Cybersecurity Senior Engineer | Network Security Infrastructure - Palo Alto at The Home Depot

Role overview

Candidates must be located within driving distance to the Marietta Technology Center (MTC) to support business needs.

The Home Depot is looking to hire a Senior Network Security Engineer to help secure and optimize our enterprise network infrastructure. This role supports firewall management, VPN technologies, automation initiatives, vulnerability remediation, and incident response, while also participating in onsite testing, troubleshooting, and deployment activities during project rollouts.

Firewall Lifecycle Management: Support ongoing activities related to firewall lifecycle management. Contribute and follow design specifications and instructions for tasks such as installing, configuring, decommissioning devices, and migrating application traffic behind firewalls.

GlobalProtect VPN: Understands remote access VPN technology and can support GlobalProtect VPN related efforts such as deploying new portal/gateways and troubleshooting machine certificate chain/authentication flows etc.

Patching and Upgrading: Support in mitigating network security vulnerabilities and upgrading of firewall software leverage automated solutions. Develop proficiency in these processes.

Incident Response and Vulnerability Management: Understands the network environment to effectively respond to incident response and escalation, while providing value to our customers.

Monitoring and Troubleshooting: leverage tools such as Solarwinds, Looker, Tableau to aid in troubleshooting and project implementation.

Automation Solutions: Develop and implement automation solutions using Ansible and Python.

Responsibilities

• 100% Deliver Execution, Plans & Align, Problem Solving - Design automation workflows and capabilities in support of data collection, investigation and incident response Develop threat hunting and data analysis strategy and capabilities Identify and propose new technologies, methodologies and/or approaches to detecting malicious activity Utilize indicators to scope and respond proactively to emerging threats Design, build, configure, maintain and monitor cybersecurity threat defense capabilities and user access management
• This Position typically reports to Manager or Sr. Manager
• This Position has 0 Direct Reports
• Candidates must be located within driving distance to the Marietta Technology Center (MTC) to support business needs.
• Most of the time is spent sitting in a comfortable position and there is frequent opportunity to move about. On rare occasions there may be a need to move or lift light articles.
• Located in a comfortable indoor area. Any unpleasant conditions would be infrequent and not objectionable.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3+ years of experience in network and security engineering or operations;
• Solid understanding of switching and routing; Cisco Certification is a plus;
• Solid understanding of Cyber Security; Palo Alto Certification is a plus;
• Solid understanding of VPN technology; Hands on GlobalProtect VPN solution is a plus;
• Hands on experience with Linux operating systems;
• Hands on experience with programming language such as Ansible or Python;
• Experience with cloud services (GCP, AWS, or Azure) is preferred
• Enthusiastic about learning and advancing in network security;
• Creative and collaborative team player.
• Must be eighteen years of age or older.
• Must be legally permitted to work in the United States.
• Bachelor’s degree and/or equivalent work experience in a relevant discipline.
• Minimum Years of Work Experience:

Technology in this role

• Python: Automation Solutions: Develop and implement automation solutions using Ansible and .
• AWS: Experience with cloud services (GCP, AWS, or Azure) is preferred Enthusiastic about learning and advancing in network .
• Azure: Experience with cloud services (GCP, AWS, or Azure) is preferred Enthusiastic about learning and advancing in network .
• GCP: Experience with cloud services (GCP, AWS, or Azure) is preferred Enthusiastic about learning and advancing in network .
• Linux: Hands on experience with Linux operating .
• Ansible: Automation Solutions: Develop and implement automation solutions using Ansible and .
• CAN: GlobalProtect VPN: Understands remote access VPN technology and can support GlobalProtect VPN related efforts such as deploying new portal/gateways and troubleshooting machine certificate chain/authentication flows .
• VPN: This role supports firewall management, VPN technologies, automation initiatives, vulnerability remediation, and incident response, while also participating in onsite testing, troubleshooting, and deployment activities during project .

Role-specific candidate guide

Preparation notes based on the employer’s stated responsibilities and qualifications.

Understanding the scope. This Cybersecurity Senior Engineer | Network Security Infrastructure - Palo Alto position at The Home Depot is best assessed through the work described in the employer’s posting, rather than the title alone. The available role overview says: “Candidates must be located within driving distance to the Marietta Technology Center (MTC) to support business needs.” Read that statement together with the responsibilities below to understand the likely balance between delivery, coordination and technical decision-making. The role belongs to the security area, but that label is only a guide to the work; the employer’s own requirements remain decisive. Before applying, check the original listing for reporting lines, product or team.

About The Home Depot

The Home Depot is a North American home improvement retailer serving do-it-yourself customers, professional contractors and installation customers through stores and digital commerce. Its corporate overview describes a business that combines retail operations, a broad product assortment, ecommerce and installation services, supported by store, field and corporate teams.

Technology roles can support customer-facing digital experiences as well as internal retail, supply chain, analytics, security and operational systems. The company’s customer-first and associate-first principles provide useful business context, but they do not define the scope of an individual engineering role. Applicants should refer to the exact posting for the product area, location, work arrangement and technical expectations.

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