Eaton’s Corporate Sector division is currently seeking a IT Specialist - Security. The preference is for this role is to by on a hybrid schedule at a US Eaton facility, however remote candidates will be considered.
The expected annual salary range for this role is $113000 - $165000 a year.
Please note the salary information shown above is a general guideline only. Salaries are based upon candidate skills, experience, and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.
Eaton is an intelligent power management company dedicated to improving the quality of life and protecting the environment for people everywhere. We are guided by our commitment to do business right, to operate sustainably and to help our customers manage power today and well into the future. By capitalizing on the global growth trends of electrification and digitalization, we’re accelerating the planet’s transition to renewable energy and helping to solve the world’s most urgent power management challenges. Eaton was founded in 1911 and has recently celebrated its 100th anniversary on the New York Stock Exchange this year. In 2023, we generated $23.2 billion in sales and serve customers in more than 160 countries.
We make what matters work.
The main purpose of this position is to engineer, deliver, architect, and support solutions to address business and technical requirements, leveraging standard principles and patterns that follow Eaton's security and networking standards. This position is focused on building, delivering, maintaining, and updating all aspects of site-based infrastructure security next generation firewalls, IT/OT segmentation, traditional networking services (routing, switching, wireless), F5 load balancers, DNS, automation technologies (Ansible/Terraform/Python), and team processes.
What you’ll do:
- Provide input as a subject matter expert and leader to security and network design principles, engineering/architecture, delivery, support, and life cycle management.
- Lead projects/initiatives and work with resources across multiple IT and business functions to deliver technology, platform, and system solutions to meet customer requirements, providing solution options, making recommendations, highlighting operational or security risks, as well as providing alternative solutions.
- Perform monitoring and lifecycle functions on platforms, networks, and systems to ensure required performance, availability, and capacity.
- Identify process improvements to drive overall team and IT efficiency, while delighting our customers.
- Support operational functions of global, business critical IT systems.
- Work with Business Relationship Managers and various lines of business to deploy and secure network aware solutions.
- Configure, deploy, and maintain hardware-based and software-based security tools that support network and endpoint posture.
- Continually determine process, configuration, and deployment efficiencies with automation technologies including Ansible, Terraform, Python, Powershell, Perl, Security/Network Management systems, and homegrown solutions.
- Tune and optimize existing systems to minimize external threats and meet internal needs, balancing security, operations, engineering, and delivery.
- Collaborate with Information Security stakeholders to improve prevention, detection and response.
- Support network and security related activities for acquisitions/divestitures.
Required (Basic) Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution
- Minimum of seven (7) years of experience in the IT field with and minimum of three (3) years of experience in Network and Security technologies.
- Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without company sponsorship, now or in the future.
- No relocation benefit is being offered for this position. Only candidates that currently reside within the immediate geographical area of 50 miles of a US Eaton facility. Remote candidates who meet this location requirement may also be considered
Preferred Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution in Information Systems or Cyber Security
- Network and Security certifications (Examples include applicable security certifications, CCNA/CCNP, Cloud-based certifications, F5)
- Agile mindset focusing on strong analytical and problem-solving skills, multi-tasking, time-management, and team-oriented initiatives.
- Firewall configuration, deployment and management (Checkpoint NGFW, Legacy Juniper SSG, Airgap).
- Configuring Virtual Private Networks and DMZ segments (GRE, IPSEC, etc.)
- Expert knowledge of Layer 3 routed protocols including IPv4 and IPv6, as well as Layer 3 routing protocols including BGP, OSPF, static routing.
- Expert knowledge of Layer 4 transport layer protocols including TCP/UDP, port-filtering, etc.
- Cisco switching platforms including Catalyst 3600/3800/9200/9300 (IOS and IOS-XE), Nexus 9Ks (NX-OS and ACI), and associated network switching technologies.
- Cisco wireless platforms including various Wireless LAN controllers and Access Point models, and authentication/authorization technologies (Cisco ISE).
- Network Management/Monitoring Systems – Checkpoint Smartconsole, Algosec, Cisco DNA Center, Cisco Prime, IP Address Mgmt systems, SolarWinds, Dynatrace, etc.
- Engineering, management, and support of Eaton’s public cloud solutions (PaaS, SaaS, IaaS) working across multiple different providers (Azure, OCI, AWS, Alibaba, GCP).
- Remote computing and Intrusion Detection / Prevention systems.
- Familiarity with Linux/Unix operating systems via CLI.
- Domain Name System (DNS) and Security Proxy administration.
- Check Point GAIA firewalls (DMZ, VPN, IPS, PBR, VSX), Zscaler ZIA, ZPA, and Airgap, F5 Big IP platform (DNS, Load balancing, WAF, iRules), JIRA, Service Now, Cisco ISE (RADIUS & TACACS), WAN technologies and SD-WAN concepts, Certificate Management.
- Competitive compensation and benefits package
- Flexible working solutions
- Excellent working environment – safety and ethics are important for us
- Culture & Values – we are more than the products we invent and produce – the way we do business is just as important. At Eaton, our values and culture define who we are – both individually and as an organization – and direct our activities every day
- Learning & Development - we invest in our employees for the long term – not just with salary and benefits, but with ongoing learning and development opportunities, made available through Eaton University
At EATON we are committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for job applicants and employees. Our recruitment processes use balanced selection criteria and avoid unlawful discrimination against applicants on the basis of their age, colour, disability, marital status, national origin, gender, gender identity, genetic information, race or racial origin, religion, sexual orientation or any other status protected or required by law.
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You do not need to disclose your conviction history or participate in a background check until a conditional job offer is made to you. After making a conditional offer and running a background check, if Eaton is concerned about conviction that is directly related to the job, you will be given the chance to explain the circumstances surrounding the conviction, provide mitigating evidence, or challenge the accuracy of the background report.
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We know that good benefit programs are important to employees and their families. Eaton provides various Health and Welfare benefits as well as Retirement benefits, and several programs that provide for paid and unpaid time away from work. Click here for more detail: Eaton Benefits Overview. Please note that specific programs and options available to an employee may depend on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.
