Senior Network Security Architect — Zero Trust & Palo Alto

Stellent IT LLC; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Stellent IT LLC is seeking an experienced Senior Network Security Architect to design, deploy, and optimize enterprise security infrastructure with emphasis on Palo Alto NGFW, Panorama, SCM, and Zscaler ZIA/ZPA. The role demands hands-on expertise in secure enterprise networks, cloud environments, remote access, and Zero Trust architectures.

The candidate will lead security operations, policy management, and incident response while collaborating with SOC, Cloud, and Infrastructure teams to

Qualifications

• 12+ years in Network Security/Security Engineering.
• 10+ years hands-on Palo Alto firewall experience.
• 10+ years managing Panorama environments.
• 4+ years supporting Zscaler ZIA and ZPA.
• Experience with enterprise-scale security operations.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and support Palo Alto NGFWs across enterprise environments.
• Manage and optimize security policies, NAT, VPNs, routing, App-ID/User-ID, SSL Decryption, URL Filtering.
• Lead firewall upgrades, migrations, and HA deployments; conduct rule reviews and security audits.
• Manage Panorama and SCM for centralized policy governance and visibility.
• Administer ZIA/ZPA deployments and support Zero Trust initiatives.
• Collaborate with SOC, Cloud, Infra, and App teams; integrate with SIEM and ticketing tools.

Skills

Leadership in security projects

Zero Trust

Advanced troubleshooting

Stakeholder management

Education

PCNSE

CISSP/CISM/CCSP

ZCA/ZCCA

Tools

Palo Alto NGFW Administration

Panorama Management

Strata Cloud Manager (SCM)

ZIA/ZPA

ZCC

Terraform

Ansible

Python

Job description

Stellent IT LLC is seeking an experienced Senior Network Security Architect to design, deploy, and optimize enterprise security infrastructure with emphasis on Palo Alto NGFW, Panorama, SCM, and Zscaler ZIA/ZPA. The role demands hands-on expertise in secure enterprise networks, cloud environments, remote access, and Zero Trust architectures.

The candidate will lead security operations, policy management, and incident response while collaborating with SOC, Cloud, and Infrastructure teams to