Thinkahead Consultant Psychologist Pty Ltd

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Principal Consultant, Network Security

Security EngineerSecurity EngineerFull TimeRemoteTeam 1-10H1B No SponsorCompany SiteLinkedIn

Location

United States

Posted

52 days ago

Salary

$195K - $215K / year

10 yrs expEnglishCloudFirewalls

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.

Job 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.

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