Senior Network Security Architect: SASE, Zero Trust & Firewalls

AHEAD; United States; Remote; USD 210,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance

401(k)

Paid holidays

Job summary

AHEAD is seeking a Principal Technical Consultant to lead high-stakes network security engagements across firewall, NAC, load balancing, and SASE architectures. You will design, deploy, and optimize multi-vendor environments, mentor engineers, support sales campaigns, and deliver end-to-end solutions for enterprise clients.

You will own architecture through implementation, testing, cutover, and knowledge transfer while collaborating with client executives and delivery teams across multiple

Qualifications

• 10+ years of network security, infrastructure security, or security engineering experience.
• Hands-on experience deploying next-generation firewalls (PAN-OS, Fortinet FortiGate, Cisco FTD).
• Experience leading large multi-technology delivery engagements.

Responsibilities

• Design and deploy next-gen firewalls across multiple platforms.
• Lead firewall migration programs including cross-vendor migrations.
• Own end-to-end delivery from discovery through knowledge transfer.

Skills

Network security

Security architecture

Client-facing delivery

Leadership

Tools

PAN-OS

FortiOS

Cisco Secure Firewall

ISE

F5 BIG-IP

Zscaler Prisma Access

Job description

AHEAD is seeking a Principal Technical Consultant to lead high-stakes network security engagements across firewall, NAC, load balancing, and SASE architectures. You will design, deploy, and optimize multi-vendor environments, mentor engineers, support sales campaigns, and deliver end-to-end solutions for enterprise clients.

You will own architecture through implementation, testing, cutover, and knowledge transfer while collaborating with client executives and delivery teams across multiple