Job Description:
• Advise senior executives on security strategy, modernization pathways, and multi‑year roadmaps that translate risk reduction into business value.
• Distill complex security concepts into outcomes and decisions that resonate with C‑suite and senior leadership.
• Lead recurring executive touchpoints—program reviews, steering committees, and health checks—to keep initiatives aligned and accountable.
• Drive engagement momentum by removing roadblocks, orchestrating stakeholders, and ensuring planned outcomes are achieved.
• Lead multi‑workstream, enterprise‑scale network security transformations—spanning architectures, migrations, and modernization programs—with an unwavering focus on quality.
• Delegate workstreams to qualified team members enabling scale of delivery.
• Provide hands-on technical guidance developing team capability.
• Architect secure network designs that enable Zero Trust, micro‑segmentation, secure remote access (VPN/ZTNA), cloud perimeters, and resilient data center security fabrics.
• Establish standards, reusable patterns, and delivery frameworks to drive consistency and scale across the practice.
• Review and approve technical deliverables to ensure alignment with client standards, regulatory frameworks, and best practices.
• Partner closely with account teams on strategic security campaigns—assisting with presales activities such as scoping, and solution strategy to win and expand business.
• Identify and close follow‑on services within existing accounts through credibility, relationships, and demonstrable impact.
• Contribute proactive pipeline insights and opportunity identification to support accurate forecasting.
• Develop methodologies, tooling, and processes that improve the efficiency and repeatability of our Network Security practice.
• Produce thought leadership—whitepapers, blogs, reference architectures, conference presentations—and represent AHEAD in public forums.
• Support talent acquisition, interviewing, and onboarding of senior network security engineers; mentor and elevate the team.
Requirements:
• 10+ years leading large‑scale network security projects or modernization programs with multi‑technology, cross‑functional teams.
• Proven track record delivering end‑to‑end enterprise network security transformations in large, complex environments.
• Deep expertise with next‑generation firewalls, Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA), Network Access Control (NAC), and enterprise security architectures.
• Strong knowledge of modern security frameworks and practices (Zero Trust, NIST CSF, CIS, MITRE ATT&CK).
• Familiarity with compliance and security standards (e.g., HIPAA, PCI, FedRAMP).
• Demonstrated ability to lead and mentor engineering teams, drive execution and technical excellence.
• Documented history of exceeding performance goals and contributing meaningfully to practice and business success.
• Ability to generate new services opportunities during engagements and expand existing accounts.
• Strong partner alignment experience—collaborating with account teams, OEMs, and internal resources.
• Recognized as an expert and engagement leader; sought for complex or sensitive client situations.
• Experience authoring high‑impact proposals, SOWs, whitepapers, or external technical content; excellent communication skills for both technical teams and executives.
• Deep hands‑on expertise architecting and implementing two or more of: Palo Alto Networks, Zscaler, Aruba ClearPass, AlgoSec/Tufin.
Benefits:
• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• 401(k)
• Paid company holidays
• Paid time off
• Paid parental and caregiver leave
• Plus more! See benefits https://www.aheadbenefits.com/ for additional details.