Senior Firewall Engineer: Palo Alto NGFW Specialist (Plano)

ReqRoute,Inc; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

ReqRoute,Inc is seeking a Firewall Engineer to join our Plano, Texas-based security team. This on-site role requires deep expertise in Palo Alto firewalls, policy management, and threat prevention to protect enterprise networks.

Responsibilities include managing devices, configuring security infrastructure, and reporting findings. The ideal candidate has 8+ years in network security and hands-on experience with NGFWs, Panorama, and SIEM integrations.

Qualifications

• Must have 8+ years of experience as a Network Security Engineer.
• Strong expertise in Palo Alto Networks firewall administration and security policy management.
• Hands-on with NGFWs, App-ID, User-ID, Content-ID, NAT, and routing.
• Experience with IPSec VPNs, HA deployments, and Panorama for centralized management.
• Cloud security integrations with Prisma Access, AWS, and Azure.
• Security monitoring, log analysis, SIEM integrations (Splunk, Sentinel).
• Analytical, problem-solving and operational skills for enterprise security.

Responsibilities

• Serve as primary support lead for security environment by managing customer devices and end-to-end security services.
• Deep understanding of Firewall technologies and security infrastructure.
• Configure and install security infrastructure devices.
• Report security analysis and monitoring findings.
• Test security levels using industry-standard criteria.
• Identify threats, vulnerabilities and take appropriate actions.
• Advise on network performance, throughput, and security changes.
• Define and maintain security policies.

Skills

Palo Alto firewalls

Firewall policy management

VPN technologies

NGFW configuration

Panorama management

Threat prevention

SSL/TLS, TCP/IP

SIEM integration

Packet capture analysis

Network security operations

Education

Master's in computer science

Tools

Panorama

Splunk

Microsoft Sentinel

ACC

Prisma Access

AWS

Azure

Job description

ReqRoute,Inc is seeking a Firewall Engineer to join our Plano, Texas-based security team. This on-site role requires deep expertise in Palo Alto firewalls, policy management, and threat prevention to protect enterprise networks.

Responsibilities include managing devices, configuring security infrastructure, and reporting findings. The ideal candidate has 8+ years in network security and hands-on experience with NGFWs, Panorama, and SIEM integrations.