Senior Network Security Engineer

Publix Super Markets, Inc. is the largest privately-owned food retailer in the nation with more than 1,200 stores and more than 200,000 associates throughout the Southeast. We are associate-owned, proud of our family atmosphere, and consistently named as one of the best companies to work for in America. We are largely debt-free and renowned for our financial performance as well as our premier customer service. Publixs Information Services (I/S) department is located in Lakeland, Florida and Alpharetta, Georgia and employs over 1000 associates. I/S provides the information technology required for all Publix business units including retail stores and all office and warehouse environments. The Publix I/S mission is to maximize the value of information technology to Publix associates and customers.

• provide technical support/engineering for network/cloud firewalls, network/cloud Intrusion detection/prevention systems, virtual private networks, and web security gateways,
• plan and manage project efforts to define, implement, upgrade, enhance, and maintain network security engineering systems,
• develop and document standards, processes, and procedures to enhance engineering activities and planning to ensure success in meeting security and compliance requirements,
• anticipate and identify issues that conflict with security and compliance requirements; work with system owners, architects, and auditors to define and execute action plans to address root causes,
• foster and maintain working relationships with internal customers to provide technical solutions to business problems
• serve as a hands-on technical expert working directly with delivery teams to provide guidance on security software and problem resolution.

• must have a bachelors degree in management information systems, computer science, or equivalent analytical discipline, or equivalent experience,
• must have at least 2 years of experience providing direct technical engineering of next generation firewalls deploying security policy, intrusion prevention, virtual private networks, and web filtration by at least one of the following vendors: Fortinet, Cisco, Paloalto, Juniper or Checkpoint
• experience with large enterprise networks,
• excellent understanding of platform and network security technologies,
• experience with compliance and regulatory security requirements (SOX, PCI, HIPAA),
• experience with personnel management,
• in-depth understanding of System Development Lifecycle (SDLC) methodologies,
• solid understanding of the functional and operational practices necessary to operate in a highly available, highly secure, and highly regulated environment to meet business and compliance requirements

• advanced degree in computer science or equivalent analytical discipline, or equivalent experience,
• 5 years of security engineering experience with a concentration in network security technologies,
• experience with cloud/private cloud container, micro-segmentation, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) security technologies,
• 2 years of experience with Publix and,
• multiple security and engineering certifications.