Careers for the Driven

Valvoline has a rewarding opportunity as an Sr Network Security Engineer. We whole-heartedly adopt a ‘never idle' mindset. We also know that outstanding service begins and ends with our employees. So, we’re looking for good people to join our team. You bring your skills, talents, and drive. We will give you a great place to work, a competitive salary and benefits, and the resources and support to develop and advance within our global company.

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Network Security Engineer to lead the design, implementation, and maintenance of our robust network security infrastructure, ensuring the protection of critical data and systems across the organization. As a Sr Network Security Engineer, this role will be the primary SME for maintaining all network security reference architectures, roadmaps and backlog for the network team.  This position needs to have a strong background in network security for both on-prem (branch/datacenter) and cloud. It is essential that this role has experience in deploying firewall architectures and understanding ingress/egress security stack flows.   Some examples for the role will be to refine and document current rule standard and compliance, segmentation strategies, split-tunneling, build/mature NAC, baseline configurations, wireless security and remote access.  It’s a requirement to understand integrations of SASE (ZTNA vs SDWAN vs Remote Access), CASB, NGFW, IDS/IPS and be able to discuss where to apply security features such as DDOS, WAF, decryption, DLP and end point security. Working closely with the Network Architect and Sr Network Cloud engineer to determine best practice network security in current and future reference architectures.  The Sr Network Security Engineer will need to educate global team members on security best practices.  Working closely with Security Engineering to build a strong partnership, creating synergy and RACI amongst the teams. 

How You’ll Make an Impact

Network Security Architecture Design:

• Develop and implement comprehensive network security architectures, including firewall policies, VPNs, intrusion detection/prevention systems (IDS/IPS), network segmentation, and access control mechanisms.

Threat Analysis and Vulnerability Management:

• Conduct regular security assessments of network vulnerability scans to identify potential security risks, prioritize remediation actions, and implement necessary security patches.

Compliance Management:

• Ensure network security practices align with industry standards and regulatory requirements, including data privacy regulations and compliance audits.

Technical Leadership and Mentorship:

• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior network security engineers, sharing expertise and best practices.  Develop operational workflows and actions for day-to-day network operations.

Capacity Planning and Upgrades:

• Evaluate and recommend network security infrastructure upgrades to stay ahead of emerging threats and evolving technologies.

Collaboration with Cross-Functional Teams:

• Work closely with IT operations, application development, and security teams to ensure holistic security across the organization.
• Other duties and responsibilities as determined by Valvoline from time to time in its sole discretion.

Communications: 

• Participate with EA teams, Network Teams, Cloud Team and Application Development teams to extract network security requirements, communicate current standards and capability.  Align with Security Engineering, Network Architect, Sr Network Cloud Engineer for network security development.

What You’ll Need

• The ability to travel up to 20%
• Must be willing to be flexible for evening and weekend work where escalations, projects, or other management initiatives dictate.

Education Required:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or Business Administration (or higher) in an IT related field. MBA Preferred.

Experience Required:

• Minimum 10+ years of large enterprise IT experience required.
• Minimum 10+ years of Network Security
• Preferred 5+ years of Cloud Security
• Preferred 10+ years integrating advanced NGFW features

What Will Set You Apart

• Relevant security certifications (CISSP, CISA, CCNP Security, etc.)
• Experience with cloud security architectures (AWS, Azure, GCP)
• Knowledge of advanced threat analysis techniques and emerging security trends.
• Proven track record of leading and mentoring junior security engineers.
• Excellent interpersonal communication skills.  Enjoy collaborating with peers and other IT and security teams
• Strategic Vision – Ability to understand and see the “big picture” related to business and IT objectives
• Team player with strong interpersonal skills and ability to take a leadership role when necessary
• Roadmap development
• Network Architecture: LAN/WAN/DMZ
• Network Segmentation
• Network Security Architecture Design:
• Vulnerability Management
• Lifecycle Management
• Network Patch Management
• Encryption Technologies: PKI, AES, RSA
• Network Security Capability:  NGFW, IDS/IPS, ATP, IPSEC, B2B, NAC, AV, EDR, SIEM, DLP, CASB, DDOS, TLS, SSL, SSO
• Be familiar discussing difference between vendors: Palo Alto, Forigate, Juniper, Cisco