Sr. Security Architect / CISO

Job Title: Senior Security Architect
Duration: 18 Months Contract
Location: Santa Ana, CA (Onsite)
Note: Looking for ONLY California locals who can commute to client location

Top Must-Have Skills:
Broad range of skills that requires deep tech knowledge and tooling in Palo Alto (hands on)
Recent hands-on experience in network
Looking for some understanding of SEIM technology but working knowledge is preferential
Need security level architect; hands on and has some certs
Cisco networking (switches, routers, firewalls, WLCs, VPNs)
Security and compliance (CJIS, NIST, NAC, incident response, audit readiness)
Network monitoring & management (SolarWinds, NetFlow, SNMP, ACLs, QoS)
Leadership and mentoring (SME guidance, staff training, documentation)
Key Focus Areas
Recent security architecture experience
Hands-on Palo Alto expertise
Strong documentation abilities
Other skills are considered nice-to-haves
A Security Architect with a strong foundation should cover 80 90% of the requirements

SIEM Discussion & Environment Context
Our client is a Palo Alto XSIAM customer.
XSIAM is relatively new and less common than Splunk or traditional SIEM/XDR tools.
Client Preference:
Strong architecture and documentation skills are more important than direct XSIAM experience.
Experience with security operations (XDR/XSIAM) is a plus, but not mandatory.