Senior Network Architect & Security Engineer

City of Concord; Concord (NC); On-site; USD 95,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

City of Concord is seeking an experienced network architect to design, deploy, and maintain the City’s enterprise networks. You will oversee routers, firewalls, switches, VPN hardware, and wireless infrastructure to ensure secure, scalable operations.

You will develop standards, diagrams and documentation, evaluate new technologies, and lead disaster recovery planning. The role emphasizes security audits, incident response, and reliable network performance.

Qualifications

• Enterprise network architecture and design principles including redundancy and DR planning.
• Networking methods, materials and equipment.
• Enterprise switching and routing platforms.
• Enterprise firewall administration, VPN, security policy management.
• Network protocols including BGP, QoS, data center networking, cloud/hybrid connectivity and monitoring software.

Responsibilities

• Architects and administers the City’s enterprise networks, including routers, firewalls, switches, VPN hardware, and wireless.
• Develops architecture standards, diagrams and design docs for scalability, resiliency, and disaster recovery.
• Evaluates new networking and security technologies and makes upgrade recommendations.
• Aids in the design and administration of the City’s server environment.
• Provides support to ensure secure operation and performance of the enterprise network.
• Performs device configuration maintenance, firewall management and troubleshooting.
• Monitors devices/traffic and analyzes performance issues.
• Develops security metrics to detect abnormal activity.
• Oversees network security, including penetration testing and audits.
• Investigates security incidents and remediates vulnerabilities.

Skills

Enterprise network architecture

Redundancy planning

Security policy management

BGP/QoS

Data center networking

Network monitoring

Firewall administration

VPN and secure connectivity

Education

CCNP or CCDP/CCDE preferred

NSE4/NSE7 preferred

CEH or CND preferred

Valid North Carolina Driver’s License

Tools

NAC/802.1X authentication

Enterprise monitoring software

Job description

City of Concord is seeking an experienced network architect to design, deploy, and maintain the City’s enterprise networks. You will oversee routers, firewalls, switches, VPN hardware, and wireless infrastructure to ensure secure, scalable operations.

You will develop standards, diagrams and documentation, evaluate new technologies, and lead disaster recovery planning. The role emphasizes security audits, incident response, and reliable network performance.