Network Security Lead

Location: Hybrid Rancho Cordova, CA or Denver, CO
Duration: 12 months

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Key Responsibilities

- Architectural Leadership
- Design, implement, and maintain global network security architecture across data centers, labs, offices, and multi-cloud (Azure, AWS, GCP) environments.
- Develop and maintain reference architectures for SD-WAN (Prisma Access), NGFW, DNS/DHCP (Infoblox), and VPN platforms.
- Define and evolve network security roadmaps utilizing zero-trust and hub-spoke models.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Infrastructure, Cloud, InfoSec) to ensure consistent policy enforcement.

- Operational Oversight & Vendor Management
- Lead and manage Managed Service Provider (MSP) for daily network security engineering, administration, and monitoring.
- Set and monitor performance metrics, SLAs, and escalation procedures.
- Oversee incident response, firewall management, certificate/license renewals, and SOP execution.
- Optimize privileged access, onboarding, browser integrations, and authentication processes.
- Maintain and update operational SOPs to align with evolving technologies.

- Automation & AI Integration
- Drive adoption of AI/ML for network telemetry, anomaly detection, and automated response.
- Promote AIOps, predictive analytics, and zero-touch provisioning to streamline operations and reduce manual work.

- Engineering & Governance
- Provide technical guidance on routing, switching, segmentation, encryption, and authentication.
- Enforce security policies and standards; review changes to firewalls, ACLs, and proxies.
- Conduct security architecture reviews for new projects and cloud integrations.
- Report on security posture, incidents, and improvements to executives.

- Mentorship & Collaboration
- Mentor engineering staff across Infrastructure and InfoSec teams.
- Align network and security strategies with CISO, Cloud Security, and SOC leaders.
- Support compliance and audit activities, providing required evidence for audits.

- Platform Expertise & Incident Response
- Maintain subject matter expertise in platforms such as Panorama, NP Extranet, aiSSD, and browser integrations.
- Lead root cause analysis and remediation efforts for security incidents following SOPs.

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### Required Qualifications

- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
- 8+ years' experience in network security or infrastructure engineering.
- 3+ years' experience in architectural leadership or MSP oversight.
- Expertise in network and security architecture (NGFWs, VPNs, SD-WAN, proxies, cloud networking, segmentation).
- Proficiency with network automation (Ansible, Terraform, Python).
- Deep understanding of routing/switching protocols (BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, VXLAN, MPLS).
- Experience with Zero Trust and SASE models.
- Strong vendor management and contract governance skills.
- Experience applying AI/automation to network operations and security.
- Excellent communication and leadership abilities.

Preferred Certifications:
- Cisco CCNP/CCIE Security, Palo Alto PCNSE, AWS Advanced Networking/Azure Network Engineer Associate, CISSP or equivalent.

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Summary:
Serve as strategic and technical leader for Solidigm's global network security architecture, combining engineering expertise with leadership in automation, AI, and vendor management to ensure a resilient, secure, and scalable hybrid infrastructure.