Senior Network Security Engineer

Paragon Cyber Solutions

About The Position

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.

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
Must be United States Citizen.

Nice To Haves

Hands-on experience with Palo Alto Prisma Access
Hands-on experience with Palo Alto Virtual Firewalls
Knowledge of NIST SP 800-160
Knowledge of Executive Order 14028
Knowledge of CISA Binding Operational Directives
Experience with additional SASE platforms: Zscaler, Fortinet, Cloudflare
Experience with VMware

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.