Senior Network & Security Architect - Remote

GovCIO; Saint Paul (MN); Remote; USD 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Corporate Discounts

Learning & Development platform

Training, Education and Certification

Referral Bonus Program

Internal Mobility Program

Pet Insurance

Flexible Work Environment

Job summary

Responsibilities include leading architecture initiatives, standardizing configurations, and partnering with SOC and infrastructure teams to reduce risk while maintaining highly available services. Posture emphasizes zero-trust policies and secure segmentation.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Cybersecurity, IT, CS, or related field; equivalent experience considered.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, deployment, and lifecycle management of PAN-OS NGFW environments.
• Manage centralized firewall with Panorama, templates, and upgrades.
• Design security policies using zero-trust and least-privilege.
• Lead HA deployments, troubleshooting, and failover testing.

Skills

Palo Alto NGFW

Panorama

HA design

Cisco switching

Network segmentation

Zero trust

App-ID

XSIAM

Log analysis

Threat Prevention

VLANs

Routing protocols

Education

Master’s degree in Cybersecurity

Bachelor’s degree in related field

Tools

Palo Alto Panorama

Strata Logging Service

Cortex XSIAM

Cisco Catalyst

Nexus switches

Job description

Responsibilities include leading architecture initiatives, standardizing configurations, and partnering with SOC and infrastructure teams to reduce risk while maintaining highly available services. Posture emphasizes zero-trust policies and secure segmentation.