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Sr. Security Engineer

About Providence

Providence, one of the US’s largest not-for-profit healthcare systems, is committed to high quality, compassionate healthcare for all. Driven by the belief that health is a human right and the vision, ‘Health for a better world’, Providence and its 121,000 caregivers strive to provide everyone access to affordable quality care and services.

Providence has a network of 51 hospitals, 1,000+ care clinics, senior services, supportive housing, and other health and educational services in the US.

Providence India is bringing to fruition the transformational shift of the healthcare ecosystem to Health 2.0. The India center will have focused efforts around healthcare technology and innovation, and play a vital role in driving digital transformation of health systems for improved patient outcomes and experiences, caregiver efficiency, and running the business of Providence at scale.


Why Us?

  • Best In-class Benefits
  • Inclusive Leadership
  • Reimagining Healthcare
  • Competitive Pay
  • Supportive Reporting Relation

Job Description: Network Security Engineer

Position Summary

We are seeking a skilled and motivated Network Security Engineer with 3-5 years of hands-on experience in designing, implementing, and supporting enterprise network security solutions, with a strong focus on Palo Alto Networks firewalls. The ideal candidate will be responsible for managing firewall infrastructure, ensuring network security compliance, troubleshooting security incidents, and supporting security transformation initiatives across the enterprise.

Key Responsibilities

  • Deploy, configure, administer, and support Palo Alto Next-Generation Firewalls (NGFW) across enterprise environments.
  • Manage firewall policies, NAT configurations, security profiles, URL filtering, IPS/IDS, anti-malware, and SSL decryption.
  • Perform firewall rule reviews, optimization, recertification, and policy cleanup activities.
  • Troubleshoot network connectivity, security incidents, and firewall-related issues.
  • Support implementation and management of GlobalProtect VPN solutions for remote access users.
  • Perform network traffic analysis and security event investigation.
  • Collaborate with SOC, Infrastructure, Cloud, and Application teams to resolve security-related issues.
  • Participate in security assessments, vulnerability remediation, and audit activities.
  • Support change management activities and maintain technical documentation.
  • Monitor firewall health, performance, capacity utilization, and security alerts.
  • Provide operational support for production network security infrastructure while adhering to SLA requirements.

Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, or a related discipline.
  • 3-5 years of experience in Network Security Engineering.
  • Hands-on experience with Palo Alto Firewalls, including PA-Series appliances.
  • Strong understanding of Layer 2 and Layer 3 networking, TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, BGP, OSPF, routing, switching, segmentation, and VPN technologies.
  • Experience managing security policies, NAT policies, application control, URL filtering, and threat prevention profiles.
  • Knowledge of security concepts including Zero Trust, Defense in Depth, and network segmentation.
  • Experience with troubleshooting tools such as Wireshark, traceroute, netstat, and packet capture analysis.

Preferred Skills

  • Experience with Panorama centralized management.
  • Knowledge of cloud security controls in Azure or AWS.
  • Experience with Cisco, Fortinet, Check Point, or Zscaler technologies.
  • Familiarity with SIEM platforms such as Microsoft Sentinel or Splunk.
  • Understanding of vulnerability management and remediation processes.
  • Exposure to Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and automation scripting using Python or PowerShell is a plus.

Providence’s vision to create ‘Health for a Better World’ aids us to provide a fair and equitable workplace for all in our employment, whether temporary, part-time or full time, and to promote individuality and diversity of thought and background, and acknowledge its role in the organization’s success. This makes us committed towards equal employment opportunities, regardless of race, religion or belief, color, ancestry, disability, marital status, gender, sexual orientation, age, nationality, ethnic origin, pregnancy, or related needs, mental or sensory disability, HIV Status, or any other category protected by applicable law. In furtherance to our mission in building a more inclusive and equitable environment, we shall, from time to time, undertake programs to assist, uplift and empower underrepresented groups including but not limited to Women, PWD (Persons with Disabilities), LGTBQ+ (Lesbian, Gay, Transgender, Bisexual or Queer), Veterans and others. We strive to address all forms of discrimination or harassment and provide a safe and confidential process to report any misconduct.

Contact our Integrity hotline also, read our Code of Conduct.

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