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Senior Security Architect

aap3
  • Santa Ana, CA
  • Full-time
  • Quick Apply
3 days ago

Job Description

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.

Job Responsibilities

·        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).

SME Leadership and Staff Development

·        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.

Numbers & Facts

LocationSanta Ana, CA
Job TypeFull-time

Qualifications

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

Skills

  • Cisco Network Systemsunmatched
  • Criminal Justiceunmatched
  • Documentationunmatched
  • Firewallsunmatched
  • Forensic Scienceunmatched
  • Internet Securityunmatched
  • Network Access Control (NAC)unmatched
  • Network Securityunmatched
  • Security Architectureunmatched
  • Security Auditingunmatched
  • U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)unmatched

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