Firewall Ops Engineer - Palo Alto

Tata Consultancy Services; Plano (TX); Presencial; USD 115.000 - 125.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Discretionary Annual Incentive

Comprehensive Medical Coverage: Health

Family Leave Support

Commuter Benefits & Training Reimburse

Vacation & Holidays

401K Plan & Performance Bonus

Descripción de la vacante

Tata Consultancy Services Limited in Plano, TX is seeking an Experienced Network Security Engineer to lead enterprise firewall operations, policy tuning, and threat prevention. The role covers Palo Alto firewalls, VPN technologies, and centralized Panorama management to ensure continuous security and availability.

The ideal candidate will bring hands-on experience with cloud security integrations and SIEM tools, delivering reliable security services to large customers in a dynamic environment.

Formación

• Experience as a security engineer for enterprise networks.
• Strong expertise in Palo Alto firewalls and security policy management.
• Hands-on with VPNs, HA, and centralized firewall management via Panorama.
• Cloud security knowledge with Prisma Access, AWS and Azure.
• SIEM and network diagnostics using common tooling.

Responsabilidades

• Lead security support for customer environments end-to-end.
• Configure and install security infrastructure devices.
• Analyze security events and report findings to stakeholders.
• Test security controls using industry-standard criteria.
• Identify threats, vulnerabilities, and remediation actions.
• Advise on network performance, throughput, and security changes.
• Maintain and refine security policies and architecture.

Conocimientos

Network security

Palo Alto Firewalls

Threat prevention

VPN technologies

App-ID/User-ID/Content-ID

Educación

Bachelor's in Computer Science

Herramientas

Panorama

Splunk

Sentinel

Descripción del empleo

Must Have Technical/Functional Skills

• Experienced Network Security Engineer with strong expertise in Palo Alto Networks firewall administration, security policy management, threat prevention, VPN technologies, and enterprise network security operations.


• Strong understanding of network and security protocols including SSL/TLS, TCP/UDP, HTTP, FTP/SFTP, NTP, Telnet, NFS, SSH, LDAP and DNS etc.


• Proficient in configuring and managing Next-Generation Firewalls (NGFWs), including App-ID, User-ID, Content-ID, NAT, routing, and access control.


• Hands-on experience with IPSec VPNs, High Availability (HA) deployments, and Panorama for centralized firewall management.


• Possesses a solid foundation in networking technologies, including TCP/IP, VLANs, subnetting, routing protocols (BGP, OSPF, RIP), Policy-Based Forwarding (PBF), and ECMP


• Skilled in cloud security integrations involving Prisma Access, AWS, Azure, and Cloud NGFW deployments.


• Experienced in security monitoring, log analysis, SIEM integrations (Splunk, Sentinel), and advanced troubleshooting using packet captures, traffic flow analysis, CLI diagnostics, and ACC.


• Demonstrates strong analytical, problem-solving, and operational skills in securing enterprise environments, optimizing firewall policies, troubleshooting complex network issues, and ensuring high availability and business continuity.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Serve as primary support lead for security environment by managing customer devices and end-to-end security services, identifying sources of problems, and resolving configuration issues.


• Deep understanding of Firewall technologies.


• Configuring and installing security infrastructure devices.


• Reporting the security analysis and monitoring findings.


• Using industry-standard analysis criteria to test the security level of the firm.


• Responsible to identify threats, vulnerabilities etc & take appropriate actions


• Consults about network performance, throughput, protocols, network security, and infrastructure technology changes.


• Defining and maintaining security policies.


• Occasionally replacing the security system protocol and architecture.

Salary Range: $115,000 - $125,000 a year

TCS Employee Benefits Summary

• Discretionary Annual Incentive.


• Comprehensive Medical Coverage: Medical & Health, Dental & Vision, Disability Planning & Insurance, Pet Insurance Plans.


• Family Support: Maternal & Parental Leaves.


• Insurance Options: Auto & Home Insurance, Identity Theft Protection.


• Convenience & Professional Growth: Commuter Benefits & Certification & Training Reimbursement.


• Time Off: Vacation, Time Off, Sick Leave & Holidays.


• Legal & Financial Assis tance: Legal Assistance, 401K Plan, Performance Bonus, College Fund, Student Loan Refinancing.

Location

Plano, TX

Function

TECHNOLOGY

Role

Engineer

ID

432897

Skills

Network-Firewall

Salary Range

$115,000 - $125,000

Desired Candidate Profile

Qualifications

BACHELOR OF COMPUTER SCIENCE