Network Security Lead

Network Security Lead

Location: Remote

Role Type: Contract – 1 Year +

About Our Client
This organization is a global technology solutions leader known for delivering innovative digital infrastructure, cloud, and security services to customers across commercial and public sectors. They operate worldwide and are driven by values of collaboration, integrity, and continuous innovation. The company emphasizes employee development, cutting-edge engineering, and a people-first culture that has earned them consistent recognition as a top workplace.

Job Description
The Network Security Lead is responsible for designing, implementing, and governing the organization’s global network security architecture across data centers, labs, offices, and cloud environments. This role combines deep engineering expertise with strategic leadership, driving architecture, automation, and operational excellence across the hybrid infrastructure.
The Network Security Lead will own the architecture and evolution of all network security domains—including core and lab networks, firewalls, on-premise proxies, and cloud connectivity—while leading and managing the Managed Service Provider (MSP) responsible for daily engineering, administration, and network analysis.
This role emphasizes AI-driven automation, leveraging machine learning and analytics to reduce manual effort and accelerate detection, response, and configuration management across the enterprise.

Duties and Responsibilities
• Design and maintain global network security architecture spanning core corporate and data center networks
• Implement network segmentation and lab firewalls, proxies, and remote access gateways
• Develop secure reference architectures for Prisma Access SD-WAN, NGFW, Infoblox DNS/DHCP, and VPN platforms
• Lead and manage the Managed Service Provider (MSP) responsible for L2/L3 network security engineering, administration, and monitoring
• Oversee incident response coordination for network-related security events and P1/P2 outages
• Implement AI and machine learning technologies to automate network telemetry analysis, anomaly detection, and response workflows
• Develop and enforce network security policies and standards, integrating with enterprise GRC systems
• Conduct security architecture reviews for new projects and cloud integrations
• Coordinate with audit/compliance teams to supply detailed technical evidence, collect logs/reports, and document SOP compliance
• Facilitate audit comment tracking and support periodic access verification activities
• Maintain expertise in organization-specific network security platforms, integrations, and licensing schemes
• Own and participate in root cause analysis, session table clearances, and non-functional error remediation

Required Experience/Skills
• Expertise in network and security architecture design including NGFWs, VPNs, SD-WAN (Prisma Access), segmentation, proxies, and hybrid connectivity
• Network automation frameworks (Ansible, Terraform, Python)
• Routing and switching protocols: BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, VXLAN, MPLS
• DNS/DHCP/IPAM (Infoblox), SSL/TLS, PKI, SSO/SAML/OAuth
• Cloud networking (Azure, AWS, Google Cloud Platform)—transit gateways, VPC/VNet security groups, private endpoints
• Deep understanding of Zero Trust Network Architecture (ZTNA) and Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) models
• Strong vendor management and contract governance experience with Managed Service Providers
• Experience applying AI and automation in operational network management, security analytics, and policy optimization
• Excellent communication and leadership skills to translate technical strategy into business impact

Education
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related technical discipline
• 8+ years of experience in network security, infrastructure engineering, or equivalent field
• 3+ years of experience in architecture-level leadership or MSP oversight
• Preferred certifications: Cisco CCNP/CCIE Security, Palo Alto PCNSE, AWS Certified Advanced Networking, Azure Network Engineer Associate, CISSP or equivalent cybersecurity certification

Pay & Benefits Summary
• Pay rate up to $90/hr W2
 

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