Remote NGFW & Cortex XDR Security Engineer

Arctiq; Canada; Remote; CAD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Arctiq seeks a highly analytical Palo Alto Networks Security Engineer to optimize NGFW environments, Cortex XDR, and security policies. The role emphasizes change control, ticket-driven processes, and API/automation.

Remote contract, 8am-5pm local hours, strict availability, and collaboration with security and infra teams are expected. The ideal candidate will analyze traffic, logs, and events, refine rule sets, and document security changes while balancing operational impact with security

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience administering and optimizing Palo Alto NGFW environments.

Responsibilities

• Administer, analyze, and optimize Palo Alto Networks NGFW environments and security policies.
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Skills

App-ID

User-ID

URL Filtering

Security policies

Firewall traffic analysis

Cortex XDR

Python

ITIL & change control

Tools

Palo Alto APIs

CLI tools

Job description

Arctiq seeks a highly analytical Palo Alto Networks Security Engineer to optimize NGFW environments, Cortex XDR, and security policies. The role emphasizes change control, ticket-driven processes, and API/automation.

Remote contract, 8am-5pm local hours, strict availability, and collaboration with security and infra teams are expected. The ideal candidate will analyze traffic, logs, and events, refine rule sets, and document security changes while balancing operational impact with security