Principal Network Security Architect & Delivery Lead

AHEAD; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 210,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

401(k) Plan

Paid Holidays

Paid Time Off

Job summary

AHEAD is seeking a Principal Technical Consultant to lead senior security engagements across firewall design, NAC, load balancing, and SASE. You will guide multi-technology projects, mentor engineers, and drive end-to-end delivery from discovery through knowledge transfer.

Responsibilities include architecture, implementation, and client leadership, with a focus on PAN-OS, Cisco, Fortinet, ISE, F5, and Prisma Access. This role requires travel and executive communication across client teams.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in network/security with client-facing delivery background.
• Hands-on design and deployment of firewalls across multiple platforms (Palo Alto, Cisco, Fortinet).
• Experience with ISE, F5, SASE platforms, and cloud integrations.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end firewall, NAC, and application-delivery engagements across large enterprises.

Skills

Years of experience

PAN-OS

Cisco Secure Firewall

Fortinet FortiGate

Cisco ISE

F5 BIG-IP

SASE (Zscaler/Prisma Access)

Routing & VPN

Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP)

IAM (Okta, Entra ID, SAML, SCIM)

SIEM & logging (Splunk, MS Sentinel)

Terraform/Ansible

Leadership & mentoring

Executive communication

Travel readiness

Tools

PAN-OS REST API

FortiOS REST API

Firewall Management Center REST API

iRules / App-ID / User-ID

Job description

AHEAD is seeking a Principal Technical Consultant to lead senior security engagements across firewall design, NAC, load balancing, and SASE. You will guide multi-technology projects, mentor engineers, and drive end-to-end delivery from discovery through knowledge transfer.

Responsibilities include architecture, implementation, and client leadership, with a focus on PAN-OS, Cisco, Fortinet, ISE, F5, and Prisma Access. This role requires travel and executive communication across client teams.