Network & Security Engineer

About Gruve

Position Summary

Key Responsibilities

• Own KPI governance for patch time, coverage, and availability and validate monthly reporting.
• Prioritize and classify high-impact findings and advise on remediation.
• Patch and upgrade firewalls, NAC, IPS/IDS, routers, switches, servers, virtualization, and cloud systems.
• Represent the service at the client Change Advisory Board and enforce change governance.
• Manage aging findings, exceptions, owner delays, and risk acceptances.
• Lead root-cause analysis and continuous-improvement actions.
• Allocate work between onsite and offsite engineers.
• Quality-assure change records, re-scan evidence, and reporting packs.
• Mentor two engineers and maintain runbooks and cross-training.

Basic Qualifications

• 6–10 years of network and security engineering experience with a strong vulnerability management background.
• Deep hands-on patching and upgrade experience across security infrastructure, servers, virtualization, and cloud.
• Familiarity with Qualys for vulnerability scans and reports.
• Strong networking, Windows/Linux, virtualization, and Azure awareness.
• Knowledge of vulnerability management, CVSS, exploitability, and remediation strategy.
• Experience with ITIL change management, CAB processes, SLA/KPI governance, and stakeholder reporting.
• Experience leading a small team across mixed onsite and remote coverage models.
• Excellent communication, leadership, mentoring, and documentation skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• CCNP Security, CCIE Security, PCNSE, Fortinet NSE, Cisco ISE, Qualys VMDR, CISSP, CISM, or ITIL certifications are preferred.
• A leadership and ownership mindset with comfort managing KPIs and audits is preferred.

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