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# Network Security Architect

- **Company:** ConglomerateIT LLC
- **Location:** Fort Worth, TX, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** Private Networks, Microsoft Azure, Border Gateway Protocol, Data Centers, Domain Name System Security Extensions, Domain Name System (DNS), Intrusion Detection and Prevention, Subnetting, Virtual Private Networks (VPN), Information Systems Security Architecture Professional, Network Security, Network Architecture, Routing, Open Shortest Path First (OSPF), Zero Trust Network Access, Firewalls (Computer Science), Palo Alto Networks, Hardware Infrastructure
- **Published:** September 15, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/6afb0737-ff87-4b62-8408-f12c40695ec0

## About the Role

Essentials

 * At least 5+ years spent architecting network security at enterprise scale
 * Connectivity: demonstrated skill joining on-premises environments to cloud securely - Virtual Private Network (VPN) tunnels, Microsoft Azure ExpressRoute, and broader hybrid interconnect patterns
 * Routing: deep working knowledge of Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) and Open Shortest Path First (OSPF), plus route optimization and multi-path design
 * Firewalls: real configuration, operations, and troubleshooting time on Palo Alto Networks firewalls and Azure Firewall
 * Domain Name System (DNS): solid footing in DNS architecture, Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC), filtering, and DNS-driven threat prevention
 * Private Networking: experience delivering private network designs, segmentation strategies, and zero-trust network architectures

A Plus

 * Network security certification - Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH), or comparable

## Description

This position puts you in charge of how a hybrid enterprise network is secured end to end - from the links that join the data center to the cloud, through the firewalls that police traffic, down to the segmentation and name-resolution layers underneath. The work is architectural and hands-on in equal measure.

Day-to-Day Scope

Design Work

 * Draw up network security architectures that satisfy internal policy and regulatory obligations without slowing delivery
 * Map out the private networking layer: virtual networks, subnet layouts, and where segmentation boundaries belong
 * Set the Domain Name System (DNS) approach so resolution stays trustworthy and traffic lands where it should

Implementation & Upkeep

 * Establish and run connectivity spanning on-premises infrastructure and cloud platforms
 * Dial in routing protocols and traffic paths so performance holds and failover works when a circuit drops
 * Stand up, tune, and support Palo Alto Networks and Microsoft Azure Firewall deployments for threat defense

Working With Others

 * Sit with teams outside networking and convert what the business needs into an architecture that actually holds up
 * Serve as the senior technical voice for the network engineering group, mentoring engineers as you go


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