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Cybersecurity role profile
Hire a Network Security Consultant
Perimeter, east-west traffic and secure connectivity — design and review
Our IT recruitment team combines IT executive search, specialist IT recruiters and scalable technology recruitment for security-critical hiring.
Network consultants secure connectivity: segmentation, firewall policy, ZTNA/SASE and east-west visibility. CIS Controls and NIST CSF structure controls; MITRE ATT&CK informs lateral-movement reviews.
Hybrid cloud demands consistent policy across VPC/VNet and on-prem — CSA context applies.
NIS2 and critical infrastructure expectations include network evidence for resilience.
Hiring demands deep routing/switching plus security design — not only firewall administration.
Role profile
Purpose
Reduce network risk — clear architecture, minimal exposure and effective monitoring.
Typical accountability
Design reviews, rule optimisation, PoCs, handover to operations.
Example KPIs
- • Reduction of excessive permits
- • policy change lead time
- • coverage of critical segments
Responsibilities in detail
1. Segmentation
Zero-trust oriented zones; micro-segmentation where justified.
2. Perimeter and remote access
ZTNA/VPN strategy; secure partner connectivity.
3. Detection
NDR integration; lateral movement use cases.
4. Hardening
Baselines; secure management plane.
Interfaces
Internal
- network team
- SOC
- cloud
- architecture
External
- vendors
- carriers
Network changes are high risk — disciplined change and testing are mandatory.
Qualifications
Professional
- Routing/switching
- firewall platforms
- automation (Ansible/Terraform)
Delivery
- Documentation discipline
- coordination under time pressure
Salary orientation (Germany)
Benchmarks near network admin bands with security uplift.
Hiring challenges
Undocumented legacy estates; ransomware exploits lateral movement.
- • Rule chaos in grown environments.
- • No east-west visibility.
- • Tension between agility and change windows.
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We also fill roles in industrial IT recruitment — including OT/ICS security, manufacturing IT and industrial architecture.
Hire a network security consultant
We score network consultants on east-west visibility, policy coherence and OT change partnership — not firewall certs alone.
Project, interim or permanent — engagement model is fixed before sourcing starts.