Senior Network Security Architect: Zero-Trust & Cloud

191 Altera Corporation; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 133,000 - 193,000; Full time

Job summary

Altera Corporation is seeking a Senior Network Security Engineer in San Jose, CA to define and advance the enterprise network security strategy, architecture, and roadmap across on-premises, cloud, data center, and hybrid environments.

You will lead in Zero Trust, least-privilege access, micro-segmentation, and secure-by-design principles, mentoring engineers and partnering with Security, DevOps, and Risk teams. This role combines hands-on engineering with strategic architecture ownership.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field.
• 8+ years of experience in enterprise networking and cybersecurity, including substantial experience designing security architecture for large, distributed environments.
• Demonstrated success serving as a principal engineer, architect, or senior technical authority for complex network-security programs and transformations.
• Proven ability to own technical outcomes from discovery and requirements through design, implementation guidance, validation, and operational transition.
• Deep expertise in enterprise network architecture, TCP/IP, routing, switching, BGP, DNS, TLS, proxies, VPN, firewalls, IDS/IPS, segmentation, and Zero Trust.
• Hands‑on experience with next‑generation firewalls, firewall policy governance, ZTNA, SWG, SASE, SD‑WAN, NDR, SIEM, and related network‑security controls.
• Strong packet capture, protocol analysis, network‑flow analysis, and complex troubleshooting skills.
• Experience designing secure network connectivity and controls across on‑prem, cloud and hybrid environments.
• Experience with Cisco, Palo Alto Networks, Tufin, Azure, AWS, or comparable technologies.

Responsibilities

• Define and evolve enterprise network security strategy, target-state architecture, technical roadmap, and reusable reference patterns.
• Architect and review secure designs for data center, campus, laboratory, cloud, WAN, remote-access, and hybrid environments.
• Provide senior technical expertise during investigations involving network intrusion, lateral movement, and data exfiltration.
• Perform security architecture and risk assessments for new systems, cloud services, network changes, and exceptions.
• Serve as a trusted technical advisor to IT & Engineering teams across multiple stakeholders.
• Demonstrate executive-level communication and translate technical concepts into business-aligned recommendations.

Skills

Zero Trust

Least-privilege

Micro-segmentation

Network security

ZTNA

SASE

SD-WAN

Firewall management

Incident response

Network telemetry

Cloud & on-prem

Python automation

TLS/DNS security

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/IT/Cybersecurity

Tools

Cisco

Palo Alto Networks

Tufin

Azure

AWS

Job description

Altera Corporation is seeking a Senior Network Security Engineer in San Jose, CA to define and advance the enterprise network security strategy, architecture, and roadmap across on-premises, cloud, data center, and hybrid environments.

You will lead in Zero Trust, least-privilege access, micro-segmentation, and secure-by-design principles, mentoring engineers and partnering with Security, DevOps, and Risk teams. This role combines hands-on engineering with strategic architecture ownership.