Remote Master Network & Security Engineer

GovCIO; Cheyenne (WY); Remote; USD 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee Assistance Program

Corporate Discounts

Learning & Development platform

Certification Training Assistance

Referral Bonus Program

Internal Mobility Program

Pet Insurance

Flexible Work Environment

Job summary

GovCIO is seeking a Master Network & Security Engineer to lead enterprise network-security design, operation, and incident response. You will manage Palo Alto NGFWs with PAN-OS, Panorama, and HA deployments while collaborating with SOC and cloud teams.

The role emphasizes zero-trust policy design, advanced TCP/IP troubleshooting, and secure network segmentation across data centers and cloud resources. Remote US-based position.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Cybersecurity, Information Technology, Computer Science, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years in network engineering, network security, firewall administration, or security operations.
• 6+ years hands-on Palo Alto Networks firewall experience in a production environment.
• Operational experience with Palo Alto Panorama for multi-device policy management and upgrades.
• Strong expertise in HA deployments, configuration synchronization, and failover recovery.
• Experience in enterprise switching/routing, VLANs, and security-policy design.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, deployment, and lifecycle management of Palo Alto NGFW environments with PAN-OS.
• Own centralized firewall management through Panorama and device groups.
• Design security policies using zero-trust, least-privilege, and risk-based principles.
• Configure NAT, VPNs, DNS security, App-ID, decryption, and web filtering policies.
• Advance network segmentation and microsegmentation across zones and VLANs.
• Develop and maintain runbooks, diagrams, and architecture standards.
• Mentor junior engineers and lead incident response and root-cause analyses.

Skills

Palo Alto NGFW

Panorama

High Availability

Network segmentation

Zero trust

VLANs & routing

Cisco switches

Strata Logging

Cortex XSIAM

Log analysis

Education

Master's degree in Cybersecurity

Tools

Palo Alto Panorama

PAN-OS

Cisco Catalyst/Nexus

Strata Logging Service

Cortex XSIAM

Job description

GovCIO is seeking a Master Network & Security Engineer to lead enterprise network-security design, operation, and incident response. You will manage Palo Alto NGFWs with PAN-OS, Panorama, and HA deployments while collaborating with SOC and cloud teams.

The role emphasizes zero-trust policy design, advanced TCP/IP troubleshooting, and secure network segmentation across data centers and cloud resources. Remote US-based position.