Remote Senior NGFW & Network Security Engineer

Match Point Solutions; Maryland Heights (MO); Remote; USD 96,000 - 103,000; Full time

Job summary

MatchPoint Solutions is seeking a Senior Security Engineer specializing in network security to lead NGFW migrations, configuration, and policy validation. This remote-friendly contract role supports large-scale migrations with emphasis on Palo Alto NGFWs, HA deployments, and SAFe-aligned delivery.

You will coordinate MOPs, maintain documentation, and work closely with customers; this role requires travel to client sites as needed and strong communication skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, Engineering, or equivalent.
• Minimum of five (5) years in network security engineering with firewall design, config, migration and support.
• Hands-on experience with NGFW platforms in production, including high-availability deployments.
• PCNSE or equivalent NGFW certification required.

Responsibilities

• Prepare, configure, and migrate Next-Generation Firewalls to support large-scale core migrations.
• Configure firewall interfaces, routing, NAT, and VLAN/zone configurations.
• Migrate and validate firewall rule sets, security policies, and NE/VSYS instances.
• Build and validate firewall services for high-availability environments.
• Develop MOPs, diagrams, port mappings, timestamps, and rollback plans.
• Coordinate firewall cutovers during maintenance windows.
• Validate connectivity post-migration and provide production support.
• Produce as-built docs and final-state diagrams; KT to customer.
• Track work items in Azure DevOps per DoD.

Skills

NGFW configuration

Palo Alto NGFW

Firewall migration

Network security

HA deployment

Azure DevOps

Documentation

SAFe Agile

Travel readiness

Education

BA/BS in CS/IT/Cybersecurity/Engineering

Tools

Palo Alto NGFW

PCNSE

Cisco Firepower

Azure DevOps

Job description

MatchPoint Solutions is seeking a Senior Security Engineer specializing in network security to lead NGFW migrations, configuration, and policy validation. This remote-friendly contract role supports large-scale migrations with emphasis on Palo Alto NGFWs, HA deployments, and SAFe-aligned delivery.

You will coordinate MOPs, maintain documentation, and work closely with customers; this role requires travel to client sites as needed and strong communication skills.