Network Security Solutions Architect

We are seeking a Network Security Solutions Architect, certified PCNSA for a remote 12+ month contract role ** All work must be completed in the United States **Must be US Citizen or Green Card holder No 3rd party candidates Scope of responsibilities: Conduct technical analysis and provide expertise in network security planning, engineering, and administration. Serve as the expert in enterprise network and cyber security infrastructure, collaborating with cross-functional teams. Analyze implementation techniques and tools to identify the most efficient solutions for network security problems. Coordinate third-party maintenance for network and cyber security equipment and troubleshoot problems. Validate network security design and assess newly released equipment software and operating systems for vulnerabilities. Provide specifications and detailed schematics for unified network architecture. Monitor and detect potential performance and throughput issues, developing risk mitigation solutions. Provide guidance to team members and report status metrics to the Government officials. Provide third-level support and troubleshooting for network problems, including after-hours and weekend support. Requirements: PCSNA certification Hands on experience with one or more of the following Next-Gen firewalls: Barracuda, Juniper, Cisco, Check Point, or Palo Alto. Extensive experience implementing and maintaining firewalls and staying updated on any released security vulnerabilities and how they affect the network. Extensive experience performing on-going optimization of the network security devices to ensure adequate capacity, availability, and scalability. Expertise in modifying firewall rule sets, changing policies, whitelisting, content filtering, and troubleshooting issues by studying network traffic flows, locking down applications, and troubleshooting firewalls, routers, and switches. In-depth knowledge of layer 4-7 app aware firewalls. Experience establishing and modifying site-to-site VPNs. If you are interested and available, please forward your resume to lisa.beresford@comcentric.com for immediate consideration. Lisa Beresford lisa.beresford@comcentric.com (303) 476-5927