Remote Master Network & Security Engineer

GovCIO; Atlanta (GA); Remote; USD 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

EAP

Learning & Development platform

Certification assistance

Flexible work environment

Referral bonus program

Internal mobility program

Pet Insurance

Job summary

GovCIO is seeking a highly experienced Master Network & Security Engineer to design, operate, troubleshoot, and continuously improve enterprise network-security infrastructure. This fully remote US role focuses on Palo Alto NGFW environments, Panorama management, and advanced security architectures.

The Senior Engineer will lead architecture initiatives, partner with SOC and infrastructure teams, and act as a technical escalation point for complex incidents, ensuring high availability and robust

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Cybersecurity, IT, CS, Engineering or related field; equivalent experience considered.
• 10+ years of progressive experience in network engineering, network security, firewall administration, or security operations.
• 6+ years of hands-on Palo Alto Networks firewall experience in a production enterprise environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, deployment, administration, and lifecycle management of Palo Alto NGFW environments running PAN-OS.
• Own centralized firewall management through Panorama, including device groups, templates, and upgrades.
• Design and govern security policies using zero-trust, least-privilege, and risk-based principles.
• Configure and troubleshoot security zones, NAT, VPNs, URL Filtering, Threat Prevention, and App-ID policies.
• Lead network segmentation and microsegmentation initiatives across VLANs and routing.
• Architect secure controls for traffic between users, servers, apps, data centers, and cloud resources.

Skills

Network security

Architecture leadership

Incident response

Troubleshooting complex issues

Documentation

Education

Master’s degree in Cybersecurity/IT/CS/Engineering or related field

Tools

Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS

Palo Alto Panorama

Cortex XSIAM

Strata Logging Service

Cisco Catalyst/Nexus switching

Job description

GovCIO is seeking a highly experienced Master Network & Security Engineer to design, operate, troubleshoot, and continuously improve enterprise network-security infrastructure. This fully remote US role focuses on Palo Alto NGFW environments, Panorama management, and advanced security architectures.

The Senior Engineer will lead architecture initiatives, partner with SOC and infrastructure teams, and act as a technical escalation point for complex incidents, ensuring high availability and robust