Job Summary:  Conexess Group is excited to aid a local client in their search for a Solutions Architect in Security. This is an immediate contract to hire/full time need and this person must live in the Nashville area. Ideal candidates will possess 5 plus years of Palo Alto, Cisco, or Checkpoint experience and have a very strong understanding of VPN, LAN/WAN, and UTM technologies. This person will be required to travel less than 50% and will have some autonomy on various projects based on level of expertise. This is an immediate need and the manager would like to conduct interviews as soon as possible! 

Job Title:             Solutions Architect: Security

Needed focused skills: Security

Start Date:          As soon as possible

Hard Requirements: 

Must live in Nashville area

Must communicate clearly and effectively with clients, engineers, etc.

Will travel less than 50% within the continental U.S. and will work with limited supervision

Must have 5+ years practical experience or strong knowledge of all the following areas:

(preferably with two of these three platforms where practical - Palo Alto, Cisco, or Check Point), NGFW technologies (ACL, NAT, VPN), VPN technologies (B2B, DMVPN, Remote Access), LAN/WAN technologies (BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, MPLS, etc.), UTM technology (Anti-x, Content

Management, etc.), Industry Standards/Frameworks (NIST, ISO, HITRUST), Industry Regulations (PCI, HIPAA, etc.)

Additional Preferred Skills:

Practical experience or strong knowledge of any the following technologies will be considered a plus:

•             Vulnerability assessment and management

•             Strong authentication and access management

•             Mobile, endpoint and cloud security

•             Data security (DLP, Encryption, etc.).