Remote Senior Network Security Engineer (Palo Alto)

Eliassen Group; Honolulu (HI); Remote; USD 83,000 - 124,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision benefits

401k with company matching

Life insurance

Job summary

Eliassen Group in the United States is seeking 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 SASE/Zero Trust concepts.

The engineer will own complex initiatives across data centers, offices, and cloud environments, collaborating with Network Engineering, Cloud, and Cybersecurity teams, and will mentor

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience engineering and supporting network security solutions in complex production environments.
• Hands-on experience with PAN-OS and Panorama managing secure network infrastructures.
• Experience with enterprise network platforms and network automation or IaC tooling.

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/SASE connectivity.
• Administer or support Network Access Control technologies and enterprise authentication controls.
• Analyze traffic and security logs, support vulnerability remediation, and participate in 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 security

Security architecture

Team collaboration

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Python

Bash

Job description

Eliassen Group in the United States is seeking 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 SASE/Zero Trust concepts.

The engineer will own complex initiatives across data centers, offices, and cloud environments, collaborating with Network Engineering, Cloud, and Cybersecurity teams, and will mentor