Senior Security Architect- on-site

Job Description

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

• 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.

Implementation, Operations, and Support

• 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.

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.
• 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