# Network Security Engineer

POSITION DESCRIPTION The Network Security Engineer designs, implements, and operates the company’s Zscaler environment and related network security controls. This hands-on role applies zero-trust, secure access, traffic inspection, data protection, identity, cloud, and segmentation controls across enterprise users, applications, and workloads. The position partners with Network Engineering, Security Operations, Cloud Platform, Identity, Application Security, and business technology teams. QUALIFICATIONS Required 2+ years of network, cloud, or security engineering experience, including significant production experience with Zscaler ZIA, ZPA, and Client Connector. Strong knowledge of TCP/IP, routing, DNS, HTTP/S, TLS, certificates, proxies, GRE, IPsec, identity federation, device posture, CASB, and DLP. Experience designing secure internet, SaaS, private-application, and cloud-workload connectivity in at least one major public-cloud platform. Experience integrating network security platforms with identity, endpoint, certificate, SIEM, and incident-response systems. Preferred Experience with Zscaler Cloud Connector, Zero Trust Gateway, ZDX, Browser Isolation, Cloud NSS, or related Zsc

- **Id**: 4145286
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/mcgough-network-security-engineer>
- **Role**: Security
- **Role family**: Security
- **Seniority**: junior
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: remote
- **Remote scope**: stated_countries
- **Remote scope basis**: board_field
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 1
- **Experience years min**: 2
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-11T00:00:00Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-11
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-12T06:48:51Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 1
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 5725
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Equity, Insurance coverage, Parental leave, Retirement plans
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Network Security, Property Development, Facilities Management, Construction

## Company

- **Id**: 2002605
- **Name**: McGough
- **Domain**: mcgough.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/mcgough>
- **Size band**: 1001-5000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workday

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 100
- **Open postings**: 7
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 12
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T05:49:22Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 95000
- **Max**: 110000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 110000

## Technologies

- **CI/CD** — Optional: no
- **DLP** — Optional: no
- **DNS** — Optional: no
- **Git** — Optional: no
- **PowerShell** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **Rest API** — Optional: no
- **SIEM** — Optional: no
- **TCP/IP** — Optional: no
- **Terraform** — Optional: no
- **Zero Trust** — Optional: no
- **Zscaler** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 1

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 2
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-12T06:48:51Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 1
- **Expected fill days**: 17
- **Reasons**: conf:0, win:early, comp:junior,brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T07:42:26Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 110000
- **Is top pay**: yes

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