Position: Firewall / IT Network Engineer Location: Miami / Plantation, FL (on-site, Miami-Dade) Start: ASAP Experience: 5+ years in network engineering Reports to: IT Leader Role overview The team supports critical infrastructure for the largest clean energy provider in North America. The role combines deep technical skill, technical leadership, and a understanding of regulatory knowledge (NERC CIP is what they will have to learn). Responsibilities • Manage enterprise firewall infrastructure, processing 450+ change requests a year with zero network impact • Oversee implementation and maintenance of 20,000+ firewall rules supporting NextEra Energy and FPL business operations • Provide technical leadership across multiple data centers and drive continuous improvement • Mentor and develop team members • Design, plan, and deploy network infrastructure, and find and fix potential issues before they affect operations • Perform complex troubleshooting and root cause analysis with advanced diagnostic tools • Ensure network operations comply with NERC CIP and other regulatory requirements • Serve as Lead Firewall Engineer on critical IT-OT network segmentation projects • Perform quarterly Electronic Security Perimeter (CIP-005) compliance assessments across 120+ network segments and stay audit-ready • Drive automation of firewall rule management, with zero security violations and zero customer impact • Handle other job-related duties as assigned Must-have skills • Palo Alto firewalls • Cisco Nexus (NX-OS), Cisco Catalyst, and IOS • Ability to multi-task projects, with strong interpersonal and analytical skills Strong preferences • NERC CIP experience, especially CIP-005 / Electronic Security Perimeter • Experience with IT-OT segmentation • Utility, energy, or other regulated critical-infrastructure background • Firewall automation experience • Arista switches (plus) • Prior mentoring or lead experience