Senior Firewall Policy Engineer – AI-Driven Security

AT&T; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

AT&T is seeking a Principal Cybersecurity Engineer (Firewall Policy Implementation) to operate, maintain, and optimize firewall platforms in a global enterprise. The role emphasizes hands-on engineering, policy lifecycle, and AI-assisted improvements, with onsite work at the Charlotte, NC hub. Exceptional candidates may be considered for other U.S.

hub locations. The work focuses on reducing risk, improving policy quality, and driving automation in a complex security environment, requiring deep

Qualifications

• 7+ years’ experience operating and maintaining Firewall Policies.
• Hands-on experience in large-scale enterprise firewall environments.
• Strong change-control validation, closely following documented processes, rollback planning, and post-change verification.
• Proven ability to troubleshoot Network/Security and Firewall Policy issues under time pressure.
• Experience working in large-scale, complex environments with multiple stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Implement and optimize firewall rules to protect systems and data.
• Own firewall policy lifecycle including tuning and decommissioning.
• Apply approved policy changes via defined change processes.
• Troubleshoot connectivity and policy issues across teams.
• Drive automation and AI-enabled operations to improve efficiency.
• Perform risk assessments and mitigation planning.
• Support security rollouts and collaborate with IT and business units.

Skills

Firewall policy management

Troubleshooting under time pressure

Automation and AIOps awareness

Security incident response

Cross-functional collaboration

Change control discipline

Palo Alto Networks expertise

Tools

Palo Alto PAN-OS

Panorama

ServiceNow

GitHub Copilot / AI tools

CLI policy scripting

Job description

AT&T is seeking a Principal Cybersecurity Engineer (Firewall Policy Implementation) to operate, maintain, and optimize firewall platforms in a global enterprise. The role emphasizes hands-on engineering, policy lifecycle, and AI-assisted improvements, with onsite work at the Charlotte, NC hub. Exceptional candidates may be considered for other U.S.

hub locations. The work focuses on reducing risk, improving policy quality, and driving automation in a complex security environment, requiring deep