Firewall Engineer

Heitmeyer Consulting; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 96,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Heitmeyer Consulting is seeking a Firewall Engineer for a contract with a financial services client. This senior role designs, implements, and maintains secure network infrastructure across on‑premises and Azure cloud environments.

The ideal candidate has deep Palo Alto firewall experience, strong routing and switching skills, and familiarity with Cisco and F5 load balancers. Azure networking knowledge and Azure firewall exposure are highly valued, with most work in Azure.

Qualifications

• Senior-level firewall engineering experience.
• Deep Palo Alto firewall expertise and deployment in Azure.
• Solid routing and switching background; familiarity with Cisco and F5 load balancing.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain secure, scalable network infrastructure across on-premises and cloud environments.
• Apply deep expertise in firewall technologies and Azure networking to support enterprise-grade systems and regulatory compliance.

Skills

Palo Alto firewall

Azure networking

Routing & Switching

F5 load balancing

Cisco

Azure Firewall

Job description

Overview

Heitmeyer Consulting is seeking a Firewall Engineering for a contract opportunity with one of our financial services clients. This is a senior-level technical role responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining secure, scalable, and resilient network infrastructure across on-premises and cloud environments. This role emphasizes deep expertise in firewall technologies, network segmentation, and Azure networking services to support enterprise-grade systems and regulatory compliance.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain secure, scalable, and resilient network infrastructure across on-premises and cloud environments.
• Apply deep expertise in firewall technologies, network segmentation, and Azure networking services to support enterprise-grade systems and regulatory compliance.

Qualifications

• Deep experience with Palo Alto firewalls and comfortable navigating Palo Alto environments.
• Understand how the firewall integrates into the infrastructure and routes traffic; strong network engineering background.
• Some experience with Cisco is a plus.
• Routing and switching background; F5 load balancing is a plus.
• Azure experience is a plus; most work is in Azure infrastructure and Palo Alto deployments are largely in the Azure cloud, so familiarity with Azure networking language is important.
• Azure firewall is not a major part of the role, but experience with it would be beneficial.