Manager, Firewall Policy Engineering

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in California, +2 more states.

📋 Description

• Lead and nurture a team of firewall security engineers.

• Set priorities, engineering goals, and operational plans.

• Oversee performance management, career advancement, coaching, and mentoring.

• Develop succession planning and minimize key-person dependencies.

• Foster an environment where engineers take clear ownership and have suitable decision-making authority.

• Direct engineering efforts for enterprise firewall security capabilities.

• Ensure that firewall modifications and security measures are applied consistently and reliably.

• Create repeatable engineering methodologies for firewall policy implementation and lifecycle oversight.

• Balance operational demands with strategic initiatives, technical debt, and capability growth.

• Ensure a smooth transition of engineering tasks into sustainable operational support.

• Provide leadership in firewall policy engineering, rule implementation, lifecycle management, network segmentation controls, security policy standards, rule optimization and cleanup, policy recertification support, firewall automation and orchestration, security control validation, firewall change engineering, policy exception management, and cloud and hybrid firewall security controls.

• Identify opportunities to streamline repetitive and manual engineering tasks.

• Promote policy automation, orchestration, and standardized workflows.

• Establish measurable engineering processes and control validation.

• Simplify unnecessary complexity and technical debt in firewall policies.

• Enhance visibility into engineering workload, delivery, policy health, and control effectiveness.

• Lead the execution of firewall security engineering projects and strategic initiatives.

• Align engineering capacity with organizational priorities.

• Manage project dependencies, resource limitations, and delivery risks.

• Collaborate with application, network, cloud, infrastructure, architecture, and cybersecurity teams.

• Ensure that initiatives yield measurable security and business results.

• Maintain consistent application of firewall security standards and engineering practices.

• Identify and escalate significant security risks and exceptions.

• Support audit, compliance, and control validation efforts.

• Maintain documentation, standards, procedures, and engineering practices.

• Ensure that risks associated with firewall policy decisions are visible to relevant decision-makers.

• Collaborate with firewall technology vendors and service providers.

• Hold external providers accountable for their engineering and support responsibilities as per contracted terms.

• Assess vendor capabilities that can enhance engineering efficiency, automation, and policy management.

• Ensure that external resources supplement internal capabilities without creating unnecessary dependencies.

• Perform additional duties as assigned.

• Adhere to all policies and standards.

⛳️ Requirements

• Must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. without the requirement for employment-based visa sponsorship, now or in the future.

• Bachelor's degree and 5+ years of relevant experience, or equivalent experience that reflects the knowledge, duties, scope, and skills appropriate for this role.

• Strong leadership and development skills in managing people.

• Experience in leading security or network engineering teams.

• Profound understanding of enterprise firewall security principles and network security controls.

• Ability to prioritize significant operational and project demands within limited engineering capacity.

• Excellent stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration abilities.

• Experience in enhancing engineering processes through standardization and automation.

• Proficient in risk-based decision-making.

• Ability to convert technical security concerns into business risks and outcomes.

• Capability to lead and manage teams.

• Strong collaboration and team-building skills.

• Effective in coaching and providing constructive feedback.

• Instills a strong commitment to organizational objectives.

• Ability to communicate and make recommendations to senior management.

• Proficient in managing conflicts effectively.

• Skilled in developing and delivering impactful presentations.

• Demonstrated negotiation abilities.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive salary.

• Health insurance coverage.

• 401K retirement plan.

• Stock purchase opportunities.

• Tuition reimbursement programs.

• Paid time off in addition to holidays.

• Flexible work arrangements including remote, hybrid, field, or office schedules.