SASE Security Engineer (Palo Alto) | CSOC Specialist

Gravity IT Resources; Charlotte (NC); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Gravity IT Resources seeks a Cybersecurity Systems Engineering Analyst in Charlotte, NC, to support and engineer enterprise cybersecurity platforms within a large, highly regulated environment. Focus on Palo Alto SASE (Prisma Access, GlobalProtect, Strata Cloud Manager) while integrating legacy F5 BIG-IP and SWG/Proxy solutions.

You will collaborate with Cybersecurity, IT, Network Engineering, and Incident Response to maintain secure, resilient environments in a 24×7 CSOC setting, overseeing

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Information Security, Computer Science, MIS, or related field.
• 3+ years cybersecurity or IT experience with a bachelor’s degree.
• Or 4+ years of relevant cybersecurity/IT experience in lieu of a degree, including applicable military information security or systems administration experience.
• Hands-on experience supporting enterprise cybersecurity, network security, or security engineering environments.
• Experience working with complex enterprise infrastructure and security technologies.
• Ability to work effectively in a 24×7 operational/CSOC environment.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, communication, and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Implement, support, and manage the lifecycle of Palo Alto Networks SASE solutions, including Prisma Access, GlobalProtect, and Strata Cloud Manager.
• Maintain integration between SASE platforms and Inspection Zone technologies, including F5 BIG-IP and SWG/Proxy environments.
• Design, deploy, and optimize cloud-delivered security controls, including SWG, CASB, ZTNA, DNS Security, and threat prevention capabilities.
• Provide advanced engineering support for SASE and inspection-zone security platforms.
• Partner with Security Operations, Network Engineering, and Incident Response teams to troubleshoot and resolve complex security and connectivity issues.
• Drive security monitoring, telemetry integration, and policy enforcement across cloud-based and on-premises security environments.
• Perform system hardening, high-availability design, resilience engineering, and performance optimization.
• Develop and maintain failover strategies and service continuity plans for critical security platforms.
• Apply current threat intelligence and cybersecurity best practices to proactively reduce enterprise risk.
• Improve detection, response, threat hunting, and incident analysis capabilities using SASE telemetry and security data.
• Develop and report operational and security metrics, including policy effectiveness, threat prevention performance, and user activity visibility.
• Support modernization initiatives, including migration from legacy proxy and multi-vendor security environments to SASE platforms.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and leadership to align security engineering solutions with enterprise architecture and business objectives.
• Follow established cybersecurity processes, procedures, standards, and incident response requirements.
• Build strong relationships with technical teams, business stakeholders, and leadership while communicating technical risks and recommendations clearly.

Skills

Cybersecurity engineering

SASE experience

Cloud security

Network security

Python scripting

Troubleshooting

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Information Security, Computer Science, MIS

4+ years of relevant cybersecurity/IT experience in lieu of a degree

Tools

Prisma Access

GlobalProtect

Strata Cloud Manager

F5 BIG-IP

SWG/Proxy

Python

Terraform

Job description

Gravity IT Resources seeks a Cybersecurity Systems Engineering Analyst in Charlotte, NC, to support and engineer enterprise cybersecurity platforms within a large, highly regulated environment. Focus on Palo Alto SASE (Prisma Access, GlobalProtect, Strata Cloud Manager) while integrating legacy F5 BIG-IP and SWG/Proxy solutions.

You will collaborate with Cybersecurity, IT, Network Engineering, and Incident Response to maintain secure, resilient environments in a 24×7 CSOC setting, overseeing