Remote Senior Network & Security Engineer | PAN-OS Expert

Cybersecurity Jobs; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

GovCIO LLC is seeking a Senior Network & Security Engineer to lead enterprise network security infrastructure design, operations, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement.

This role focuses on Palo Alto Networks NGFW environments (PAN-OS), Panorama management, and implementing zero-trust and least-privilege policies across HA architectures. Collaboration with SOC teams is required in a 24x7, remote-capable environment in the United States.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and 8+ years in network engineering or security.
• 7+ years in network security, firewall administration, or security operations.
• 5+ years hands-on Palo Alto firewall experience in a production enterprise environment.
• Advanced experience with PAN-OS and Panorama multi-device management.
• Strong knowledge of HA architectures and troubleshooting.
• AOUSC Public Trust eligibility.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, administer, and manage Palo Alto NGFW environments.
• Own centralized firewall management with Panorama including device groups, templates, and upgrades.
• Design and govern security policies using zero-trust, least-privilege, and risk-based principles.
• Lead enterprise network segmentation and microsegmentation.
• Architect, configure, test, and troubleshoot Palo Alto High Availability deployments.
• Resolve complex HA failures and plan failover testing and DR exercises.
• Mentor junior engineers and provide technical leadership.

Skills

Network engineering

Firewall administration

Security incident response

TCP/IP troubleshooting

Documentation

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Master’s degree in Cybersecurity

Tools

Palo Alto PAN-OS

Palo Alto Panorama

Cortex XSIAM

Strata Logging Service

XQL Search

Cisco Nexus

Cisco Catalyst

Job description

GovCIO LLC is seeking a Senior Network & Security Engineer to lead enterprise network security infrastructure design, operations, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement.

This role focuses on Palo Alto Networks NGFW environments (PAN-OS), Panorama management, and implementing zero-trust and least-privilege policies across HA architectures. Collaboration with SOC teams is required in a 24x7, remote-capable environment in the United States.