Senior Network Security Administrator

Brief Description

Senior Network Security Administrator – ABA Centers of America Corporate HQ

Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Growth Opportunity – Key Role in Company

If you're an experienced IT network adiministrator leader with experience in network security, you won't want to miss this opportunity to join our growing IT leadership ranks.

This role focuses on implementing and managing Zero Trust security models, Next-Generation Firewalls (NGFWs), VPN security, Network Access Control (NAC), Cloud Access Security Brokers (CASB), intrusion detection and prevention, and microsegmentation strategies. Additionally, this position oversees network logging, monitoring, automation, and Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response (SOAR) solutions to enhance security posture and incident response.

This is a hands-on technical role requiring expertise in multi-location network security, cloud-based networking (Azure), network automation, and compliance frameworks (HIPAA, HITECH, NIST).

What You’ll Do

• Design, implement, and manage Zero Trust network architectures, ensuring least-privilege access controls across all systems.
• Configure, manage, and optimize firewall rules and security policies across multiple vendors (e.g., Palo Alto, Fortinet, Cisco, Check Point, Aryaka).
• Monitor, analyze, and respond to security alerts using intrusion prevention and detection systems (IPS/IDS).
• Manage VPN solutions and secure remote access technologies, ensuring optimal security configurations.
• Implement and maintain cloud security best practices in Microsoft Azure, including Azure Virtual Networks (VNet), Network Security Groups (NSGs), ExpressRoute, and VPN gateways.
• Oversee content filtering solutions, enforcing web filtering and security protocols to protect users and infrastructure.
• Ensure real-time security logging, monitoring, and event correlation using tools such as SIEM solutions (Splunk, QRadar, Sentinel, ELK).
• Deploy and manage Next-Generation Firewalls (NGFWs) with deep packet inspection (DPI), threat intelligence feeds, and advanced rule configurations.
• Implement Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB) solutions to monitor and enforce security policies across cloud applications and services.
• Utilize microsegmentation strategies to enforce least-privilege access within internal network segments and cloud workloads.
• Collaborate with IT security teams to conduct vulnerability assessments and penetration testing on network infrastructure.
• Develop and maintain network security incident response plans, ensuring rapid containment and remediation of security threats.
• Support identity and access management (IAM) policies, integrating single sign-on (SSO) and multi-factor authentication (MFA) solutions.
• Implement secure SD-WAN solutions, ensuring encrypted traffic and policy-based routing to enhance security.
• Manage network access controls (NAC) and enforce compliance with industry regulations such as HIPAA, HITECH, and NIST frameworks.
• Automate security configurations using network automation tools like Ansible, Terraform, or scripting (Python, PowerShell).
  
  
  

Requirements

Requirements

• 8 years in IT Operations, IT Support, or related role, with 3-5 years experience as an IT Network Security Administrator or role with similar responsibilities.
• Demonstrated expertise in network security administration, including firewalls, VPNs, NAC, IDS/IPS, and Zero Trust architectures.
• Strong experience configuring and managing security appliances, including Palo Alto, Fortinet, Cisco Firepower, Check Point, or Aryaka firewalls.
• Deep understanding of network protocols and secure configurations, including TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, VLANs, VPNs, and encryption methods.
• Experience managing and securing multi-location networks using vendors such as Cisco, Meraki, Ubiquiti, or Fortinet.
• Strong experience in Azure networking security, including Azure Virtual WAN, NSGs, ExpressRoute, and hybrid cloud security.
• Hands-on experience with intrusion detection and prevention systems (IDS/IPS), web filtering, and security information event management (SIEM) solutions.
• Knowledge of network monitoring and security analytics tools, such as SolarWinds, PRTG, Splunk, and Microsoft Sentinel.
• Experience working in an operational security environment, managing security incident tickets and alerts across multiple platforms.
• Proficiency in network automation tools, such as Ansible, Terraform, Python, or PowerShell, to enforce security baselines.
• Working knowledge of SD-WAN technologies (e.g., Cato, Zscaler, Aryaka, Fortinet, Cisco Viptela) with a security-first approach.
• Experience with identity and access management (IAM) solutions, such as Okta, Azure AD, and Cisco ISE.
• Understanding of Zero Trust security frameworks and multi-factor authentication (MFA) integration.
  
  
  

Summary

Full Benefits, Including:

• 21 paid days off (15 days of PTO, which increases with tenure, plus 6 holidays)
• Medical, dental, vision, long-term disability, and life insurance
• Generous 401(k) with up to 6% employer match
  
  
  

About ABA Centers Of America

Listed by Inc. magazine as the 5th fastest-growing private company in the U.S., we are focused on opening new clinics and remaining self-funded without private equity investment. Committed to our sustainability and philosophy of innovation, our Chairman and Founder received the country’s preeminent business award, Ernst and Young’s Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2024 National Overall Award.

We are currently in 10 states with over 30 clinical service areas, and our roadmap will bring us to more than 50 clinical service areas over the next 12-24 months. We have the resources and talent usually found at a more mature organization, including fully staffed teams to support marketing, IT, accounting, and clinic growth.

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