Palo Alto Network Security Engineer — Onsite London Contract

OpticoreIT Limited; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 111,000 - 129,000; Full time

Job summary

Opticore IT is seeking a Network Security Engineer to join a major security project in Central London, with one day onsite per week. This 6-month contract sits inside IR35.

You will work with an existing Opticore Palo Alto consultant, delivering hands-on firewall engineering, policy management, migrations and documentation across the customer environment.

The role focuses on Palo Alto firewalls, Strata Cloud Manager, and collaboration with network and security teams.

Qualifications

• Proven ability to manage relationships with enterprise customers and stakeholders.
• Experience working with security engineering teams on large-scale projects.

Responsibilities

• Support delivery of the project alongside the Opticore Palo Alto consultant.
• Manage, troubleshoot and optimise Palo Alto firewalls, including HA deployments.
• Use Strata Cloud Manager (SCM) to manage the security environment.
• Troubleshoot complex firewall, connectivity and performance issues.
• Contribute to technical documentation and knowledge transfer.
• Work with the customer's network, security and infrastructure teams.
• Assist with firewall upgrades, migrations and maintenance.

Skills

Enterprise customer management

Tools

Palo Alto Network Firewalls

Palo Alto Active/Active

Strata Cloud Manager

Job description

Opticore IT is seeking a Network Security Engineer to join a major security project in Central London, with one day onsite per week. This 6-month contract sits inside IR35.

You will work with an existing Opticore Palo Alto consultant, delivering hands-on firewall engineering, policy management, migrations and documentation across the customer environment.

The role focuses on Palo Alto firewalls, Strata Cloud Manager, and collaboration with network and security teams.