Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. GuidePoint Security is hiring a Senior Security Engineer to deliver complex network security engagements, primarily in security architecture and advisory, firewall security, and SASE/SSE. The role leads architecture, assessment, design, implementation, and pre-sales scoping while supporting clients and mentoring engineers.
Responsibilities
- Lead architecture-level design and advisory engagements including security architecture reviews, Zero Trust strategy, and vendor-neutral roadmaps translating client requirements into defensible solution designs and serving as the practice’s senior advisory presence (Security Architecture & Advisory)
- Conduct assessments, architecture reviews, and technology evaluations that produce risk findings and prioritized security roadmaps, identifying natural next engagements across the lifecycle (Security Architecture & Advisory)
- Independently deliver firewall and perimeter engagements end to end design, configure, and deploy next-generation firewall and secure-infrastructure solutions on Palo Alto Networks and Fortinet platforms, owning technical quality (Network Security & Firewall)
- Lead firewall policy optimization, migration, and lifecycle engagements, applying delivery standards that protect margin and quality (Network Security & Firewall)
- Support secure access and cloud-edge solutions SASE/SSE, ZTNA, and VPN-to-ZTNA migrations for distributed and remote-work environments as a secondary delivery focus (SASE/SSE)
- Provide pre-sales technical leadership: lead scoping of engagements, define assumptions, level of effort, deliverables, and acceptance criteria to protect margin and prevent scope creep
- Serve as a senior technical point of contact on assigned engagements; mentor and cross-train Associate and mid-level Security Engineers as pillar sub-team’s form
- Enforce delivery discipline: adhere to practice playbooks, change-control, and project-health standards, and escalate delivery blockers immediately
- Maintain a target 80% billable utilization while investing the remaining 20% in enablement, certifications, pre-sales and scoping support, and practice development
Skills
- 5–8 years of progressive experience in network security engineering and consulting, with demonstrated independent, multi-pillar delivery
- Deep, hands-on expertise with Palo Alto Networks and Fortinet platforms (firewall/NGFW design, configuration, and deployment)
- Demonstrated ability to lead security architecture and advisory engagements, including risk assessments, roadmaps, and technology evaluations
- Experience providing pre-sales technical leadership and scoping complex, multi-pillar engagements
- Working proficiency designing and deploying secure-access/cloud-edge solutions (SASE/SSE, ZTNA) as a secondary delivery area
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Security, a related technical field, or equivalent professional experience
- Embraces emerging technologies, including AI tools, to work smarter, solve problems, and drive better business outcomes
- Must hold or obtain, within 90 days of hire, at least one professional-level certification on a primary platform (e.g., Palo Alto PCNSE or Fortinet NSE 4)
- Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S
- We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa for this role
- Palo Alto Networks certifications (e.g., PCNSE, PCNSA)
- Fortinet certifications (e.g., NSE 4–7 / Fortinet Certified Solution Specialist)
- Industry architecture or security certifications (e.g., CISSP, CCSP, SABSA, TOGAF)
- Secure-access/cloud-edge certifications (e.g., Zscaler ZDTA/ZCCP, Netskope NCCP)
- Experience leading security architecture and Zero Trust programs for strategic accounts
- Prior consulting or professional-services delivery experience with client-facing pre-sales and scoping
- Experience mentoring junior engineers and contributing to practice playbooks and enablement
Benefits
- Remote workforce primarily (U.S. based only; some travel may be required for certain positions, and working on-site may be required for Federal positions)
- Group Medical Insurance options: Zero Deductible PPO Plan (GuidePoint pays 90% of the premium for employees and 70% for family plans (spouse/children/family)) or High Deductible Health Plan with HSA (GuidePoint pays 100% of employees’ premiums and 75% for family plans (spouse/children/family)). If you choose the High Deductible / HSA plan, GPS will contribute in 4 equal quarterly installments: $850 per EE annually / $1750 per family annually (includes spouse/children/family options)
- Group Dental Insurance: GuidePoint pays 100% of the premium for employees and 75% of family plans
- 12 corporate holidays and a Flexible Time Off (FTO) program
- Healthy mobile phone and home internet allowance
- Eligibility for retirement plan after 2 months at open enrollment
- Pet Benefit Option
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