Palo Alto Firewall Ops Engineer: Threat Prevention & HA

Tata Consultancy Services; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 115,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary Annual Incentive

Medical Coverage

Parental Leaves

Auto & Home Insurance

Certification & Training Reimbursement

Vacation & Holidays

401K Plan

Job summary

Tata Consultancy Services in Plano, TX seeks an Experienced Network Security Engineer to manage Palo Alto firewalls, policy implementation, and threat prevention for enterprise networks. The role covers VPN technologies, NGFW configuration, and cloud security integrations, with emphasis on high availability and security operations.

Responsibilities include leading security support, optimizing firewall policies, monitoring with SIEMs like Splunk/Sentinel, and reporting security findings while

Qualifications

• Experienced Network Security Engineer with Palo Alto firewall administration and threat prevention.
• Strong knowledge of SSL/TLS, TCP/UDP, HTTP, DNS and related protocols.
• Proficient in NGFWs configuration and centralized management with Panorama.
• Hands-on IPSec VPNs, HA deployments, and cloud security integrations.

Responsibilities

• Serve as primary security environment support lead and resolve configuration issues.
• Maintain and optimize firewall policies for enterprise networks.
• Monitor security posture using SIEMs and perform log analysis.
• Test and report security findings using industry criteria.
• Identify threats and vulnerabilities and take appropriate actions.
• Consult on network performance, throughput, and security architecture changes.
• Define and maintain security policies.
• Occasionally update security system protocols and architecture.

Skills

Palo Alto firewalls

Security policy management

Threat prevention

VPN technologies

NGFW configuration

Panorama management

Cloud security integrations

SIEM integrations

Network security operations

Education

Bachelor of Computer Science

Tools

Panorama

Splunk

Microsoft Sentinel

CLI diagnostics

ACC

Job description

Tata Consultancy Services in Plano, TX seeks an Experienced Network Security Engineer to manage Palo Alto firewalls, policy implementation, and threat prevention for enterprise networks. The role covers VPN technologies, NGFW configuration, and cloud security integrations, with emphasis on high availability and security operations.

Responsibilities include leading security support, optimizing firewall policies, monitoring with SIEMs like Splunk/Sentinel, and reporting security findings while