Senior Data Security Analyst - Remote & Palo Alto Expert

GovCIO; Jackson (MS); Remote; USD 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Corporate Discounts

Learning & Development platform

Certification assistance

Referral Bonus Program

Internal Mobility Program

Pet Insurance

Flexible Work Environment

Job summary

GovCIO seeks a Data Security Analyst — Master to lead design, implementation, and operation of enterprise security controls. You will specialize in Palo Alto Networks suites (firewalls, Panorama, Cortex, Strata) and Cisco networking to secure data, networks, and cloud environments.

This senior individual-contributor role requires hands-on expertise and collaboration with cross-functional teams to strengthen enterprise security posture and incident response capabilities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in IT or a related field; 12+ years of experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Architect, deploy, and optimize Palo Alto firewalls across data center, campus, branch, cloud, and remote environments.
• Lead centralized firewall management using Panorama with templates, device groups, and RBAC.
• Design and maintain security policies with least privilege, app-ID, user-ID, TLS decryption where approved.
• Deploy Cortex for security analytics, EDR/EDR, SOAR, and automation across enterprise systems.
• Investigate alerts and incidents, coordinate containment, remediation, and post-incident reviews.
• Develop detections, dashboards, and response playbooks using Cortex and integrated platforms.
• Maintain network segmentation strategies and secure data flows across high-value systems.
• Collaborate with Cisco teams to integrate secure routing, VPN, and access controls.
• Review and document firewall changes per policy and risk processes.

Skills

Firewall administration

Palo Alto Networks

Panorama

Cortex (EDR/SOAR)

Security incident response

Network security

Threat hunting

Zero trust principles

Policy design & enforcement

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT or related field

Tools

Palo Alto Panorama

Palo Alto Strata

Palo Alto Cortex

Cisco Secure Firewall/Firepower

SIEM technologies

Job description

GovCIO seeks a Data Security Analyst — Master to lead design, implementation, and operation of enterprise security controls. You will specialize in Palo Alto Networks suites (firewalls, Panorama, Cortex, Strata) and Cisco networking to secure data, networks, and cloud environments.

This senior individual-contributor role requires hands-on expertise and collaboration with cross-functional teams to strengthen enterprise security posture and incident response capabilities.