Principal Technical Consultant - Network Security

What you'll do

• Design, deploy, troubleshoot, and lead delivery across firewall, Cisco ISE, F5 BIG-IP, and SASE/Zero Trust technologies.
• Own engagement architecture, implementation, migrations, documentation, testing, cutover, and knowledge transfer; guide cross-functional teams.
• Mentor engineers, support sales campaigns, and develop reusable delivery assets and industry content.

What they ask for

• 10 or more years of network or security engineering experience, including at least 4 years in consulting, professional services, or client-facing delivery.
• Production deployment experience with next-generation firewalls on at least two of Palo Alto Networks, Cisco Secure Firewall, and Fortinet.
• Production experience deploying Cisco ISE, F5 BIG-IP, and at least one SASE platform: Zscaler or Palo Alto Prisma Access.
• Ability to travel at least 25 percent.

Nice to have

• CCIE Security or equivalent expert-level certification; listed vendor certifications and CISSP are also preferred.
• Firewall migration experience, microsegmentation, additional SSE platforms, regulated environments, or multi-cloud and hybrid architecture experience.

Pay

USD 210,000–240,000 per year (OTE; includes base salary and any applicable target bonus)

Tools

Palo Alto Networks, Cisco Secure Firewall, Fortinet, Cisco ISE, F5 BIG-IP, Zscaler, Palo Alto Prisma Access, Terraform

AI focus

Drives AI-assisted design and testing workflows as part of delivery efficiency; the employer may also use AI tools to support application review and interview recording, transcription, or summarization. Candidates may opt out of AI application review and interview recording or transcription.