Senior Network Security Architect & Delivery Leader

Remote; San Francisco (CA); Remote; USD 180,000 - 290,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance

401(k)

Paid holidays

Paid time off

Parental & caregiver leave

Job summary

AHEAD is seeking a Principal Technical Consultant to lead end-to-end network security engagements across firewall, NAC, load balancing, and SASE. You will guide multi-technology delivery teams, mentor engineers, and act as a trusted advisor to client technical staff and executives.

In this role, you will own architecture through implementation, drive reusable assets, support sales campaigns, and champion modernization of security platforms across on-premises and cloud environments for enterprise

Qualifications

• 10+ years in network security or security engineering, with consulting/delivery experience.
• Experience deploying and designing next-generation firewalls (PAN-OS, FTD, FortiGate).
• Cloud and on-premises security architecture experience, including SASE/ZTNA.

Responsibilities

• Lead large, multi-technology security engagements end-to-end.
• Mentor engineers and guide cross-functional delivery teams.
• Partner with sales to shape technical solutions and proposals.
• Design and implement firewall, NAC, load balancing, and SASE architectures.

Skills

Executive communication

Client-facing delivery

Team leadership

Pre-sales support

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

PAN-OS

Panorama

Cisco Secure Firewall

F5 BIG-IP

Zscaler

Palo Alto Prisma Access

Job description

AHEAD is seeking a Principal Technical Consultant to lead end-to-end network security engagements across firewall, NAC, load balancing, and SASE. You will guide multi-technology delivery teams, mentor engineers, and act as a trusted advisor to client technical staff and executives.

In this role, you will own architecture through implementation, drive reusable assets, support sales campaigns, and champion modernization of security platforms across on-premises and cloud environments for enterprise