Senior Data Security Analyst: Palo Alto Expert (Remote)

GovCIO; Juneau (AK); Remote; USD 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

EAP

Corporate Discounts

Learning & Development

Certification Assistance

Pet Insurance

Flexible Work

Job summary

GovCIO is seeking a highly experienced Data Security Analyst — Master to lead the design, implementation, operation, and continuous improvement of enterprise security controls protecting data, networks, applications, and cloud environments. This senior, hands‑on role requires deep Palo Alto Networks expertise and strong Cisco networking capabilities.

The position is fully remote across the United States, with responsibilities spanning firewall deployment and management, policy development,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 12+ years of cybersecurity experience.
• Hands-on firewall administration in complex enterprise environments.
• Deep Palo Alto Networks firewall expertise and Panorama administration.
• Experience with Strata, Cortex, and related XDR/EDR/SIEM tools.
• Strong Cisco networking, routing, switching, and security platforms knowledge.
• Familiarity with NIST/ISO security frameworks and risk management.
• Excellent written and verbal communication for technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Architect, deploy and optimize Palo Alto firewalls across data center, campus, and cloud.
• Lead centralized firewall management using Panorama and RBAC.
• Design security policies with least privilege and threat prevention features.
• Operationalize Cortex for analytics, EDR, and incident response.
• Investigate alerts and coordinate containment, eradication, and recovery.
• Develop detections, dashboards, and response playbooks.
• Maintain network segmentation, runbooks, and architecture decisions.

Skills

Palo Alto Networks

Panorama

Cortex

Strata

Cisco networking

Zero trust

Incident response

Threat hunting

Security engineering

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree

12+ years experience

Tools

Palo Alto Panorama

Palo Alto Strata

Palo Alto Cortex

Cisco Secure Firewall/Firepower

Job description

GovCIO is seeking a highly experienced Data Security Analyst — Master to lead the design, implementation, operation, and continuous improvement of enterprise security controls protecting data, networks, applications, and cloud environments. This senior, hands‑on role requires deep Palo Alto Networks expertise and strong Cisco networking capabilities.

The position is fully remote across the United States, with responsibilities spanning firewall deployment and management, policy development,