Job Description

Job Description

Senior Firewall Engineer

LAS COLINAS, CHARLOTTE, CHANDLER
Pay Rate: $55 -$60

Key Responsibilities:
• Design, implement, and maintain secure network infrastructures using Palo Alto Networks, Fortinet, and Cisco routing and switching products.
• Lead and support firewall migration projects, including policy analysis, configuration translation, and deployment using tools such as Expedition, FortiConverter, SmartMove, and other vendor utilities.
• Build and deploy new network security infrastructures, including greenfield implementations and expansion of existing environments.
• Perform security policy reviews, rulebase optimization, and threat prevention tuning to align with best practices and compliance requirements.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex network security issues across multi-vendor environments, ensuring minimal downtime and optimal performance.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (network, cloud, infrastructure, and application teams) to integrate security controls into enterprise architecture.
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date documentation, including network diagrams, configuration standards, and operational procedures.
• Monitor and respond to security events, alerts, and incidents, escalating as necessary and contributing to root cause analysis and remediation.
• Participate in a rotational on-call schedule to provide after-hours support for critical network security incidents and maintenance activities.
• Stay current with emerging threats, vulnerabilities, and technologies to continuously improve the organization's security posture.

Required Qualifications:

4+ years of Information Security Engineering experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education
2+ years of hands-on experience in network security engineering, with a strong focus on enterprise-grade firewall platforms and secure network architecture.
2+ years of experience configuring, managing, and troubleshooting firewalls and security management systems across Palo Alto Networks
2+ years of experience in security policy design, rulebase optimization, and hardening of multi-vendor firewall environments to meet organizational and compliance standards.
2+ years of experience in Panorama - template stacks, device groups, policy hierarchy, logging, reporting, custom dashboards, role-based control

Key Responsibilities:
• Design, implement, and maintain secure network infrastructures using Palo Alto Networks, Fortinet, and Cisco routing and switching products.

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