Salary

$116,413 - $162,273 per year.

Responsibilities

Qualifications: About Ascension: Ascension is a leading nonprofit Catholic health system with a culture of service, growth, care and connection. We empower our associates to contribute their s

• Own and optimize the organization's core network security platforms to ensure the availability, performance, and protection of critical systems in a large-scale enterprise environment.
• Serve as the senior technical escalation point for complex security, firewall, and network access control issues, leading root-cause analysis, incident response, and resolution efforts.
• Drive continuous improvement of the security environment through policy optimization, segmentation, automation, and operational enhancements across Palo Alto, Fortinet, and NAC platforms.
• 8–10+ years of hands-on experience in network/security engineering.
• Proven experience operating in large-scale, enterprise environments.
• Deep, hands-on expertise with Palo Alto Networks firewalls, Fortinet security platforms, and Cisco ISE and/or Aruba ClearPass.
• Strong knowledge of firewall operations, policy management, segmentation, authentication protocols (802.1X, RADIUS, TACACS+), VPN technologies (IPSec, SSL VPN).
• Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot complex, multi-layered issues under pressure.
• Certifications: Palo Alto PCNSE (or equivalent level); Fortinet NSE (NSE 4 or higher) – strongly preferred; additional certifications such as Aruba, Cisco (security-related), CISSP or equivalent are a plus.

Salary

$116,413 - $162,273 per year.

Responsibilities

Qualifications: About Ascension: Ascension is a leading nonprofit Catholic health system with a culture of service, growth, care and connection. We empower our associates to contribute their s

• Own and optimize the organization's core network security platforms to ensure the availability, performance, and protection of critical systems in a large-scale enterprise environment.
• Serve as the senior technical escalation point for complex security, firewall, and network access control issues, leading root-cause analysis, incident response, and resolution efforts.
• Drive continuous improvement of the security environment through policy optimization, segmentation, automation, and operational enhancements across Palo Alto, Fortinet, and NAC platforms.
• 8–10+ years of hands-on experience in network/security engineering.
• Proven experience operating in large-scale, enterprise environments.
• Deep, hands-on expertise with Palo Alto Networks firewalls, Fortinet security platforms, and Cisco ISE and/or Aruba ClearPass.
• Strong knowledge of firewall operations, policy management, segmentation, authentication protocols (802.1X, RADIUS, TACACS+), VPN technologies (IPSec, SSL VPN).
• Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot complex, multi-layered issues under pressure.
• Certifications: Palo Alto PCNSE (or equivalent level); Fortinet NSE (NSE 4 or higher) – strongly preferred; additional certifications such as Aruba, Cisco (security-related), CISSP or equivalent are a plus.