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Firewall Infrastructure Engineer

Bank of America

Bank of America

Other Engineering
Raleigh, NC, USA · United States · Remote
Posted on Jul 31, 2024

Job Description:

At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. Responsible Growth is how we run our company and how we deliver for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day.

One of the keys to driving Responsible Growth is being a great place to work for our teammates around the world. We’re devoted to being a diverse and inclusive workplace for everyone. We hire individuals with a broad range of backgrounds and experiences and invest heavily in our teammates and their families by offering competitive benefits to support their physical, emotional, and financial well-being.

The areas of focus for the Firewall Infrastructure role includes design, engineering, and implementation of firewall service requests aligned to the delivery of infrastructure services. As a member of the Network Service Request Fulfillment team, the candidate should possess the ability to analyze and understand a variety of existing, and emerging, business/technical requirements.

This position will interface directly with internal stakeholders and external suppliers/providers, architecture, product engineering, product management, and business management. At times, they may interface with various levels of senior management. Strong communication and problem-solving skills are a must. The candidate must be able to work on their own and successfully in team settings in various sizes and locations. Adherence and use of standards, product sets, templates, systems, and artifacts are important to the success of the individual, the department, and the firm at large.

* Assist in translating business requirements into technical designs for deployment in compliance with architecture standards and policies to ensure successful implementation into production

* Act as a consultant on network technologies where they are a subject matter expert

* Manage Service Request Fulfillment queue, including successful completion of requests and maintaining data quality standards

* Collaborate and communicate with internal/external stakeholders

* Facilitate and represent requests through Enterprise Change Management processes

* Contribute to the technology strategy for end-to-end engineering solutions and provide feedback to the architecture teams

Required Skills
* 3-5 years of experience working in Network Services

* Experience with Network Technologies

o Firewall (Fortinet and Checkpoint)

o Add, modify, delete Firewall rules, NAT rules and Object groups

* Leadership: Self-starter, self-directed and shows initiative

* Demonstrates ownership: Is accountable and can hold others accountable (professionally)

* Organized and detail oriented

* Strong technical acumen

* Strong analytical skills

* Understands network-based technologies and protocols; demonstrates competency (or capability to be successful) in the ability to translate business requirements into business solutions and successfully position with customers

Desired Skills

* Industry Certifications in Fortinet NSE (1-8), Checkpoint CCTA, CCTE, CCSA, CCSE or equivalent experience

* Industry Certification in Cisco CCNA, CCNP, and CCIE or equivalent experience

* Skills in scripting; Python, Ansible, PowerShell

* Automation Skills – Expect, Rancid, REST/SOAP

* Experience working in an Agile environment

* Experience in Networking-related disciplines within a design, implementation, or operations role

* Relevant Industry certifications in Network Technologies

* Experience of working within Financial services (Insurance, Banking, Investment banking)

* Experience with other network technologies

o Splunk, ECSL, WAN, MAN, LAN, Optical, Routing, Switching, Proxy/Threat Prevention, DDI, Load Balancing, and AAA​

Shift:

1st shift (United States of America)

Hours Per Week:

40