Senior Network Security Engineer (Check Point)
Conexus · Costa Mesa, CA
$200,000
Jun 29, 2026
Costa Mesa, CA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior-level firewall and network security engineering role focused on designing, deploying, and maintaining enterprise firewall infrastructure across on-premises and cloud environments. The position centers on Check Point technologies — including R80+, VSX, Maestro, and CloudGuard — alongside VPN and cloud security controls, with additional responsibility for Tier 3 incident escalation and mentoring junior engineers. Suits an experienced network security engineer holding a current CCSE certification.
Senior level · 6+ years · National
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
Posted 2 times — it's one opening, so apply once.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $132,021 (middle half $99,961–$167,095).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (4)
The scripting requirement lists Python, Bash, Ansible, and Terraform as alternatives — the JD uses 'or', indicating any one satisfies the gate. All four are captured under a single skill entry with alternatives.
Check Point CloudGuard and VMware NSX-T appear in the Responsibilities section as part of the managed environment description, not in the Required Qualifications block. CloudGuard is listed as preferred context; NSX-T Distributed Firewall is explicitly called out under Preferred Qualifications.
Bachelor's degree is listed only under Preferred Qualifications, so the degree requirement is set to None.
The alt SOC (15-1244 Network and Computer Systems Administrators) is a plausible runner-up given the heavy infrastructure/firewall operations emphasis, but the security-engineering and policy-design framing tips the primary classification to 15-1212 Information Security Analysts.
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