Senior Firewall Engineer - NGFW, Cloud Networking

okgov; Oklahoma; On-site; USD 126,000 - 154,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous leave: 15 days vacation, 15;

11 paid holidays annually

Job summary

State of Oklahoma is seeking a Sr. Firewall Engineer to administer next‑generation firewalls and support a resilient network for agencies and education partners. This in‑office, full‑time role requires collaboration, analytical thinking, and on‑call availability.

The position emphasizes configuring Palo Alto and Fortinet firewalls, managing VPNs and security policies, and coordinating with cloud and cybersecurity teams for deployments and migrations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in IT, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 3+ years of enterprise firewall or network security engineering experience.
• Experience with next-generation firewalls and enterprise policy management.

Responsibilities

• Configure and maintain enterprise firewalls (Palo Alto, Fortinet, etc.).
• Manage security policies, NAT, VPNs, and network segmentation.
• Monitor logs, investigate alerts, and work with Cyber Command on incident response.
• Troubleshoot advanced connectivity and security issues (Tier 3/Tier 4).
• Maintain accurate documentation, rule reviews, and diagrams.
• Use ServiceNow for tickets, workflows, and approvals.
• Submit, plan, and execute approved changes through established change-management processes.
• Collaborate with network, cloud, and cybersecurity teams to support deployments and migrations.
• Participate in a 24×7 on‑call rotation as needed.

Skills

Collaborative

Analytical

On-call readiness

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT or related field

Tools

Palo Alto Networks

Fortinet

Azure

AWS

GCP

Panorama

Job description

State of Oklahoma is seeking a Sr. Firewall Engineer to administer next‑generation firewalls and support a resilient network for agencies and education partners. This in‑office, full‑time role requires collaboration, analytical thinking, and on‑call availability.

The position emphasizes configuring Palo Alto and Fortinet firewalls, managing VPNs and security policies, and coordinating with cloud and cybersecurity teams for deployments and migrations.