Senior Network Security Engineer - Remote Palo Alto Expert

Eliassen Group; Trenton (NJ); Remote; USD 83,000 - 124,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision benefits

401k with company match

Life insurance

Job summary

Eliassen Group is seeking a Senior Network Security Engineer to secure and scale a global network infrastructure. The role emphasizes Palo Alto Networks platforms, firewall architecture, remote access, and threat prevention across data centers, offices, and cloud-connected environments.

The position offers remote work with a contract-to-hire arrangement and W2 benefits. You will own complex security initiatives, partner with cross-functional teams, and mentor other engineers while supporting

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience engineering and supporting network security solutions in complex production environments.
• Advanced hands-on experience with Palo Alto Networks technologies, including PAN-OS and Panorama.
• Ability to independently own complex technical initiatives and troubleshoot high-impact network and security issues.
• Strong documentation, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and maintain secure network architectures across data centers, offices, remote sites, and cloud-connected environments.
• Administer and optimize Palo Alto Networks technologies including PAN-OS, Panorama, GlobalProtect, Threat Prevention, URL Filtering, Application Control, and WildFire.
• Engineer and maintain firewall policy, segmentation, NAT, site-to-site VPN, remote-access VPN, and Zero Trust or SASE connectivity.
• Administer or support Network Access Control technologies and enterprise authentication controls.
• Analyze traffic and security logs, support vulnerability remediation, and participate in network-related incident response.
• Perform firewall upgrades, security hardening, and lifecycle maintenance aligned with change-management standards.

Skills

Palo Alto

PAN-OS

Firewall policy

Zero Trust

Network automation

Terraform

Ansible

Python

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Python

Job description

Eliassen Group is seeking a Senior Network Security Engineer to secure and scale a global network infrastructure. The role emphasizes Palo Alto Networks platforms, firewall architecture, remote access, and threat prevention across data centers, offices, and cloud-connected environments.

The position offers remote work with a contract-to-hire arrangement and W2 benefits. You will own complex security initiatives, partner with cross-functional teams, and mentor other engineers while supporting