Sr. Network Security Engineer / Itec2727
Safeway (Oakland/East Bay, California)

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You’ve come to the right place. Safeway is an innovative Fortune 100 Company that, thanks to the diversity, professionalism, spirit and friendliness of our people, is thriving in locations across the U.S. and Canada. From our stores to our corporate headquarters, we offer careers that build your skills and your future. Become Part of Our Corporate Team. This is an exciting time to become part of Safeway. We encourage our employees to succeed professionally and maximize their potential by becoming part of our dynamic team. Sr. Network Security Engineer INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY – Walnut Creek, CA ________________________________________________________________ The Network Engineering department located in Walnut Creek, California has an opening for a Sr. Network Security Engineer within its Network Engineering group. Position is highly technical and requires thorough understanding of IT network security infrastructure, a wide range of enterprise infrastructure technologies, system requirements, and business objectives. Engineer ensures that the technical infrastructure will provide optimal manageability and security. The position is a hands-on, customer facing position. The position is located in Walnut Creek, California. Key Responsibilities include, but are not limited to: • Deliver network security architecture solutions for business application security and infrastructure technology. • Technical security consulting. • Influence and enable all IT and business projects with network security solutions. • Maintain current knowledge of technical and industry relevance, ability to evaluate changes, and how they might apply to Safeway Inc. • Discover and investigate suspect behavior, including IDS/IPS, Proxy, Firewall, and VPN analysis • Participate in ongoing network security audits and reviews regarding 3rd Party Business Partner connections and compliances (HIPAA, PCI, SOX, etc…). • Troubleshoot performance and availability related problems • Ensure risk-free implementation of all security, business, compliancy and technology solutions. • Key liaison and interface with Information Security and Network Operations. • Interface with and work within cross-functional IT teams to continually improve the company’s security posture. • Establish yearly goals, objectives and function metrics. • Status and management reporting. • Influence network security technology, application architecture, and design. • Perform product selection, proof of concepts, pilots, and implementation of production network security solutions which meet customer and business requirements. • Implementation of IDS/IPS, Proxy, Firewall and VPN rules as identified by business needs and Information Security technical security requirements (TSR’s) . Qualifications: The following are preferred or desired, unless specifically stated: • 7+ years experience in Information Security and data communications industry • Must have strong knowledge and experience with Cisco based network equipment • Must have strong knowledge and experience with network based IDS/IPS network monitoring • Must have strong knowledge and experience with networking security technologies including Proxy, Firewalls (Checkpoint and Cisco), router ACLs, VLANs, and other security and network appliances/devices with an emphasis on data communications. • Must have a strong knowledge of WAN Technologies (Networking, OSPF, BGP, VPN/IPSec, and other assorted IP protocols), including comprehension and working knowledge of the OSI model. • Proficient in TCP/IP and the associated ports to the most common applications • Demonstrated working knowledge and/or proficiencies with networking, protocols, security technologies, risk assessment, intrusion detection/prevention, and analysis. • Hands on engineering of firewall infrastructures, security policy creation, and implementation • Able to interface with users and technical staff; team-player, strong organizational skills, strong conceptual skills, ability to work in a team environment, and independently when required. • Ability to recognize customer requirements when dealing with projects, assist customer in achieving their goals, and consistently achieve high customer satisfaction. • Demonstration of the ability to manage customer expectations is necessary. • Excellent organizational, project management, interpersonal, time management, presentation, written and oral communication skills. • The ability to provide detailed documentation is a must. Use of Visio, MS Word, MS Excel, Powerpoint necessary.