Network Security Architect

Key Responsibilities:

The Network Security Architect is responsible for researching, designing and implementing secure business focused solutions that meet or exceed corporate policies and government mandates. This includes developing roadmap and migration strategies for existing architecture. Specific tasks include, but are not limited to the following:

• Research,design & advocate new technologies,architectures and security products that will support security requirements for the enterprise and its customers, Business partners and vendors.

• Meet other planners in the organization to translate Business needs into functional, available systems that deliver services quickly and conveniently while incorporating the right level of security, executing transition to relevant operations team.

• Work closely with enterprise architects,other functional area architects and specialists to ensure adequate security solutions are in place throughout all IT systems and platforms to mitigate identified risks sufficiently,and to meet business objectives and regulatory requirements

• Practical understanding of cybersecurity frameworks.

• Strong Firewall knowledge ( IPSEC VPN,UTM/IPS,DoS Policy,SSL inspection)

• Ability to manage high impact Priority 1 incidents

• Strong Cloud Security/CASB/Web Proxy knowledge

• Cloud Solutions on-Prem Solutions

• Strong Remote Access technologies knowledge. Experience with managed devices-unmanaged devices/2FA/MFA solutions.

• Scripting skills

Qualifications, Experience and Competency Requirements:

Education:

• Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology or related Computer Science/Technical area

Experience

Essential:

• 8-10 years

• 5 years minimally of Network Security experience Firewall background

• 3 years minimally experience working in large organizations

• Firewall/Web Proxy/Remote Access/Cloud experience

• Strong technical Documentation skills

• Network Diagrams/Knowledge based articles

• Articulate

• Pragmatic

• Self-Aware

Desirable:

• CISSP Certification

• CCNA other industry standard security certifications

• Cloud migration experience

• Fortigate Firewalls McAfee Web Gateways/ Pulse Secure Appliances Netskope Firemon Qradar Splunk FortiManager FortiAnalyzer

Specific Skill Requirement

• Firewall/Web Proxy/Remote Access/Cloud experience

• Network Diagrams/Knowledge based articles