Palo Alto Firewall Engineer

Job Summary

A company is looking for a Firewall Engineer - Palo Alto SME.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the design, deployment, and optimization of Palo Alto firewall solutions across enterprise environments
• Serve as the primary SME for Panorama, managing device groups, templates, and centralized policy enforcement
• Monitor, analyze, and respond to security events and alerts from Palo Alto firewalls and Panorama

Required Qualifications:

• 5+ years of hands-on experience with Palo Alto Networks firewalls in enterprise environments
• Expert-level proficiency with Panorama, including device onboarding and policy management
• Strong understanding of networking protocols (TCP/IP, BGP, OSPF, VLANs, VPNs)
• Experience with threat prevention features such as URL filtering and WildFire
• Palo Alto certifications (e.g., PCNSE) strongly preferred