Network Security Solutions Architect

We are seeking a Network Security Solutions Architect, certified PCNSA for a remote 12+ month contract role

** All work must be completed in the United States

**Must be US Citizen or Green Card holder

No 3rd party candidates

Scope of responsibilities:

• Conduct technical analysis and provide expertise in Network Security planning, engineering, and administration.


• Serve as the expert in enterprise network and cyber security infrastructure, collaborating with cross-functional teams.


• Analyze implementation techniques and tools to identify the most efficient solutions for Network Security problems.


• Coordinate third-party maintenance for network and cyber security equipment and troubleshoot problems.


• Validate Network Security design and assess newly released equipment software and operating systems for vulnerabilities.


• Provide specifications and detailed schematics for unified network architecture.


• Monitor and detect potential performance and throughput issues, developing risk mitigation solutions.


• Provide guidance to team members and report status metrics to the Government officials.


• Provide third-level support and troubleshooting for network problems, including after-hours and weekend support.

Requirements:

PCSNA certification

• Hands on experience with one or more of the following Next-Gen firewalls: Barracuda, Juniper, Cisco, Check Point, or Palo Alto.


• Extensive experience implementing and maintaining firewalls and staying updated on any released security vulnerabilities and how they affect the network.


• Extensive experience performing on-going optimization of the Network Security devices to ensure adequate capacity, availability, and scalability.


• Expertise in modifying firewall rule sets, changing policies, whitelisting, content filtering, and troubleshooting issues by studying network traffic flows, locking down applications, and troubleshooting firewalls, routers, and switches.


• In-depth knowledge of layer 4-7 app aware firewalls.


• Experience establishing and modifying site-to-site VPNs.

If you are interested and available, please forward your resume to