Senior Network Security Architect & Delivery Lead

Medium; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 210,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

401(k)

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

AHEAD is seeking a Principal Technical Consultant in the United States to lead senior network security engagements across firewall design, ISE-based NAC, load balancing, and SASE/Zero Trust architectures. You will own end-to-end delivery, mentor teams, and contribute to sales campaigns with a focus on large, multi-technology deployments.

The role requires 10+ years in security with consulting experience, and hands-on expertise across PAN-OS, Fortinet, Cisco Secure Firewall, F5, and cloud

Qualifications

• 10+ years in network security or security engineering with client-facing delivery experience.
• Proven ability designing and deploying next-generation firewalls in enterprise environments.
• Strong experience with ISE, F5 BIG-IP, SASE platforms (Zscaler, Prisma Access) and cloud security patterns.

Responsibilities

• Lead multi-technology engagements end-to-end from discovery to knowledge transfer.
• Design, deploy, and troubleshoot firewall and NAC architectures across Palo Alto, Cisco, Fortinet, and F5 platforms.
• Architect SASE/Zero Trust implementations and guide cross-functional delivery teams.

Skills

Firewall design

SASE/Zero Trust

Ise/Auth policy

Cloud + IaC

Leadership/Delivery

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

PAN-OS REST API

FortiOS

F5 BIG-IP

Job description

AHEAD is seeking a Principal Technical Consultant in the United States to lead senior network security engagements across firewall design, ISE-based NAC, load balancing, and SASE/Zero Trust architectures. You will own end-to-end delivery, mentor teams, and contribute to sales campaigns with a focus on large, multi-technology deployments.

The role requires 10+ years in security with consulting experience, and hands-on expertise across PAN-OS, Fortinet, Cisco Secure Firewall, F5, and cloud