a understanding of regulatory knowledge (NERC CIP is what they will have to learn).

Responsibilities

· Manage enterprise firewall infrastructure, processing 450+ change requests a year with zero network impact

· Oversee implementation and maintenance of 20,000+ firewall rules supporting NextEra Energy and FPL business operations

· Provide technical leadership across multiple data centers and drive continuous improvement

· Mentor and develop team members

· Design, plan, and deploy network infrastructure, and find and fix potential issues before they affect operations

· Perform complex troubleshooting and root cause analysis with advanced diagnostic tools

· Ensure network operations comply with NERC CIP and other regulatory requirements

· Serve as Lead Firewall Engineer on critical IT-OT network segmentation projects

· Perform quarterly Electronic Security Perimeter (CIP-005) compliance assessments across 120+ network segments and stay audit-ready

· Drive automation of firewall rule management, with zero security violations and zero customer impact

· Handle other job-related duties as assigned

· Palo Alto firewalls

· Cisco Nexus (NX-OS), Cisco Catalyst, and IOS

· Ability to multi-task projects, with strong interpersonal and analytical skills

Strong preferences

· NERC CIP experience, especially CIP-005 / Electronic Security Perimeter

· Experience with IT-OT segmentation

· Utility, energy, or other regulated critical-infrastructure background

· Firewall automation experience

· Arista switches (plus)

· Prior mentoring or lead experience

K-Tek Resourcing is a consulting organization with offices in Houston TX and St. Paul, MN. It is supported by 2 global delivery centers, located in India. With its global employee strength of over 250, K-Tek has been supporting its clients for over 9 years.

Why K-Tek K-Tek has a tenet of excelling at delivering resources and solutions based on its experience, integrity, distinction in delivery, reduced turn-around time and the consistency at being the “First Time Right”.

Vision / Mission At K-Tek we believe in understanding the specific needs of the customer and tailor-creating innovative solutions to meet these needs. We invest in our employees and customers. We build a relation of trust with our customers through empathy, solutions and being the first time right.

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