Principal Network Security Consultant

Our client, a large professional services firm, is looking to hire a Principal Consultant for a 12-month remote contract. The consultant will operate as a trusted technical authority and engagement leader—embedding with enterprise clients, aligning technology strategies to business outcomes, and guiding multi-year modernization journeys across complex, multi cloud environments. The consultant will collaborate confidently from the C suite to operations, earning trust through thought leadership, clear communication, and measurable results. The Principal Consultant will also mentor small, high performing teams and ensure delivery excellence across long-term engagements

Required Skills

• 10 years leading large-scale network security projects or modernization programs with multi-technology, cross functional teams.
• Proven track record delivering end-to-end enterprise network security transformations in large, complex environments.
• Deep expertise with next generation firewalls, Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA), Network Access Control (NAC), and enterprise security architectures.
• Strong knowledge of modern security frameworks and practices (Zero Trust, NIST CSF, CIS, MITRE ATT&CK).
• Familiarity with compliance and security standards (e.g., HIPAA, PCI, FedRAMP).
• Demonstrated ability to lead and mentor engineering teams; drive execution and technical excellence.
• Documented history of exceeding performance goals and contributing meaningfully to practice and business success.
• Ability to generate new services opportunities during engagements and expand existing accounts.
• Strong partner alignment experience—collaborating with account teams, OEMs, and internal resources.
• Recognized as an expert and engagement leader; sought for complex or sensitive client situations.
• Experience authoring high impact proposals, SOWs, whitepapers, or external technical content; excellent communication skills for both technical teams and executives.
• Deep hands-on expertise architecting and implementing two or more of: Palo Alto Networks, Zscaler, Aruba ClearPass, AlgoSec/Tufin.
  
  

Desired Skills

• Experience in health care and life sciences; familiarity with HIPAA.
• Cloud native security (Azure preferred).
• Enterprise scale firewall migrations.
• SDWAN and SASE/SSE platforms; micro segmentation approaches and technologies.
• Network detection & response; threat intelligence integrations.
• Prior experience as technical escalation lead for multi-year programs or managed security environments.
• Certifications such as PCNSE, CCNP/CCIE Security, Fortinet NSE 7/8, AWS/Azure Security, CISSP/CCSP (or equivalent).
• Oversight, coaching, and mentoring of teams.
  
  

ClearBridge Technology Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

We Offer Excellent Benefits And Compensation Packages.

The expected hourly rate range for this role is: $63 to $104 per hour

The posted range is an estimate, the actual compensation offer will be based on the candidate’s experience, skills, qualifications and will be in line with internal equity.