Remote Senior Palo Alto Network Security Engineer

Eliassen Group; Hartford (CT); 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

Senior Network Security Engineer, remote contract-to-hire opportunity with Eliassen Group, focusing on Palo Alto Networks platforms, firewall architecture, and secure remote access. You will own complex technical initiatives across data centers, offices, and cloud-connected environments while collaborating with Global Network, Cloud, and Cybersecurity teams.

The role requires 6+ years in network security, deep PAN-OS/Panorama experience, and expertise in firewall policy, NAT, VPN, and Zero Trust

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience engineering and supporting network security 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 and switching.

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 tools such as 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

Network Security

Palo Alto Networks

Collaboration

Tools

PAN-OS

Panorama

GlobalProtect

Threat Prevention

URL Filtering

Application Control

WildFire

NAT

VPN

Job description

Senior Network Security Engineer, remote contract-to-hire opportunity with Eliassen Group, focusing on Palo Alto Networks platforms, firewall architecture, and secure remote access. You will own complex technical initiatives across data centers, offices, and cloud-connected environments while collaborating with Global Network, Cloud, and Cybersecurity teams.

The role requires 6+ years in network security, deep PAN-OS/Panorama experience, and expertise in firewall policy, NAT, VPN, and Zero Trust