Paragon Cyber Solutions is a woman-, veteran-, and minority-owned cybersecurity and IT services firm that supports government and commercial clients with compliance, cyber defense, and mission-focused technology solutions. Our team takes pride in solving complex technical challenges and delivering innovative, customer-focused outcomes.
The Senior Network Security Engineer is responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining secure enterprise network architectures across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments. This role serves as a technical leader for network security initiatives, driving Zero Trust adoption, secure remote access solutions, firewall strategy, segmentation, and advanced threat protection capabilities.
This position is contingent upon contract award.
Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and support secure network architectures across enterprise and cloud environments.
- Engineer and maintain firewalls, VPNs, proxies, IDS/IPS solutions, and network access control technologies.
- Lead network segmentation and Zero Trust initiatives.
- Perform firewall rule reviews, policy optimization, and attack surface reduction efforts.
- Design secure remote access and multi-factor authentication solutions.
- Integrate security telemetry into SIEM platforms for monitoring, alerting, and incident response.
- Support cloud networking security controls across AWS, Azure, and hybrid environments.
- Lead major security infrastructure upgrades and architecture modernization efforts.
- Collaborate with cybersecurity, infrastructure, and cloud teams to implement enterprise security standards.
- Develop technical documentation, network diagrams, and security design artifacts.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Networking, Cybersecurity, Information Technology, or related field.
- 6 to 10 years of network security engineering experience.
- Proven experience leading enterprise security architecture upgrades or transformation projects.
Knowledge of:
- Firewalls
- Routers and switches
- VPN technologies
- Proxy solutions
- IDS/IPS platforms
- Network Access Control (NAC)
- Segmentation technologies
Strong understanding of:
- Secure network architecture
- Zero Trust principles
- Cloud networking
- Hybrid environments
Preferred Experience
Hands-on experience with:
- Palo Alto Prisma Access
- Palo Alto Virtual Firewalls
Knowledge of:
- NIST SP 800-160
- Executive Order 14028
- CISA Binding Operational Directives
Experience with additional SASE platforms:
- Zscaler
- Fortinet
- Cloudflare
- VMware
Additional Eligibility Qualifications
- Must be United States Citizen.
- The flexibility to work occasional non-duty hours or on weekends to support specific project or mission requirements.
Benefits
- Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision).
- Retirement Plan (401K w/ employer matching).
- Paid Time Off & 11 Paid Public Holidays.
- Short and Long-Term Disability.
- Healthy Work-Life Balance.
- Training & Development.
Why Work For Paragon Cyber Solutions?
You want to make a difference. You want to be recognized by name versus being a number. You want to work with a company where you can grow and work in different areas to increase your knowledge/experience. You have an entrepreneurial spirit and need to live it.
As a small business, each team member rolls up their sleeves and helps where needed (including our CEO). Our ideal candidate will be comfortable with multi-tasking and prefers working in a fast-paced, dynamic environment. You must be adaptable to the needs of a growing business.
A Model of Excellence
That’s our motto in all we do and what we seek in our team members.
Are you a hardworking professional seeking a new opportunity that fosters growth? Look no further!
We are a minority, woman, veteran-owned, 8(a), EDWOSB, VOSB, HUBZone certified Tampa, FL-based small business. We pride ourselves on delivering high-quality solutions that help our clients protect the integrity of their business operations.
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