Firewall Engineer

Heitmeyer Consulting; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A consulting firm is seeking a senior-level Firewall Engineer in Phoenix, AZ to design and maintain secure network infrastructures across on-premises and cloud environments. Key responsibilities include implementing firewall technologies and ensuring regulatory compliance. Candidates should have extensive experience with Palo Alto firewalls and a strong network engineering background. Familiarity with Azure and Cisco is a plus.

Qualifications

• Deep experience with Palo Alto firewalls and comfortable navigating Palo Alto environments.
• Strong network engineering background to understand firewall integration and traffic routing.
• Some experience with Cisco is a plus.
• Familiarity with Azure networking language is important for cloud environments.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain secure network infrastructure across on-premises and cloud environments.
• Apply expertise in firewall technologies and network segmentation for compliance.

Skills

Palo Alto firewalls

Network engineering

Routing and switching

F5 load balancing

Azure networking

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.