Senior Network Security Engineer (Remote) - Palo Alto NGFW

GovCIO; Tallahassee (FL); Remote; USD 120,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee Assistance Program

Corporate Discounts

Learning & Development platform

Training, Certification Assistance

Referral Bonus Program

Internal Mobility Program

Pet Insurance

Flexible Work Environment

Job summary

You will mentor engineers, drive security controls, and coordinate incident response, automation, and documentation efforts across networks and cloud resources.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in network engineering or security operations
• 5+ years Palo Alto Networks firewall experience in production
• Advanced experience with Palo Alto Panorama including multi-device policy management
• Strong hands-on experience with Palo Alto High Availability
• Strong knowledge of TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, NAT, VPNs, and packet-level troubleshooting
• Experience with Cisco Catalyst/Nexus switching
• Knowledge of VLANs, ACLs, QoS, and security controls
• Ability to lead technical design discussions and independent projects
• Clearance: AOUSC Public Trust eligibility

Responsibilities

• Lead design, deployment, administration, and lifecycle management of Palo Alto NGFW environments running PAN-OS
• Own centralized firewall management through Palo Alto Panorama, including device groups, templates, and upgrades
• Design security policies using zero-trust, least-privilege, and risk-based principles
• Configure NAT, VPNs, decryption, URL Filtering, Threat Prevention, and related services
• Lead enterprise network segmentation and microsegmentation initiatives
• Develop secure controls for traffic between users, servers, and cloud resources
• Architect, test, and troubleshoot Palo Alto HA deployments
• Troubleshoot connectivity and performance using logs, captures, and diagnostics
• Integrate NGFWs with Strata Logging Service and Cortex XSIAM
• Mentor junior engineers and lead incident responses and security reviews

Skills

Palo Alto Networks

Panorama

High Availability

Cisco switching

Zero-trust security

TCP/IP troubleshooting

Security policy design

Network segmentation

Education

Bachelor’s degree in IT or related field

Tools

Palo Alto Panorama

NGFW PAN-OS

Strata Logging Service

Cortex XSIAM

Cisco Nexus

Cisco Catalyst

GlobalProtect

Job description

You will mentor engineers, drive security controls, and coordinate incident response, automation, and documentation efforts across networks and cloud resources.