Remote Master Network & Security Engineer

GovCIO; Frankfort (KY); Remote; USD 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

EAP (Employee Assistance Program)

Corporate Discounts

Learning & Development platform

Certification Assistance

Referral Bonus Program

Internal Mobility Program

Pet Insurance

Flexible Work Environment

Job summary

GovCIO is seeking a highly experienced Master Network & Security Engineer to lead the design, operation, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement of enterprise network-security infrastructure. The role focuses on Palo Alto NGFWs, Panorama, high availability, Cisco switching, network segmentation, Cortex XSIAM, and Strata Logging Service.

The Senior Engineer will serve as a technical escalation point for complex incidents, drive architecture initiatives, set standards, and collaborate with

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Cybersecurity, Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (three additional years if Bachelor’s degree) or equivalent experience.
• 10 years of progressive experience in network engineering, network security, firewall administration, or security infrastructure operations.
• 6 years of hands-on Palo Alto Networks firewall experience in a production enterprise environment.
• Advanced operational experience with Palo Alto Panorama, including multi-device policy management, templates, device groups, upgrades, configuration management, and troubleshooting.
• Strong hands-on experience designing, maintaining, and troubleshooting Palo Alto High Availability environments.
• Understanding of HA1/HA2/HA3, configuration sync, and failover recovery.
• Extensive experience with Cisco Catalyst/Nexus switching and enterprise network design.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, deployment, administration, and lifecycle management of Palo Alto NGFW environments running PAN-OS.
• Own centralized firewall management through Palo Alto Panorama, including device groups, templates, and policy inheritance.
• Design and govern security policies using zero-trust, least-privilege, and risk-based principles.
• Configure and troubleshoot security zones, NAT, VPNs, and App-ID policies.
• Lead enterprise network segmentation and microsegmentation initiatives with VLANs and virtual routers.
• Architect secure controls for traffic between users, servers, apps, and cloud resources.
• Architect, test, and troubleshoot Palo Alto HA deployments (Active/Passive, Active/Active).
• Plan HA failover testing, PAN-OS upgrades, and DR exercises with minimal service impact.
• Troubleshoot connectivity and performance issues across firewall and network infrastructure.

Skills

Palo Alto Networks

PAN-OS

High Availability

Firewall administration

Network segmentation

Zero-trust security

TCP/IP networking

LAN/WAN switching

Education

Master’s degree in Cybersecurity / IT / CS

Tools

Palo Alto Panorama

Cortex XSIAM

Strata Logging Service

Cisco Catalyst/Nexus

Job description

GovCIO is seeking a highly experienced Master Network & Security Engineer to lead the design, operation, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement of enterprise network-security infrastructure. The role focuses on Palo Alto NGFWs, Panorama, high availability, Cisco switching, network segmentation, Cortex XSIAM, and Strata Logging Service.

The Senior Engineer will serve as a technical escalation point for complex incidents, drive architecture initiatives, set standards, and collaborate with