Who We Are

Cross River builds the infrastructure behind the world’s most innovative financial products. Our technology and capital solutions power payments, cards, lending, and digital asset capabilities that move money safely, instantly, and inclusively — trusted by leading fintechs, enterprises, and disruptors across the globe.

Our mission is simple: to build the financial infrastructure that expands access and opportunity for all. Guided by a culture of collaboration, curiosity, and purpose, Cross River has been named one of American Banker’s Best Places to Work in Fintech year after year. Whether you’re designing code, solving regulatory puzzles, or developing strategy, you’ll join a team where innovation and integrity drive everything we do — and where your work helps shape the future of finance.

About Our Team

Cross River’s team is made up of problem solvers hungry to build and perfect new products and systems. We work with team members in most US time zones. Although we are in separate places, we still make space to know one another and have fun! We collaborate, help, and mentor each other, and check in on our progress and blocks frequently.

What We’re Looking For

As a Senior Network Security Engineer you will be responsible for supporting, managing and designing the network/firewall infrastructure. This includes network/firewall infrastructure configuration, maintaining and managing border security systems, such as threat protection intrusion detection URL filtering, global protect and support, monitoring and taking care of existing configuration changes for Networks, and being responsible for designing and developing scalable, maintainable, highly available network architectures in AWS and local datacenters.

Responsibilities:

Performs system-level design, configuration, integration, and implementation of perimeter security products, including firewalls (Palo-Alto & Fortinet), proxy devices, routers, and WAF solutions
Ensures compliance with organizational secularist rules and standards
Assist with monitoring and auditing of information systems activities and systems to confirm information security policy and provide management with security policy compliance assessments and system monitoring reports
identify configuration or policy flaws and gaps that increase risk or violate information security requirements
Perform validation of the firewall rules to verify that it meets the requirements
Provide technical guidance and security policy regarding firewall design best practices
Managing upgrade patches for Palo Alto and Fortinet products
Configure and install various network devices and services (e.g., routers, switches, firewalls, load balancers, VPN, QoS, IP routing - BGP)
Perform network maintenance and system upgrades, including service packs, patches, hotfixes, and security configurations
Monitor performance and ensure system availability and reliability
Monitor system resource utilization, trending, and capacity planning
Provide Level-2/3 support and troubleshooting to resolve issues
Work within established configuration and change management policies to ensure awareness, approval, and success of changes made to the network infrastructure
Select and implement security tools, policies, and procedures in conjunction with the company’s security team
Liaise with vendors and other IT personnel for problem-resolution

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in information technology-related field of study with a network engineering focus
Fortinet/Palo Alto certified – advantage
Strong understanding of network infrastructure and network hardware and firewalls
Ability to think through problems and visualize solutions
Ability to implement, administer, and troubleshoot network infrastructure devices, including wireless access points, firewalls, routers, switches, controllers
Knowledge of application transport and network infrastructure protocols
Ability to create accurate network diagrams and documentation for design and planning network communication systems
Ability to work with all levels of IT staff
Good analytical and problem-solving skills
Dependable and flexible when necessary
Network security experience
LAN and WAN experience

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Salary Range: $180,000.00 - $230,000.00

Cross River is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Cross River does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.

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Senior Network Security Engineer

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