Network Security Engineer

Be part of a team that unleashes the power of leading-edge technologies to help improve the health and well-being of those most vulnerable in our country and communities. Working at Gainwell carries its rewards. You’ll have an incredible opportunity to grow your career in a company that values work flexibility, learning, and career development. You’ll add to your technical credentials and certifications while enjoying a generous, flexible vacation policy and educational assistance. We also have comprehensive leadership and technical development academies to help build your skills and capabilities.

Summary

As a Network Security Engineer at Gainwell, you will be a part of an innovative healthcare technology company with a mission to serve the healthcare needs of our communities. Gainwell is seeking an experienced Network Security Engineer who can provide technical oversight for policy management across various firewall and web application firewall technologies. The ideal candidate will have a deep experience and understanding in managing next generation firewall policy and modules, as well as web application firewall rulesets, and secure access technologies such as Netskope internet policy and secure access. As a Network Security Engineer at Gainwell you help design, implement and manage network security measures to protect the organization’s systems from threats both internal and external.

Your role in our mission

• Design, implement, review, and manage firewall rule sets across enterprise firewalls.
• Design, implement, maintain, and tune WAF policies to mitigate application layer threats while ensuring application availability.
• Administer SASE and ZTNA solutions including policy definition, troubleshooting, and optimization.
• Conduct regular audits and rule reviews to eliminate unused or overly permissive policies.
• Support network segmentation, zero trust architecture, and secure remote access initiatives.
• Collaborate with business, infrastructure, application, and incident response teams to resolve security related issues and concerns.
• Participate in change management, vulnerability remediation efforts, and on-call rotations as needed.
• Performs complex tasks independently while following pre-defined change management procedures.
• Complex engineering analysis; Reacts to and initiates corrective action regarding security violations and findings.

What we're looking for

• Deep technical and hands on experience related to firewall engineering, WAF management, and general networking including zero trust frameworks.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information security, or related field (or equivalent experience).
• One to five years of experience creating, reviewing, implementing and managing firewall policy configurations on Palo Alto Firewalls.
• Operational experience with Microsoft Entra.
• Proven experience managing WAF technologies (IE Imperva, Cloudflare, F5 ASM, etc).
• Operational experience in NIA/NPA, ZIA/ZPA or similar SSE technologies.
• Experience working with internet, web, application and network security techniques.
• Experience with industry standard scripting languages.
• Familiarity with the OSI model, TCP/IP, DNS, VPNs, TLS, routing protocols, and networking troubleshooting tools and techniques in both data center and cloud environments.
• Experience working with federal regulations related to information security (FISMA, Computer security Act, HIPPA, MARS-E, GCC etc.).
• Relevant Certifications a plus (PCNSE, CCNP, ZCE, CISSP, etc.).

What you should expect in this role

• Fully Remote Opportunity with the option to work anywhere within the United States.
• Opportunities to travel through your work (0-10%).
• Video cameras must be used during all interviews, as well as during the initial week of orientation.

The deadline to submit applications for this posting is September 29, 2025.

The pay range for this position is $76,100.00 - $108,700.00 per year, however, the base pay offered may vary depending on geographic region, internal equity, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. Put your passion to work at Gainwell. You’ll have the opportunity to grow your career in a company that values work flexibility, learning, and career development. All salaried, full-time candidates are eligible for our generous, flexible vacation policy, a , and educational assistance. We also have a variety of leadership and technical development academies to help build your skills and capabilities.

We believe nothing is impossible when you bring together people who care deeply about making healthcare work better for everyone. Build your career with Gainwell, an industry leader. You’ll be joining a company where collaboration, innovation, and inclusion fuel our growth. Learn more about Gainwell at our and visit our for all available job role openings.

Gainwell Technologies is an Equal Opportunity Employer, where all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical condition), age, sexual orientation, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.