IT Network Security ExpertPosted 2 Weeks ago Job Type Full-Time Regular Posted Posted 2 Weeks ago

Progressive IT
  • Denton, TX
    30+ days ago

    Job Description

    City

    Denton

    State

    TX

    Job Type

    Full-Time Regular

    Location: Denton, TX (onsite)

    Job Type: Contract to Hire - W2

    Seeking an experienced IT Network & Security Expert to design, implement, secure, and maintain our enterprise network infrastructure. The ideal candidate has deep technical expertise in network architecture, firewalls, security controls, incident response. You will play a key role in ensuring our systems remain reliable, scalable, and protected against evolving cyber threats.

    Key Responsibilities

    • Design, deploy, and manage enterprise LAN, WAN, WLAN, and VPN infrastructures.
    • Configure and maintain routers, switches, firewalls, load balancers, and monitoring systems.
    • Optimize network performance, capacity, and load balancing to ensure high availability.
    • Troubleshoot network issues and perform root-cause analysis.

    Security Architecture & Management

    • Implement and manage security solutions such as firewalls, IDS/IPS, SIEM, endpoint protection, and DLP.
    • Conduct regular security assessments, vulnerability scans, and penetration tests.
    • Develop and enforce network security policies, standards, and procedures.
    • Monitor security alerts and lead incident response activities.

    Governance, Compliance & Documentation

    • Support compliance with ISO 27001, NIST, GDPR, and other relevant frameworks.
    • Maintain detailed documentation of network diagrams, configurations, and processes.
    • Participate in audits, risk assessments, and disaster recovery planning.

    Required Qualifications

    • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
    • 5+ years of experience in network engineering and cybersecurity roles.
    • Strong knowledge of TCP/IP, routing protocols (BGP, OSPF, EIGRP), VLANs, MPLS, and VPNs.
    • Expertise with firewall technologies (e.g., Palo Alto, Cisco switches, Cisco Firepower).
    • Solid understanding of identity and access management (IAM), MFA, PKI, and SSO.

    Preferred Qualifications:

    • Experience with Palo Alto, SD-WAN, NAC (e.g., Cisco ISE), and Wi-Fi 6 technologies.
    • Previous experience in SOC operations or cyber threat analysis a plus.
    • Network and Telecommunications (CISCO, MPLS/WAN/LAN) - Expert
    • Security (Palo Alto, Forcepoint, Encryption) - Expert
    • ITIL processes - Basic
    • Excellent verbal and oral communication - Advanced (English)
    • Exposure or knowledge of Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC), NIST SP 800-171, NIST SP 800 172 a plus.

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    Job ID EB-1702945808 / Posted Posted 2 Weeks ago

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    Numbers & Facts

    LocationDenton, TX

    Skills

    • BGP Routing Protocolunmatched
    • Capacity Loadunmatched
    • Cisco Network Systemsunmatched
    • Cisco Switchesunmatched
    • Computer Scienceunmatched
    • Computer Securityunmatched
    • Consultingunmatched
    • Cryptographyunmatched
    • Disaster Recoveryunmatched
    • Documentationunmatched
    • EIGRP (Enhanced IGRP)unmatched
    • Endpoint Securityunmatched
    • English Languageunmatched
    • Firewallsunmatched
    • High Availabilityunmatched
    • ISO (International Organization for Standardization)unmatched
    • ITIL (IT Infrastructure Library)unmatched
    • Identity Data Managementunmatched
    • Incident Responseunmatched
    • Information Technology & Information Systemsunmatched
    • Internet Securityunmatched
    • Intrusion Detection Systemsunmatched
    • Intrusion Prevention Systemsunmatched
    • Load Balancingunmatched
    • Local Area Network (LAN)unmatched
    • MPLS (Multi-Protocol Label Switching)unmatched
    • Network Administration/Managementunmatched
    • Network Architecture/Engineeringunmatched
    • Network Configuration Managementunmatched
    • Network Performance/Analysisunmatched
    • Network Router Configurationunmatched
    • Network Routersunmatched
    • Network Securityunmatched
    • Network Switchingunmatched
    • Open Shortest Path First Protocol (OSPF)unmatched
    • Penetration Testingunmatched
    • Performance Tuning/Optimizationunmatched
    • Presentation/Verbal Skillsunmatched
    • Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)unmatched
    • Risk Analysisunmatched
    • Root Cause Analysisunmatched
    • Security Analysisunmatched
    • Security Architectureunmatched
    • Security Attacksunmatched
    • Security Designunmatched
    • Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)unmatched
    • Security Monitoringunmatched
    • Single Sign-On (SSO)unmatched
    • TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol)unmatched
    • Telecommunicationsunmatched
    • U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)unmatched
    • VLAN (Virtual Local Area Network)unmatched
    • VPN (Virtual Private Network)unmatched
    • Vulnerability Scannersunmatched
    • Wide Area Network (WAN)unmatched
    • Wireless Communicationsunmatched
    • Wireless LANunmatched

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