Cybersecurity Engineer - Network - Nelnet : Job Details

Apply locations Lincoln, NE Centennial, CO time type Full time posted on Posted Yesterday job requisition id R20495

Nelnet is a diversified and innovative company committed to enriching lives through the power of service as a student loan servicer, professional services company, consumer loan originator and servicer, payments processor, renewable energy solutions, and K-12 and higher education expert. For over 40 years, Nelnet has been serving its customers, associates, and communities.

The perks of working at Nelnet go beyond our benefits package. When you join the Nelnet team, you're part of a community invested in the success of each individual. That support comes through in our work, as we are united by our mission of creating opportunities for people where they live, learn, and work.

Nelnet's Cybersecurity Engineers work closely with our various business lines and our IT shared services team to help run, administer, and implement our application development environment securely. It is imperative that our engineers understand the business, the goal, information technology, and cybersecurity.

This position requires work in support of the Company's contract with the United States Department of Education (“ED”). As such, the United States Government requires that any applicant for this position must complete United States Government security clearance. Effective June 1, 2018, ED has informed Nelnet that security clearance applications for foreign nationals are not being accepted or processed. In light of this direction from ED, Nelnet will be unable to hire applicants without United States citizenship for such positions.

The successful Nelnet Cybersecurity Engineer:

Required Qualifications:

• Systems Security
• Network Defense (this position has a strong emphasis on Network)
• Vulnerability Analysis
• Compliance (e.g. DISA-STIG and CIS Benchmarks)
• Incident Response
• Forensics
• Monitoring
• Policy/Process Development

• Cisco Route/Switch & Datacenter (IOS, NX-OS, XR)
• Firmware and software updates to various network device types
• OSPF, EIGRP, vPC, port-channeling, IPSEC, QoS, VLAN
• BGP, route-reflection, MPLS (IP and Segment Routing), VRF

Desired Qualifications:

• Vulnerability scanning products; (Nessus, Tenable, Rapid7, Qualys, Palo Alto Prisma)
• Network automation and version control tools such as Ansible and Git repositories
• Hybrid cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP) with an emphasis on network interconnect and security
• Firewalls Policy Administration; (Palo Alto (Panorama), Checkpoint, Cisco ASA)
• Cisco VOIP
• Cisco ISE
• VPN Site-to-Site IPSEC Tunnels
• F5 Load Balancers
• PowerShell, Python, Bash, and/or other scripting languages
• Private Key Infrastructure (PKI)
• Atlassian products Jira and Confluence
• ServiceNow, preferably including the SNOW security related modules (VR, GRC, etc.)
• Agile methodology

Colorado residents; pay range for this role is $80,000 - $110,000.

Nelnet is an Equal Opportunity Employer, complies with Executive Order 11246, and takes affirmative action to ensure that qualified applicants are employed, and that employees are treated during employment, without regard to race, color, religion/creed, national origin, gender, or sex, marital status, age, disability, use of a guide dog or service animal, sexual orientation, military/veteran status, or any other status protected by Federal or State law or local ordinance.

Qualified individuals with disabilities who require reasonable accommodations in order to apply or compete for positions at Nelnet may request such accommodations by contacting Nelnet Talent Acquisition & Recruiting.

Nelnet is a Drug Free and Tobacco Free Workplace.

Our benefits package includes medical, dental, vision, HSA and FSA, generous earned time off, 401K/student loan repayment, life insurance & AD&D insurance, employee assistance program, employee stock purchase program, tuition reimbursement, performance-based incentive pay, short- and long-term disability, and a robust wellness program.

Nelnet is an Equal Opportunity Employer, complies with Executive Order 11246, and takes affirmative action to ensure that qualified applicants are employed, and that employees are treated during employment, without regard to race, color, religion/creed, national origin, gender, or sex, marital status, age, disability, use of a guide dog or service animal, sexual orientation, military/veteran status, or any other status protected by Federal or State law or local ordinance.

Qualified individuals with disabilities who require reasonable accommodations in order to apply or compete for positions at Nelnet may request such accommodations by contacting Corporate Recruiting at 402-###-#### or [email protected].