Senior Network Security Engineer

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El Paso County will be a trusted regional leader known for excellence in county service delivery.

We provide essential public services to the Pikes Peak Region in support of our residents, businesses, and communities, enhancing the freedom for all to thrive.

• Service Focused
• Collaborative
• Accountable
• Trustworthy
• Transparent

This Senior Network Security Engineer role is designed for experienced engineers ready to move beyond routine support and into a true subject matter expert position. With a strong focus on network/firewall design and architecture, this role blends strategic thinking with hands‑on expertise. While you’ll continue to support and maintain existing systems, your primary impact will come from providing technical leadership, guiding complex projects, mentoring peers, and partnering with County leadership to deliver secure, reliable, and forward‑looking network solutions.

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This position has an anticipated work schedule of Monday – Friday, with flexible hours between 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. Nights and weekends may be required on an as‑needed basis. Schedule is subject to change. Please be advised this position may close without advance notice, should we receive a sufficient number of qualified applications.

Provides advanced network engineering and architecture expertise to design, implement, and support enterprise data (switching and routing), firewall, video, and VoIP networks throughout the County. Performs maintenance and upgrades in support of highly secure and available networks, including advanced design and architecture, specification, planning, installation, configuration, and support of a wide variety of specialized network hardware and software. Employment is subject to the terms, conditions, and policies detailed in the Personnel Policies Manual (PPM).

This position requires regular in‑person presence as an essential job function.

• Performs design, installation, configuration, maintenance, and upgrade operations for County‑wide network infrastructure using advanced engineering skills.
• Implements, configures, upgrades, patches, and maintains enterprise firewall hardware and operating systems in accordance with established security architecture and policy.
• Configures and maintains high‑availability firewall clusters, failover configurations, routing interfaces, VLANs, VPN connectivity, and network integration components.
• Executes approved firewall rule and configuration changes in alignment with Information Security governance and change management procedures.
• Designs and develops network drawings and artifacts as required.
• Provides expert guidance while resolving complex problems and issues to meet the needs of customers.
• Creates network solutions for data, VoIP, broadcasting, and other enterprise networking requirements using networking analysis, engineering, and design skills along with specialized equipment knowledge.
• Creates and updates network project plans, department processes, and standards documentation.
• Designs, configures, deploys, and maintains systems that monitor infrastructure performance, application connectivity, and security‑related issues.
• Provides advanced resolution of infrastructure performance, application connectivity, and security‑related issues utilizing specialized network diagnostic hardware and software.
• Participates in researching, testing, and recommending new networking technologies; designs and implements new technology.
• Develops and updates support procedures and standards related to network, VoIP, video, and security infrastructure.
• Remains current with all related industry standards, trends, and certifications.
• Participates in on‑call rotation, providing off‑hours support as necessary.
• Performs other duties as required.

This classification does not have supervisory authority; however, may be required to provide expertise or limited guidance or direction to employees, such as overseeing work quality, training, and guidance.…