Staff Network Application Security Engineer

Post Date

Oct 14, 2025

Location

Hartford,
Connecticut

ZIP/Postal Code

06105
US
Jan 04, 2026 Insight Global

Job Type

Contract-to-perm

Category

Security Engineering

Req #

HTD-39e9e8e8-d087-4fce-b089-9d10a4a43115

Pay Rate

$48 - $60 (hourly estimate)

Job Description

A healthcare client is looking for a Staff Application Security Engineer. This person is going to be joining the application security team and is responsible for having strong technical expertise in application, cloud, data and network security best practices. This engineer should have in-depth experience with the Illumio Platform which is a multi-segmentation tool. This person must have experience in creating and managing security policies, segmentation templates and policy objects. The team is looking for this person to have a broad range of experience securing an enterprise level network. They must have a good amount of experience with automation using Ansible and Python. The engineer must be able to communicate and collaborate with different business units as well as communicate effectively within the organization. They will be communicating up to executive leadership so ensuring that communication is streamlined and direct is important.

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Required Skills & Experience

7-10+ years of experience developing and deploying security technologies / Network Security
7+ years of experience working within public cloud – AWS/Azure/GCP
5-7 years of experience with Illumio Core – Specialist Certifications/On Premise & SAAS
A background in programming/scripting: Java, Python, JavaScript, PowerShell
Automation experience utilizing python and ansible
General understanding of API’s – understanding data flow from one API to another

Nice to Have Skills & Experience

Snowflake for data warehouses and big data platforms
Illumio Core: Expert Certification

Benefit packages for this role will start on the 31st day of employment and include medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as HSA, FSA, and DCFSA account options, and 401k retirement account access with employer matching. Employees in this role are also entitled to paid sick leave and/or other paid time off as provided by applicable law.