Responsibilities

Design, configure, manage, and troubleshoot enterprise network infrastructure, including LAN, WAN, routing, switching, VPN, and network security solutions.
Configure and administer Palo Alto firewalls, including security policies, NAT, VPNs, and firewall rules.
Manage Palo Alto Panorama for centralized firewall configuration, monitoring, and policy management.
Monitor network and firewall performance, identify issues, and implement appropriate optimization and remediation measures.
Perform firewall rule reviews, policy cleanup, upgrades, migrations, and optimization in line with security and compliance requirements.
Conduct network and firewall audits, risk assessments, vulnerability reviews, and support security incident response activities.
Troubleshoot complex network connectivity, routing, firewall, and security-related issues across enterprise environments.
Collaborate with Infrastructure, Security, Cloud, and IT teams to deliver secure and reliable connectivity across on-premises and cloud environments.
Support network and firewall projects, upgrades, migrations, and technology implementations.
Maintain technical documentation, network diagrams, configuration records, and operational procedures.
Provide technical support, knowledge transfer, and guidance to team members.

Requirements

Strong hands-on experience in Network & Firewall Engineering within enterprise environments.
Strong knowledge of TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, BGP, VLANs, routing, switching, LAN/WAN, and VPN technologies.
Proven hands-on experience with Palo Alto Networks firewalls, including configuration, troubleshooting, security policies, NAT, VPN, and Panorama.
Good understanding of network security, IDS/IPS, threat prevention, traffic analysis, and security best practices.
Experience with firewall migrations, upgrades, rule reviews, and security policy optimization.
Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills with the ability to resolve complex network and firewall issues.
Experience working with enterprise-scale network infrastructure and security environments.
Knowledge of cloud networking and security across AWS, Azure, or GCP is an advantage.
Experience with Fortinet, Check Point, or Cisco Meraki is desirable.
PCNSA or PCNSE certification is highly desirable.
Strong communication, documentation, stakeholder management, and teamwork skills.