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title: Firewall / IT Network Engineer at Five Rivers IT
description: Five Rivers IT is hiring for the Firewall / IT Network Engineer role in Miami,
  FL. Pays $40–$47 per year. See the full description and apply.
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| **Company** | Five Rivers IT |
| **Location** | Miami, FL |
| **Type** | Full Time |
| **Posted** | Sep 29, 2026 |

## Is this job real?

**Ghost job check:** C · Some flags. Mostly fine, a few things to check.

## Visa sponsorship

- **H-1B:** No H-1B sponsorship on record for Five Rivers IT.
- **E-Verify:** No E-Verify enrollment on record for Five Rivers IT.

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## Description

**Position:** Firewall / IT Network Engineer  
**Location:** Miami / Plantation, FL (on-site, Miami-Dade)  
**Start:** ASAP  
**Experience:** 5+ years in network engineering  
**Reports to:** IT Leader  

**Role overview**  
The team supports critical infrastructure for the largest clean energy provider in North America. The role combines deep technical skill, technical leadership, and a understanding of regulatory knowledge (NERC CIP is what they will have to learn).  
**Responsibilities**

- Manage enterprise firewall infrastructure, processing 450+ change requests a year with zero network impact
- Oversee implementation and maintenance of 20,000+ firewall rules supporting NextEra Energy and FPL business operations
- Provide technical leadership across multiple data centers and drive continuous improvement
- Mentor and develop team members
- Design, plan, and deploy network infrastructure, and find and fix potential issues before they affect operations
- Perform complex troubleshooting and root cause analysis with advanced diagnostic tools
- Ensure network operations comply with NERC CIP and other regulatory requirements
- Serve as Lead Firewall Engineer on critical IT-OT network segmentation projects
- Perform quarterly Electronic Security Perimeter (CIP-005) compliance assessments across 120+ network segments and stay audit-ready
- Drive automation of firewall rule management, with zero security violations and zero customer impact
- Handle other job-related duties as assigned

**Must-have skills**

- Palo Alto firewalls
- Cisco Nexus (NX-OS), Cisco Catalyst, and IOS
- Ability to multi-task projects, with strong interpersonal and analytical skills

**Strong preferences**

- NERC CIP experience, especially CIP-005 / Electronic Security Perimeter
- Experience with IT-OT segmentation
- Utility, energy, or other regulated critical-infrastructure background
- Firewall automation experience
- Arista switches (plus)
- Prior mentoring or lead experience
## Skills

- Network Segmentation
- Network Operations
- NERC CIP Compliance
- Regulatory Compliance
- Sonatype Nexus
- Technical Leadership
- Palo Alto Networks
- Analytical Skills
- Network Engineering
- Siemens NX
- Cisco
- Automation
- Electrical Equipment Components
- Root Cause Analysis
- Operations
- Interpersonal Skills
- Firewall
- Data Centers
- Network Infrastructure
- Continuous Improvement Process
- IT/OT Integration
- Mentoring
- Electronic Security Systems
- Auditing
- iOS
- Market Segmentation
- Arista Networks
- Diagnostics
- NERC CIP
- Maintenance

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