Seeking a Cloud Network Security Automation Architect for our customer, a premier IT solutions organization. The selected candidate will be a network security SME in the analysis, assessment, development, and evaluation of network security solutions and architectures to secure networks, applications, operating systems, and databases. This is position is a SME position on the network infrastructure team and is the security liaison for the team. This role is hands-on design and implementation of various network security stack architectures. Additionally, the Sr. Network Security Engineer assists in the development of network security requirements, technical regulatory compliance efforts and evaluates security services and technologies. This role reviews and documents information security policies and procedures as well as provides monitoring and oversight for alerts in this environment. The Sr. Network Security Engineer has a broad, generalist knowledge of on-prem infrastructure security and knowledge in public cloud infrastructure and automation. They will ideally have a specialist area in network security (firewalls, DMZ, Segmentation, ADC, WAF, DDOS, redundancy architectures, endpoint security, etc), but are able to turn their attention to and learn something new rapidly. This role will include capabilities in presenting network security solution design options for securing Internet and Partner facing architectures, container security, multi-cloud, and endpoint security awareness.

You will be responsible for:
- Understands network and cloud topologies
- Architecting and Engineering of Internet-facing network stack applications
- SME for network security architectures
- Understanding various vendor solutions that are used to secure various architectures
- Proactively identify and determine priority for any network security gaps
- Mentors other Network Engineers for security standard methodologies
- Works with security teams to build and/or steer processes for identifying and remediating vulnerabilities and risk
- Bridge the gap between security engineering and network engineering departments
- Serve as point of escalation point for network security solutions

This position is a 6 month, contract to permanent opportunity affording career stability and growth with our customer. Interested in learning more? Then you should contact Elite Technical Immediately for consideration!

Required Skills

- 7-10 years experience managing various network architectures
- 5+ years- experience on securing Internet-facing applications
- 3+ years of experience in Public Cloud technologies including AWS and Microsoft Azure specifically in networking and security solutions and implementation
- 5+ years of technical experience with network security technologies (ex. Firewalls, proxy, and network segmentation)
- Understanding of DevOps scripting and automation using tools such as Ansible, Puppet, Chef, and/or Terraform (REQUIRED)
- Experience with DLP, WAF, DDOS, IPS/IDS
- Experience with Palo Cloud, SOAR, Twistlock, Redlock and Prisma Access
- Experience with various endpoint security solutions
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science