[Remote] Network Security Engineer
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. NLB Services is seeking a Network Security Lead Engineer for a contract role supporting remote work in New York and New Jersey. The role designs and governs secure enterprise connectivity across AWS, Azure, Snowflake, on-premise, and hybrid environments, while producing architecture and data-flow documentation. The engineer will also lead cloud networking, security controls, compliance activities, and mentoring under HIPAA and PHI protection requirements.
Responsibilities
- Designs and owns enterprise network security architecture across cloud, on-premise, and hybrid environments
- Defines standards for firewalls, VPNs, zero-trust, network segmentation, and perimeter controls
- Conducts threat modelling, architecture reviews, and risk assessments to identify and remediate security gaps
- Evaluates and selects network security technologies including SASE, SD-WAN, IDS/IPS, and NAC solutions
- Embeds security into infrastructure and cloud design from the outset through cross-functional collaboration
- Ensures compliance with ISO 27001, SOC 2, HIPAA, NIST, and applicable regulatory frameworks
- Provides technical governance and mentors junior security engineers across network security projects
- Design and own enterprise network security architecture across cloud, on-premise, and hybrid environments
- Define standards for firewalls, VPNs, zero-trust, network segmentation, and perimeter controls
- Conduct threat modeling, architecture reviews, and risk assessments to identify and remediate security gaps
- Evaluate and select network security technologies including SASE, SD-WAN, IDS/IPS, and NAC
- Embed security into infrastructure and cloud design from the outset through cross-functional collaboration
- Provide technical governance and mentor junior security engineers across network security projects
- Review, validate, and recreate business blueprint documentation where source material is outdated or incomplete
- Produce secure architecture diagrams covering topology, segmentation, trust boundaries, and control points
- Develop end-to-end data flow diagrams tracing PHI movement across systems and organizational boundaries, including encryption state at each hop
- Create process flow diagrams for operational and integration workflows, and keep all documentation synchronized with the deployed environment
- Design, configure, and troubleshoot IPsec site-to-site VPN tunnels, AWS Transit Gateway, Azure Virtual WAN, VPC/VNet peering, and private connectivity (AWS PrivateLink, Azure Private Link, Snowflake PrivateLink)
- Secure data ingress/egress paths into Snowflake, including network policies and storage integrations
- Support hybrid connectivity between on-premise data centers and cloud (Direct Connect, ExpressRoute, VPN)
- Design and support secure file transfer using SFTP, FTPS, and HTTPS/TLS, including certificate and key lifecycle management
- Ensure compliance with ISO 27001, SOC 2, HIPAA, NIST, and applicable regulatory frameworks
- Partner with Security, Privacy, and Compliance teams on control mapping and audit evidence
- Enforce encryption in transit and at rest across all PHI-bearing data paths
Skills
- 8+ years of hands-on experience with Cisco, Palo Alto, Zscaler, or equivalent platforms
- Strong knowledge of TCP/IP, BGP, routing protocols, and cloud networking (AWS / Azure)
- Production experience designing and troubleshooting VPN tunnels, including IPsec/IKEv2 and BGP routing
- Practical experience with secure transmission protocols: SFTP, FTPS, HTTPS/TLS, mTLS, SSH key and certificate management
- Proven track record producing architecture, data flow, and process flow diagrams for technical and compliance audiences
- Working knowledge of HIPAA and HITECH, particularly the Security Rule's transmission security and access control provisions
- Healthcare domain experience — payer, provider, HIE, or health tech — with familiarity handling PHI
- Excellent written communication; documentation that stands up to audit scrutiny
- Associated certifications: CISSP, AWS Advanced Networking – Specialty, AZ-700, CCNP/CCIE Security, PCNSE
- Healthcare data standards: HL7 v2, FHIR R4, X12 EDI (837, 835, 834, 270/271, 278)
- Familiarity with CMS interoperability regulations (CMS-9115-F, CMS-0057-F)
- Infrastructure as Code: Terraform, CloudFormation, or Bicep
- HITRUST or NIST 800-53 control framework experience
- Diagramming and modeling tools: Lucidchart, Visio, draw.io, C4/ArchiMate
Benefits
- Remote work from New York/New Jersey (local candidates only)
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