Senior Firewall & Network Security Architect

0001 Applied Materials, Inc; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 152,000 - 209,000; Full time

Job summary

Applied Materials, Inc. is seeking a Senior Network Security Engineer to design, implement, secure, and operate enterprise firewall and network security across data centers, manufacturing, OT, R&D, campus, and cloud environments.

Primary focus on Palo Alto networks, including NGFW, Panorama, and Strata Cloud Manager, with broader exposure to SSE/SASE and cloud security. The role requires deep expertise in firewall architecture, policy governance, and security automation, and offers the chance to

Qualifications

• Expert-level experience in enterprise network security and firewall technologies in large global environments.
• Hands-on expertise with Palo Alto NGFW, PAN-OS, Panorama, Strata Cloud Manager, PA-Series and VM-Series.
• Experience with Fortinet FortiGate, FortiManager and FortiAnalyzer is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Firewall Engineering & Architecture Design, implement, secure, and operate enterprise firewall infrastructure across data centers, manufacturing, OT, R&D, campus and cloud.
• Lead policy governance, lifecycle management, and security posture optimization.
• Collaborate with cybersecurity, cloud, network, OT, app and infra teams to deliver standardized security services.

Skills

Enterprise network security

Palo Alto NGFW

PAN-OS

Panorama

Strata Cloud Manager

PA-Series/VM-Series

Fortinet FortiGate

Firewall policy governance

Security postures & HA

App-ID/User-ID/Device-ID

SSL/TLS Decryption

Threat prevention & IPS

DLP/Zero Trust/SSE/SASE

Cloud security (Azure/AWS/GCP)

SIEM/XDR/SOAR integration

Troubleshooting with Wireshark

Network routing (BGP/Ospf/etc)

Encryption & VPN technologies

Controlled firewall lifecycle

Tools

Palo Alto Networks NGFW

PAN-OS

Panorama

Strata Cloud Manager

PA-Series/VM-Series

Fortinet FortiGate

FortiManager

FortiAnalyzer

AIOps/BPA/SCM/Skybox/Tufin

Job description

Applied Materials, Inc. is seeking a Senior Network Security Engineer to design, implement, secure, and operate enterprise firewall and network security across data centers, manufacturing, OT, R&D, campus, and cloud environments.

Primary focus on Palo Alto networks, including NGFW, Panorama, and Strata Cloud Manager, with broader exposure to SSE/SASE and cloud security. The role requires deep expertise in firewall architecture, policy governance, and security automation, and offers the chance to