Network Firewall Engineer II
- In depth knowledge on Palo Alto firewalls
- In depth knowledge of Policy management
- Equivalent certification for Palo Alto
Responsibilities
- Provide Level 3 operations engineering expertise to large, complex enterprise LAN and WAN clients in predominantly Cisco networking environments.
- In-depth Routing Protocols experience and operational knowledge: EIGRP, OSPF & BGP. Strong understanding and knowledge of SDWAN, F5 LTM/GTM, VMWare Avi, Azure & AWS Cloud and Aviatrix.
- Hands on experience in Fortinet & PA Firewalls, HA & Virtual Contexts.
- Design and deployment-Architect and deploy enterprise – scale firewall solutions using Fortinet and palo alto platforms Policy Management in FortiGate and palo alto firewalls.
- Hands-on experience with Troubleshooting, Packet capture, Monitoring, network diagnostic and network analytics tools.
- Analyze the Network performance and prepare plan for improvements.
- Review scripting, planning and execution of network Change Management process Investigate network issues / incidents and bring to resolution within stated SLA parameters.
- Working with Incident, Problem, and Change Management Provide Root Cause Analysis (RCA) to operations team and customers upon request.
Accreditation / Certification
- Palo Alto Certification
- FortiGate Certification
Previous Job Experience
- Network operations experience and expertise in a variety of equipment, predominantly Cisco LAN and WAN in large, complex, enterprise environments.
- Experience implementing/managing WAN circuits (T1, Ethernet, MPLS, etc.)
- Experience using network analysis, management, and performance monitoring tools to plan for growth, diagnose problems and determine source.
- Working on comprehensive projects in a complex networking environment.
- Experience implementing/managing EIGRP/OSPF/BGP routing protocols in an enterprise network environment.
- Experience in ServiceNow, SolarWinds, EM7.
Special Knowledge / Skills / Abilities
- Clear communication skills.
- Time Management / Self-Management.
- Independent Work Skills.
- Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
- Presentation skills.