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In this senior role, you will lead on-site network buildouts throughout the US, perform advanced network analyses and support challenging customer issues. You will be a key contributor to our mission of providing \"Cybersecurity by Design,\" ensuring our clients' infrastructures are secure, efficient, and tailored to their needs. This full-time hybrid role offers remote work flexibility with Los Angeles as a home base, with routine travel within the Bay Area and throughout the US (estimated up to 50% travel) as required for client projects, along with participation in a rotation focusing on network operations, project management, and remote network support during non-travel periods.\nKey Responsibilities\nConfiguration and Management: Configure, install, and maintain network hardware and software, including routers, switches, firewalls and wireless access points at unique locations throughout the US.\n\nImplementation & Design: On-site implementation / rack & stack, connection of network hardware in both indoor and outdoor conditions. Participate in the design, planning, and implementation of network infrastructure projects, including LAN, WAN, WLAN, and data center networks.\n\nProject Lead: Act as a project lead / key stakeholder for network deployments, while delivering timely and detailed status reports to all project stakeholders.\n\nPerformance Monitoring and Optimization: Monitor network performance, identify bottlenecks, and implement solutions to optimize network efficiency and availability.\n\nNetwork Protection: Implement and manage network security solutions such as firewalls, VPNs, intrusion detection and prevention systems, SIEM tools, endpoint protection, vulnerability management, and data loss prevention to safeguard client networks.\n\nExpert Troubleshooting: Lead the resolution of the most complex technical issues involving hardwired and wireless network problems, ISP & WAN connectivity, and security incidents.\n\nIncident Leadership: Coordinate and lead incident response efforts for critical security events, working closely with clients and internal teams.\n\nClient Consultation: Serve as a trusted advisor to clients, providing strategic recommendations on cybersecurity best practices and infrastructure improvements.\n\nDocumentation and Reporting: Produce comprehensive reports on security incidents, threat analyses, and recommendations for clients and internal stakeholders.\n\nMentorship: Mentor and guide Tier 1 and Tier 2 technicians, fostering professional growth and knowledge sharing within the team.\n\nContinuous Improvement: Lead initiatives to enhance our security processes, tools, and methodologies.\n\nRequired Qualifications\nLocation: Requires residence in the Los Angeles area\n\nExperience: Minimum of 5 years’ experience configuring and maintaining network hardware with a strong emphasis on Ruckus, alongside Palo Alto Networks, Juniper, Cisco, Aruba, or Meraki. 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