Remote Senior Network Security Engineer (Palo Alto)

Eliassen Group; Frankfort (KY); Remote; USD 83,000 - 124,000; Full time

Job summary

Eliassen Group seeks a Senior Network Security Engineer to secure, scale, and strengthen a global network infrastructure. The role focuses on Palo Alto Networks platforms, firewall architecture, segmentation, secure remote access, VPN, threat prevention, and security policy enforcement.

The engineer will own complex initiatives and partner with Network Engineering, Cloud and Infrastructure, and Cybersecurity teams. This is a contract-to-hire opportunity.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience engineering and supporting network security solutions in complex production environments.
• Advanced hands-on experience with Palo Alto Networks technologies, including PAN-OS and Panorama.
• Strong knowledge of firewall policy, segmentation, NAT, VPN, threat prevention, routing, switching, and network troubleshooting.
• Experience supporting enterprise network platforms such as Juniper Junos, Cisco NX-OS, or Arista EOS.
• Experience with network automation or infrastructure-as-code using tools such as Terraform, Ansible, Python, or Bash.
• Ability to independently own complex technical initiatives and troubleshoot high-impact network and security issues.
• Strong documentation, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and maintain secure network architectures across data centers, offices, remote sites, and cloud-connected environments.
• Administer and optimize Palo Alto Networks technologies including PAN-OS, Panorama, GlobalProtect, Threat Prevention, URL Filtering, Application Control, and WildFire.
• Engineer and maintain firewall policy, segmentation, NAT, site-to-site VPN, remote-access VPN, and Zero Trust or SASE connectivity.
• Administer or support Network Access Control technologies and enterprise authentication controls.
• Analyze traffic and security logs, support vulnerability remediation, and participate in network-related incident response.
• Perform firewall upgrades, security hardening, and lifecycle maintenance aligned with change-management standards.
• Support routing, switching, WAN, and wireless infrastructure across data centers and global sites.
• Provide advanced troubleshooting for routing, firewall, connectivity, performance, and application-access issues.
• Support secure hybrid connectivity with Azure and AWS, including associated virtual firewall and routing technologies.
• Partner with infrastructure and cloud teams to incorporate network security requirements into solution designs.
• Coordinate with Palo Alto Networks, Juniper, and other vendors on escalations and technical issues.
• Automate repeatable network and security tasks using Terraform, Ansible, Python, or Bash.
• Develop and maintain configuration standards, network diagrams, runbooks, and technical documentation.
• Provide Tier 3 escalation support for outages, incidents, and complex network security issues.
• Mentor other engineers and share network security practices and troubleshooting methods.
• Participate in on-call rotations, planned maintenance windows, and emergency response when required.

Skills

Palo Alto Networks

Firewall policy

Network troubleshooting

Automation

Cloud networking

Documentation

Tools

PAN-OS

Panorama

GlobalProtect

Threat Prevention

URL Filtering

Application Control

WildFire

Job description

Eliassen Group seeks a Senior Network Security Engineer to secure, scale, and strengthen a global network infrastructure. The role focuses on Palo Alto Networks platforms, firewall architecture, segmentation, secure remote access, VPN, threat prevention, and security policy enforcement.

The engineer will own complex initiatives and partner with Network Engineering, Cloud and Infrastructure, and Cybersecurity teams. This is a contract-to-hire opportunity.