Job Description
Senior Security Architect
100% on-site in Santa Ana, CA
at least 18 month contract
M-F 8-5pm PST
Security, Compliance, and Audit Readiness
Some core technologies the client is looking for:
100% on-site in Santa Ana, CA
at least 18 month contract
M-F 8-5pm PST
Security, Compliance, and Audit Readiness
- Enforce network security controls aligned with Criminal Justice Information Services (“CJIS”), National Institute of Standards and Technology (“NIST”), and department policy.
- Implement and maintain firewall rulesets, Network Access Control (“NAC”) solutions (e.g., Cisco Identity Service Engine (“ISE”)), and endpoint access policies.
- Support the cybersecurity team in incident detection, forensic analysis, and mitigation strategies.
- Provide documentation and evidence for security audits and compliance reviews.
- Serve as the hands-on engineer for network deployment, upgrades, and incident response.
- Configure and manage Cisco switches, routers, firewalls, WLCs, and wireless endpoints.
- Design and manage VPNs, QoS, ACLs, network monitoring, and logging systems (SolarWinds, NetFlow, SNMP).
- Strong technical and leadership experience in cybersecurity, with hands-on expertise in Incident Response, SIEM technologies, O365 Security Architecture and policy administration, and SIEM engineering.
- Serve as the department’s SME on enterprise security, guiding decisions across IT, public safety systems, and operations.
- Train, coach, and mentor internal IT staff, including junior and mid-level network technicians.
- Lead structured knowledge transfer sessions, hands-on training, and real-time coaching during support and implementation activities.
- Create SOPs, how-to guides, and step-by-step documentation tailored for ongoing use by internal staff.
- Support staff in preparation for certification paths (e.g., CCNA/CCNP) if desired.
Some core technologies the client is looking for:
- Palo Alto Technologies (Deep technical knowledge, certification)
Palo Alto Panorama - Palo Alto Cortex EDR
- Palo Alto Cortex XSOAR
- Palo Alto Prisma Cloud Service
- Palo Alto NGFW
- CyberArk
- Cisco ISE
- AWS, Azure
- Azure Entra ID
- ServiceNow
- Tenable Vulnerability Management
- Terraform
- Microsoft O365
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Santa Ana, CA |
| Industry | Computer/IT Services |
| Company Size | 1 to 9 employees |
| Year Founded | 2001 |
| Website | http://www.stone-search.com/ |
About Company
STONE SEARCH is a boutique Technical and Executive Search firm specializing in the placement of seasoned professionals within the internetworking/intranetworking fields of technology. We focus on leading edge technology, from Financial Trading Systems to Multi-Site WAN Networking, from Identity and Access Management to Attack &Penetration Services.
Stone Search was founded in November, 2001 and is led by Michael Stone, formerly of The Gardner Group. After being in the technical recruitment business for eight years, Michael decided to take his extensive knowledge and contacts under his own "roof." The Stone Search team includes four recruiters experienced in the technology industry. Our collective experience ranges from former hardware engineers to sales and marketing and human resource trained professionals. We all share similar methods of recruiting and strong ethics. The team feels that there is nothing more important than representing each company like a trusted employee and each candidate like a colleague that we deal with everyday.
Specific technologies we have worked on include Router/Switch Networks, Operating Systems, Database, Data & Network Security, Identity Management, Business Continuity / Disaster Recovery, CRM, ERP, Data Warehousing, market data and Web technologies.
We do extensive Management and Executive Management search as well. In addition, we have expertise recruiting for the "Big 4" professional services firms as well as many similar organizations. We are able to locate road warriors willing to do 100% travel for these types of organizations.
Stone Search was founded in November, 2001 and is led by Michael Stone, formerly of The Gardner Group. After being in the technical recruitment business for eight years, Michael decided to take his extensive knowledge and contacts under his own "roof." The Stone Search team includes four recruiters experienced in the technology industry. Our collective experience ranges from former hardware engineers to sales and marketing and human resource trained professionals. We all share similar methods of recruiting and strong ethics. The team feels that there is nothing more important than representing each company like a trusted employee and each candidate like a colleague that we deal with everyday.
Specific technologies we have worked on include Router/Switch Networks, Operating Systems, Database, Data & Network Security, Identity Management, Business Continuity / Disaster Recovery, CRM, ERP, Data Warehousing, market data and Web technologies.
We do extensive Management and Executive Management search as well. In addition, we have expertise recruiting for the "Big 4" professional services firms as well as many similar organizations. We are able to locate road warriors willing to do 100% travel for these types of organizations.
Skills
- Amazon Web Services (AWS)unmatched
- CCNA - Cisco Certified Network Associateunmatched
- CCNP - Cisco Certified Network Professionalunmatched
- Cisco Network Systemsunmatched
- Cisco Routersunmatched
- Cisco Switchesunmatched
- Cloud Computingunmatched
- Coachingunmatched
- Computer Securityunmatched
- Criminal Justiceunmatched
- Documentationunmatched
- Enterprise Protectionunmatched
- Firewallsunmatched
- Forensic Scienceunmatched
- Incident Responseunmatched
- Internet Securityunmatched
- Knowledge Transferunmatched
- Leadershipunmatched
- Mentoringunmatched
- Microsoft Windows Azureunmatched
- Netflowunmatched
- Network Access Control (NAC)unmatched
- Network Architecture/Engineeringunmatched
- Network Configuration Managementunmatched
- Network Monitoringunmatched
- Network Securityunmatched
- Operational Supportunmatched
- Policy Developmentunmatched
- Public Safetyunmatched
- QoS (Quality of Service)unmatched
- SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol)unmatched
- Safety Systemsunmatched
- Security Architectureunmatched
- Security Auditingunmatched
- Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)unmatched
- ServiceNowunmatched
- Staff Developmentunmatched
- Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)unmatched
- System Operationsunmatched
- U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)unmatched
- VPN (Virtual Private Network)unmatched
- Wireless Communicationsunmatched
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