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We continue to operate from a position of strength. Our updated growth strategy is focused on staying ahead of what our customers want and realizing further growth potential. Our relentless ambition is why McDonald’s remains one of the world’s leading corporations after almost 70 years. Joining McDonald's means thinking big and preparing for a career that can have influence around the world.\nAt McDonald’s, we see every day as a chance to create positive impact. We lead through our values centered on inclusivity, service, integrity, community and family. From support of Ronald McDonald House to our Youth Opportunity project and sustainability initiatives, our values keep us dedicated to using our scale for good: good for our customers, people, industry and planet. We also offer a broad range of outstanding benefits including a sabbatical program, tuition assistance and flexible work arrangements.\nDepartment Overview\nThis opportunity is part of the Global Technology Infrastructure & Operations team (GTIO), where our mission is to deliver modern and relevant technology that supports the way McDonald's works. We provide best-in-class foundational technology products and services including Global Networking, Cloud, End User Computing, and IT Service Management. It's our goal to always provide an engaging, relevant, and simple experience for our customers.\nReporting to the Director Global Network Security, the Senior Network Security Engineer will design, implement, and maintain the McDonald’s network security infrastructure and systems. You will play an essential role in ensuring that McDonald’s network is secured from both internal and external threat landscape.\nIn addition to technical expertise, the successful candidate will have excellent communication and problem-solving skills, as well as the ability to work well in a global team. This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated and talented Network Engineer to take on a key role in the organization's technology team and make a meaningful impact on its operations and success.\nDuties\nGlobal Technology is the team that is responsible for the securing of McDonald’s information assets at a global level. This role will be part of the group within Global Technology that is responsible for our critical network security services, including firewall, IPS/IDS, Content Filtering, SASE, SSE, ZTNA, VPN, NDR and DDoS. You will work closely with market technology teams, Global Technology Risk Management teams, Global Technology Infrastructure and Operations teams, application owners, key vendors, and others to ensure the proper design, implementation and operations of McDonald’s network security platforms and services.\nDesign, implement, and operate global network security platforms that supports global, corporate and restaurant network infrastructure and operations.\nConfigure and manage firewalls, intrusion detection/prevention systems, NAC, VPN, SSE and other security platforms.\nCollaborate with Technical Product Managers and architects and managed service partners to innovate and deliver network security and wider NIO outcomes.\nResponsible for providing urgent support and troubleshooting for our customers outside of regular business hours.\nDrive automation first approach to platform and configuration deployment. Adopt Infrastructure as code.\nProduce test plan, create test cases and perform functional and non-functional testing of network security platforms.\nMonitor and predict platform capacity and performance related issue and work with TPM to resolve it before it becomes an issue.\nWhile embedding with teams, strategize, consult, and prototype alongside other engineers to implement best practices and solutions for our customers utilizing the latest network security technologies.\nRemain up-to-date on emerging technologies and architecture and propose ways to use them in current and upcoming projects.\nSupport technical assessments and vendor selection to develop and deploy cutting edge platforms, spanning beyond traditional technologies.\nDrive proof of concepts and conduct technical feasibility studies for business requirements.\nMaintain comprehensive documentation for platform designs, configurations and configuration standards,, changes, and troubleshooting procedures.\nSupport the NDR/NSOC function to respond to network security Incidents in a quick and effective manner including development and testing of emergency response plans for network security incidents.\nEffectively communicate project health, risks and issues to the program stakeholders, sponsors and management teams.\nResolve most conflicts between timeline, budget, and scope independently but intuitively escalate complex or consequential issues to senior management.\nIdentify and direct changes through appropriate review and approval mechanisms.\nDrive continuous service improvements for network security platforms and processes.\nQualifications\nEssential Skills:\nSubject matter expert in Network Security Platforms such as Firewalls, NAC, IDS/IPS, VPN., NDR and/or SASE technologies.\nDemonstrable experience (7+ Years) with design and deployment of Network Security technologies.\nIn depth knowledge and experience (7+ years) with one or more of the following\nFirewall (Palo Alto, Cisco, Check Point and/or Cloud Native) installation, administration and management.\nSASE/SSE solutions such as Zscaler, Cisco, and/or Palo Alto SASE solutions\n7+ years' of experience with Network technologies (Switching/Routing)\nStrong analytical and troubleshooting skills to critically evaluate information gathered from multiple sources. \nProficient in managing stakeholder expectations and conflict resolution.\nDemonstrable strong analytic and problem-solving abilities.\nProven experience working in an Agile environment with a Scrum Master, Daily Scrum meetings, Backlogs, Sprints and written Stories and deliverables. Familiar with documentation process and tools, JIRA and Confluence preferred. \nTrack record of successful automation using tools such as Ansible, Terraforms, python etc.\nDesirable Skills Experience:\nBachelor's degree or three years relevant experience.\nExperience with Large Global Networks.\nExperience with designing, deploying, and managing NAC solutions.\nExperience in driving continuous service and process improvements and translating them into viable solutions.\nKnowledge of networking protocols such as OSPF, BGP, VTP, TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, LAN/WAN, and VPN design.\nExperience with network monitoring solutions.\nAdvanced ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.\nExperienced with Dev/Ops and CI/CD pipeline tools and processes are advantageous.\nExperience in leading a 24x7x365 team.\nProfessional certifications such as CCNP Security, PCNSE, FCNSP, CISSP, or similar.\nCompensation\nBonus Eligible: YES\nLong - Term Incentive: YES\nBenefits Eligible: YES\nSalary Range\nThe expected salary range for this role is $127,332.00 - $159,165.00 per year\nThe above represents the expected salary range for this job requisition. Ultimately, in determining your pay, we may also consider your experience, and other job-related factors.\nAdditional Information:\nBenefits eligible: This position offers health and welfare benefits, including but not limited to comprehensive health insurance, which includes medical, prescription drug, mental health, dental and vision coverage, as well as, life insurance.\nMcDonald’s is an equal opportunity employer committed to the diversity of our workforce. We promote an inclusive work environment that creates feel-good moments for everyone. McDonald’s provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities as part of the application or hiring process or to perform the essential functions of their job. If you need assistance accessing or reading this job posting or otherwise feel you need an accommodation during the application or hiring process, please contact . Reasonable accommodations will be determined on a case-by-case basis.\nMcDonald’s provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to sex, sex stereotyping, pregnancy (including pregnancy, childbirth, and medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding), race, color, religion, ancestry or national origin, age, disability status, medical condition, marital status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, protected military or veteran status, citizenship status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. 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