Description
As a Network Security Senior Manager at 3M, you will have the opportunity to collaborate with innovative 3Mers around the world and make a significant impact on the company's global network security strategy.
You will serve as the global manager for a team of security analysts and engineers supporting IPS/IDS, firewalls, and Network Traffic Analytics.
Key responsibilities include:
- Developing and executing the global network security strategy aligned with enterprise cybersecurity and business objectives
- Providing leadership across Network functions for APAC and the global IT team
- Managing the global team responsible for architecting and deploying Palo Alto Networks next-generation firewalls
- Leading policy design and optimization leveraging App-ID, User-ID, Content-ID, URL Filtering, Threat Prevention, WildFire, DNS Security, DLP, and best practice security profiles
- Designing and managing HA/cluster configurations, L2/L3 deployments, virtual wire, NAT, zone-based segmentation, and micro-segmentation strategies
- Building Strata Cloud Manager strategy: device-group/template hierarchy, shared policies, configuration governance, commit workflows, and role-based access control
- Managing software license compliance for assigned tools and services
- Defining and maintaining architecture and standards of assigned environments
- Collaborating with architecture and cloud teams on hybrid connectivity, including secure peering, SD-WAN, and cloud firewalling across AWS, Azure, and GCP
- Conducting capacity planning, performance tuning, firmware lifecycle management, and hardware refresh strategy
- Championing security standards and compliance (NIST, ISO 27001, CIS Benchmarks, PCI DSS, HIPAA, SOX, GDPR) and leading audit readiness for network security controls
- Mentoring engineers, reviewing designs and change plans, and contributing to training
- Defining and enforcing configuration baselines using tools like Expedition, BPA (Best Practice Assessment), and IronSkillet; managing exceptions
- Driving network automation initiatives: developing repeatable workflows and infrastructure-as-code for firewall and network configuration using APIs and automation toolchains
The successful candidate will have:
- A Bachelor's degree or higher from an accredited institution
- Minimum of 12 years of networking or IT security experience
- Minimum of 1 year of experience with programming or scripting
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in leading/managing teams
- Experience defining and executing enterprise-level cybersecurity strategies
- Experience leading global teams and programs & working in multi-cultural environments
Additional qualifications that could be beneficial include:
- Experience architecting, implementing and managing security technologies
- Strong understanding of network and firewall architecture
- Knowledge of Intrusion Prevention and Detection Systems
- Knowledge of Network Traffic Analytics and Packet Capture Systems
- Experience leading global cybersecurity transformation programs
- Experience managing multimillion-dollar budgets
- Strong executive communication skills