Senior Firewall Automation Engineer - On-Site Leader

Zohorecruit; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Zohorecruit seeks a Senior Firewall Rules & Automation Engineer on site across Alpharetta, GA; Columbus, OH; KC; Omaha; Denver; Dallas; Berkley Heights, NJ, United States. This role designs, optimizes, and automates enterprise firewall policies in complex environments.

You will lead firewall rule lifecycle, policy-as-code, and cloud/hybrid integrations, partnering with architects and security teams to deliver secure, scalable connectivity. Strong automation and cloud experience required.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in network security engineering with a firewall focus.
• 3+ years leading automation or strategic infrastructure initiatives.
• Strong scripting and automation skills.
• Experience with Palo Alto, Fortinet, Cisco ASA/Firepower, Check Point.

Responsibilities

• Architect and implement enterprise firewall rule sets across data centers, cloud platforms, and edge environments.
• Design zone-based segmentation and microsegmentation policies.
• Develop automation workflows for firewall provisioning, validation, and decommissioning.
• Implement policy-as-code frameworks and integrate with ITSM and CI/CD pipelines.
• Ensure firewall configurations meet regulatory standards (PCI-DSS, HIPAA, NIST).
• Lead strategic initiatives such as Zero Trust segmentation and cloud perimeter modernization.

Skills

Firewall technologies

Rule management

Scripting & automation

Cloud & SDN knowledge

Tools

Ansible

Terraform

Python

ServiceNow

AWS Security Groups

Azure NSGs

GCP Firewall Rules

Job description

Zohorecruit seeks a Senior Firewall Rules & Automation Engineer on site across Alpharetta, GA; Columbus, OH; KC; Omaha; Denver; Dallas; Berkley Heights, NJ, United States. This role designs, optimizes, and automates enterprise firewall policies in complex environments.

You will lead firewall rule lifecycle, policy-as-code, and cloud/hybrid integrations, partnering with architects and security teams to deliver secure, scalable connectivity. Strong automation and cloud experience required.