Network Security Cloud Architect

MatchPoint Solutions is a fast-growing, young, energetic global IT-Engineering services company with clients across the US. We provide technology solutions to various clients like Uber, Robinhood, Netflix, Airbnb, Google, Sephora, and more! More recently, we have expanded to working internationally in Canada, China, Ireland, UK, Brazil, and India. Through our culture of innovation, we inspire, build, and deliver business results, from idea to outcome. We keep our clients on the cutting edge of the latest technologies and provide solutions by using industry-specific best practices and expertise.

We are excited to be continuously expanding our team. If you are interested in this position, please send over your updated resume. We look forward to hearing from you!

Network Security Cloud Architect

6 Months - CTH

Roseland, NJ OR Alpharetta, GA

$75 - $80/hr on W2

What You'll Do:

• AWS: ALB, NLB, IGW, TGW, GWLB, Direct Connects, DX Gateways, VPNs, CloudWatch, CloudWAN, Guard-duty, Route53, Cloud Front, NAT Gateways, NACL, Security groups and various AWS network security Products. staff to ensure Design/deployment and seamless operation of network infrastructure for AWS
• AZURE: Deisign/deployment and support of Express Routes, VN's, VPN, Traffic Manager, NAT Gateways, NLB, Secure Cloud CDN, WebALB, Virtual Network Peering, Virtual Network Manager, Application Gateways, Azure IPAM, and Azure monitoring Solutions.
• Cloud Orchestration: automating the deployment, management, and scaling of cloud services to ensure stable operation's across multi cloud environment. Module
• Routing: Strong Routing protocols knowledge for BGP and OSPF along with Geneve encapsulation.
• Leadership & Guidance: Serve as a technical leader in multi-Cloud environment, sought after by peers and stakeholders for advice, guidance, and solutions to complex network challenges.
• adoption of new technologies and tools, recommend capability improvements, and assist in lab/QA deployments for technology proof of concents.
• Participate in all facets of requirements gathering, prioritization, design, development, testing and execution of network engineering and security requests
• Build strong cross-organizational relationships; effectively work with staff across the IT organization and the broader enterprise to align the network security technologies with overall organization needs
• Liaise with vendors and service providers to identify and select the products or services that best support the organization's global network strategies
• Be a mentor to other team members and lead through example by influencing the use of standards defined by the team and technical leadership

Minimum Requirements:

• Minimum of 10 years of Network Security work experience in Architecture, Design and Engineering
• Experience in recommending, designing, implementing, maintaining, state of the art network and application delivery hardware and software systems
• Network & Infrastructure experience specific to large size organizations (5,000 employee minimum)
• Experience with virtual network environments, datacenter and campus networking technologies, network security technologies like firewall, proxy, VPN, NAC, and application delivery functions like load balancing, CDN, etc.
• Ability to be flexible, decision oriented, and motivated to support management initiatives
• Demonstrate a consultative approach to strategic decisions with a particular emphasis on design and delivery
• Hands-on experience in designing and deploying large scale network security technologies to both infrastructure, application and user populations.
• Prior experience in multi-vendor networking technologies
• Must be proficient in network architecture and design, network security, and network monitoring
• Strong documentation and communication skills
• Strong foundation in dynamic routing protocols (i.e OSPF, BGP, MP-BGP, VxLAN, EVPN)
• Experience working with highly effective engineering teams through major technology transitions
• Experience working in complex network environments with legacy systems

Preferred:

• Current or held advanced network or security related certifications (e.g., Cisco, Arista, CISSP, or relevant industry certification, etc.)
• BS/BA degree in related discipline strongly preferred (i.e Engineering, Computer Science or similar technical degree)
• Experience or background with automation using Ansible and/or Python
• Prior experience working on network segmentation projects
• Experience with packet analysis and flow monitoring tools
• Experience with cloud deployments such as GCP, AWS or Azure
• Strong knowledge of NAC, SASE, SD Wan, Macro/Micro segmentation This position is preferred in our Alpharetta (GA), Roseland (NJ) or Norfolk (VA) locations.

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