Sr. Security Architect​/CISO

Job Title:

Senior Security Architect
Duration: 18 Months Contract

Location:

Santa Ana, CA (
Onsite
)

Note:

Looking for ONLY California locals who can commute to client location

• Broad range of skills that requires deep tech knowledge and tooling in Palo Alto (hands on)
• Recent hands‑on experience in network
• Looking for some understanding of SEIM technology but working knowledge is preferential
• Need security level architect; hands on and has some certs
• Cisco networking (switches, routers, firewalls, WLCs, VPNs)
• Security and compliance (CJIS, NIST, NAC, incident response, audit readiness)
• Network monitoring & management (Solar Winds, Net Flow, SNMP, ACLs, QoS)
• Leadership and mentoring (SME guidance, staff training, documentation)

• Recent security architecture experience
• Hands‑on Palo Alto expertise
• Strong documentation abilities
• Other skills are considered nice‑to‑haves
• A Security Architect with a strong foundation should cover 80 90% of the requirements

Our client is a Palo Alto XSIAM customer. XSIAM is relatively new and less common than Splunk or traditional SIEM/XDR tools.

Strong architecture and documentation skills are more important than direct XSIAM experience. Experience with security operations (XDR/XSIAM) is a plus, but not mandatory.