Palo Alto Firewall Engineer/SME

Tekfortune Inc.; United States; Hybrid; USD 124,000 - 179,000; Full time

Job summary

Tekfortune is seeking a Senior Palo Alto Firewall Engineer to design, implement, and maintain enterprise-grade security solutions. The role focuses on Palo Alto firewalls and Panorama in a large, distributed environment, balancing hands-on work with strategic security architecture input.

The ideal candidate brings deep expertise with firewall rules, NAT, and threat prevention, and can collaborate effectively with security, network, and application teams to ensure robust security posture.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with Palo Alto Networks firewalls (physical and virtual).
• Strong proficiency with Panorama for centralized management, templates, device groups, and policy deployment.
• Experience creating, modifying, and optimizing firewall rules, NAT policies, security profiles, and advanced threat prevention configurations.

Responsibilities

• Design, create, and maintain security rules and policies across Palo Alto firewalls to support business and security requirements.
• Configure, deploy, and manage firewalls including interfaces, zones, routing, NAT, VPNs, and security profiles.
• Administer and support Panorama, including templates, device groups, centralized logging.

Skills

Palo Alto

Panorama

Firewall rules

NAT policies

Threat prevention

Network protocols

High availability

Documentation

Communication

Tools

Panorama

Job description

Job Description Job Description Tekfortune is a fast-growing consulting firm specialized in permanent, contract & project-based staffing services for world s leading organizations in a broad range of industries. In this quickly changing economic landscape, virtual recruiting and remote work are critical for the future of work. To support the active project demands and skills gaps, our staffing experts can help you find the best job for you.

Job Title: Senior Palo Alto Firewall Engineer

Location: Hybrid Richmond, VA

Contract Type: Long-term contract with potential to convert to full-time

Certifications: PCNSE / PCNSA would be preferred but not required.

Overview

The Senior Firewall Engineer will play a key role in designing, implementing, and maintaining enterprise level network security solutions. This role requires deep expertise with Palo Alto firewalls and Panorama, along with the ability to create, optimize, and troubleshoot complex security policies in a large, distributed environment. The ideal candidate is a proactive engineer who can balance hands on technical work with strategic input on security architecture and best practices.

Required Skills & Experience

• Extensive hands-on experience with Palo Alto Networks firewalls (physical and virtual appliances)
• Strong proficiency with Panorama for centralized management, templates, device groups, and policy deployment
• Senior-level experience creating, modifying, and optimizing firewall rules, NAT policies, security profiles, and advanced threat prevention configurations
• Deep understanding of network protocols, routing, segmentation, and secure network design
• Experience supporting enterprise-scale firewall environments with high availability and redundancy
• Ability to troubleshoot complex connectivity and security issues across multiple network layers
• Familiarity with change management processes, documentation standards, and compliance requirements
• Strong communication skills for collaborating with security, network, and application teams

Primary Responsibilities

• Design, create, and maintain security rules and policies across Palo Alto firewalls to support business and security requirements
• Configure, deploy, and manage firewalls including interfaces, zones, routing, NAT, VPNs, and security profiles
• Administer and support Panorama, including templates, device groups, centralized logging