Network Engineer - Palo Alto Firewall Deployment - 251544

Medix Technology; United States; Remote; USD 82,656 - 89,544; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare services organization is seeking an experienced Network Engineer for a remote position with up to 25% travel. The role focuses on the migration and deployment of Palo Alto firewalls, requiring strong hands-on skills and experience with network configurations. Ideal candidates will have 7-10+ years in network engineering, familiarity with Cisco ASA, and certifications such as Cisco CCNA or Palo Alto PCNSA. This position is essential for managing firewall migrations and ensuring network performance.

Qualifications

• 7-10+ years of professional experience in Network Engineering.
• Strong hands-on experience with PaloAlto Next Generation Firewalls and Panorama.
• Must have experience with legacy firewalls like Cisco ASA and Checkpoint.

Responsibilities

• Support firewall migration and deployment projects.
• Configure Palo Alto settings, VPNs, and Switch configurations.
• Monitor and assess network performance using tools like Solarwinds.

Skills

PaloAlto Next Generation Firewalls

Network Engineering

VPN configuration

Cisco Nexus Switches

VLAN configuration

Education

Network Certifications (Cisco CCNA or Palo Alto PCNSA)

Tools

Solarwinds

ServiceNow

Job description

Job Title: Network Engineer - Palo Alto Firewall Deployment - 251544

Work Location: Remote with up to 25% travel

Position Type: 6 Months Contract - potential Contract to Hire / Contract Extension based on performance

Hourly Rate: $60 - $65 / hour W2

ABOUT OUR CLIENT / ABOUT THIS ROLE

Medix is currently seeking an experienced Network Engineer with prior Palo Alto Firewall Migration experience. Our client is a national Healthcare Services organization with more than 2500 sites, currently in the middle of a project to replace End of Life Cisco and Checkpoint firewalls with next-generation Palo Alto Firewalls. This role is an additional position to help support the workload.

We are seeking individuals who have a minimum of 5-7 years Network Engineering (strong Layer 2 / Layer 3 switching configurations), and who have hands‑on experience in migrating, deploying and decommissioning firewalls.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• This role is primarily remote but may include up to 25% travel out of state / overnight to client locations
• Working under the direction of a Senior Engineer to support firewall migration / firewall deployment projects
• Day to day will primarily be focused on Network Configuration and Deployment (80%) with some troubleshooting and support (< 20%)
• Implementing new PaloAlto Next-Generation Firewalls with Panorama Management to replace EOL Cisco ASA and Checkpoint devices.
• Core responsibilities will be to configure the Palo Alto settings, VPNs and Switch configurations for deployment at new sites.
• This individual will be tasked with understanding architecture designs, ordering equipment, tracking shipments, and ensuring timely delivery for installation.
• Strong Palo Alto firewall skills are required - must be able to troubleshoot, program, and set up firewalls, including setting up VPNs, and migrate existing firewall rules over to the new devices.
• This role will be traveling to the new sites for hands‑on deployment and decommissioning assistance with existing firewalls.
• This role will also be providing technical troubleshooting and support for connectivity issues within the AWS and Azure multi‑cloud environment
• This individual is responsible for using monitoring tools (ie, Solarwinds) for monitoring and assessing network performance, as well as ticketing tools (ServiceNow) to stay on top of issues.

REQUIRED SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONS

• 7-10+ years of professional experience
• Network Certifications (Cisco CCNA or Palo Alto PCNSA) are preferred
• Strong hands‑on experience with PaloAlto Next Generation Firewalls and Panorama
• Exposure to legacy firewalls to help support migrations (ASA / Checkpoint)
• Cisco Nexus Switches
• VLAN configuration

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Candidates must be permanently authorized to work for any employer without the need for visa sponsorship now, or in the future.