Palo Alto Firewall & VPN Migration Engineer

GDT - General Datatech; Fort Worth (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

GDT - General Datatech in Texas is seeking a hands-on Palo Alto Network Security Engineer to support a major refresh and modernization of an enterprise security environment. The role centers on Palo Alto firewalls, site-to-site VPN migrations, upgrades, and ongoing security infrastructure support.

The ideal candidate will have strong Palo Alto experience with solid Cisco networking fundamentals and will collaborate with a firewall/network team to drive modernization, migrations, and access

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on experience administering and troubleshooting Palo Alto Networks firewalls.
• Experience with Palo Alto firewall upgrades, migrations, and configuration.
• Strong understanding of site-to-site VPNs and IPsec.
• Strong networking fundamentals including routing, switching, NAT, DNS, and TCP/IP.
• Ability to troubleshoot complex connectivity issues across multiple network and security layers.
• Experience working within formal change-management and production environments.
• Strong troubleshooting and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Administer, configure, troubleshoot, and maintain Palo Alto Networks firewalls.
• Support the ongoing refresh and modernization of the Palo Alto environment.
• Perform firewall upgrades, configuration changes, policy updates, and maintenance following established change-management procedures.
• Troubleshoot firewall policies, routing, NAT, VPNs, security rules, and connectivity.
• Support migration of existing site-to-site VPNs to Palo Alto firewalls.
• Participate in planning, testing, implementation, and rollback activities for firewall upgrades and infrastructure changes.
• Investigate failed or problematic upgrades and identify root causes.
• Collaborate with firewall and network engineers to review changes and troubleshoot complex security issues.

Skills

Palo Alto firewalls

VPN/IPsec

Cisco networking

Change management

Troubleshooting

Collaboration

Tools

F5 load balancers

Infoblox DNS/DHCP/IPAM

Aruba ClearPass

Job description

GDT - General Datatech in Texas is seeking a hands-on Palo Alto Network Security Engineer to support a major refresh and modernization of an enterprise security environment. The role centers on Palo Alto firewalls, site-to-site VPN migrations, upgrades, and ongoing security infrastructure support.

The ideal candidate will have strong Palo Alto experience with solid Cisco networking fundamentals and will collaborate with a firewall/network team to drive modernization, migrations, and access