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Lead Network Security Consultant

Motion Recruitment
Chicago, IL Contractor
POSTED ON 11/9/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 12/24/2025
Lead Network Security Consultant / ISE, Palo Alto, ASA / Hybrid / Chicago, IL

Our client is a leading independent technology partner, trusted by large corporate and public sector organizations. Based out of Dallas, TX, they are looking to hire a Lead Network Security Consultant on a Contract-to-Hire basis.

They are looking for Lead-level candidates who can operate independently, have prior experience in professional services or client-facing consulting roles, and manage client engagements. You’ll be working alongside other Network Solutions Specialists supporting a variety of Enterprise Level clients.

Contract Duration: 6-Month Contract-to-Hire

Required Skills & Experience

  • Cisco ISE Experience with Wired / Wireless Deployments of wired 802.1x roll outs, TACACS , upgrades of ISE deployments, and migrations of ISE.
  • Experience with SDA, Trustsec, guest portal and other portal flows.
  • Palo Alto experience with Panorama and Palo Alto firewalls.
  • Experience with migrations, upgrades, troubleshooting, and other efforts with Palo Alto firewalls and with Panorama.
  • Site to site tunnel configuration, Security / NAT configuration, Global protect Configuration and MFA.
  • Cisco Secure Firewall (FTD) and ASA experience.
  • Experience configuring and deploying FMC's virtually and physically.
  • Site-to-site VPN, Remote Access VPN, and experience configuring Firepowers as both FTD’s associated with FMC and with FDM.

Desired Skills & Experience

  • Experience with Cloud delivered FMC is a plus.
  • CCNP and/or PCSNE certifications

What You Will Be Doing

Tech Breakdown

  • Palo Alto
  • Cisco ISE
  • Cisco Umbrella, Cisco Secure Edge, Cisco Wireless, Cisco Campus Networking

Daily Responsibilities

  • Participate in evaluation, testing, selection, and deployment of foundational network elements for a network buildout
  • Provide advanced technical experience for complex project work, including functional subsystem upgrades for mission-critical network devices and services as well as strategic upgrades to the network
  • Establish requirements, provide analysis for network and services specifications, network design, network partitioning, and network architecture definition
  • Provide advanced expertise in the development of network test, validation, and integration plans on projects, and assurance of network integrity
  • Engage with Solutioning and Sales teams as a SME during customer calls

Posted By: Jessica Mencher

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