Senior Network & Security Architect (Palo Alto NGFW)

Rubicon Path; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 100,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading IT consulting firm in Toronto is seeking a Senior Technology Architect. The role involves collaborating with designers on network rollouts, configuring firewall policies, and developing SD-WAN solutions. Ideal candidates will have extensive experience with Palo Alto firewalls and strong networking skills. This position is hybrid, with the requirement to work 3 days onsite and 2 days remotely.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience with Palo Alto firewalls, including policy creation, advanced threat prevention, and traffic analysis.
• Proficiency in managing multiple firewalls using Panorama, including device groups, templates, and log analysis.
• Advanced understanding of firewall policies, access control lists, and best practices for network security enforcement.
• Strong grasp of routing, switching, segmentation, and secure connectivity principles in complex enterprise environments.

Responsibilities

• Work in collaboration with Network Designer to roll out Next Generation LAN and WAN.
• Produce SD-WAN design and configuration.
• Configure switches, routers, firewalls as per the network design.
• Develop and implement QoS policies for the Next Generation LAN and WAN.

Skills

Firewall Security & Rule Management

Network Architecture & Security

Incident Response & Troubleshooting

Security Compliance & Risk Management

Infrastructure Automation

Collaboration & Cross-Functional Integration

Tools

Palo Alto Networks NGFWs

Panorama Centralized Management

Automation Frameworks (Ansible, Terraform)

Scripting Languages (Python, PowerShell)

GlobalProtect & Hybrid Cloud Security

Job description

A leading IT consulting firm in Toronto is seeking a Senior Technology Architect. The role involves collaborating with designers on network rollouts, configuring firewall policies, and developing SD-WAN solutions. Ideal candidates will have extensive experience with Palo Alto firewalls and strong networking skills. This position is hybrid, with the requirement to work 3 days onsite and 2 days remotely.