Senior Data Security Analyst - Remote (Palo Alto Expert)

GovCIO; Indianapolis (IN); Remote; USD 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee Assistance Program

Corporate Discounts

Learning & Development platform

Certification / Education assistance

Referral Bonus Program

Internal Mobility Program

Pet Insurance

Flexible Work Environment

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 that protect data, networks, applications, and cloud-connected environments.

This senior individual-contributor role requires deep hands‑on expertise with the Palo Alto Networks security portfolio—particularly next-generation firewalls, Panorama, Cortex, and Strata—as well as strong Cisco networking and security

Qualifications

• 12+ years in cybersecurity, network security, security engineering, or security operations.
• Hands-on firewall administration with Palo Alto Networks NGFW in enterprise settings.
• Advanced Panorama experience: centralized policy administration, device groups, templates, HA.
• Strong knowledge of Strata security capabilities: NGFW architecture, App-ID, User-ID, Content-ID.
• Experience using Cortex/XDR/SIEM for detection, investigation, and SOAR automation.
• Clearance: AOUSC Public Trust (ability to attain/maintain).

Responsibilities

• Architect, deploy, administer, and optimize Palo Alto firewalls across data centers, campuses, and cloud.
• Lead centralized firewall management using Panorama: device groups, templates, HA, and governance.
• Design and maintain least-privilege security policies, TLS decryption where approved, and threat prevention.
• Operationalize Cortex for analytics, EDR/EDR, automation, and incident response enhancements.
• Investigate alerts, traffic anomalies, malware, and policy violations; coordinate containment and recovery.
• Develop detections, dashboards, playbooks, and response workflows across security platforms.
• Create secure network segmentation strategies and support Cisco security integration.
• Collaborate with SOC, IR, Cloud, Governance/Risk/Compliance, and Audit teams on remediation plans.

Skills

Palo Alto NGFW

Panorama

Cortex

Strata

Cisco networking

Zero trust

Incident response

Threat hunting

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Panorama

Cortex

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 that protect data, networks, applications, and cloud-connected environments.

This senior individual-contributor role requires deep hands‑on expertise with the Palo Alto Networks security portfolio—particularly next-generation firewalls, Panorama, Cortex, and Strata—as well as strong Cisco networking and security