Principal Network Security Architect

Ahead; United States; Remote; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

AHEAD is seeking a Principal Technical Consultant to lead end-to-end network security engagements across firewall design, identity services, load balancing, and SASE architectures. You will guide multi-technology projects, mentor engineers, support sales campaigns as a SME, and own delivery from discovery to knowledge transfer for enterprise clients in the US.

You will act as trusted advisor to client executives, shaping architectures with Palo Alto, Fortinet, Cisco, and Zscaler solutions, and

Responsibilities

• Design and deploy Palo Alto next-gen firewalls running PAN-OS with App-ID, User-ID, and Content-ID enforcement.
• Design and deploy Fortinet FortiGate firewalls with security profiles and FortiManager integration.
• Design and deploy Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) with Cloud Center configurations.
• Lead firewall migration programs including legacy Cisco ASA to FTD and cross-vendor moves.
• Design network segmentation using firewall zones, virtual routers, VDOMs, VRFs, and policy-based routing.

Job description

AHEAD is seeking a Principal Technical Consultant to lead end-to-end network security engagements across firewall design, identity services, load balancing, and SASE architectures. You will guide multi-technology projects, mentor engineers, support sales campaigns as a SME, and own delivery from discovery to knowledge transfer for enterprise clients in the US.

You will act as trusted advisor to client executives, shaping architectures with Palo Alto, Fortinet, Cisco, and Zscaler solutions, and