Fully Remote: Senior Network-Palo Alto Engineer

Ventures Unlimited Inc is seeking a Senior Network-Palo Alto Engineer. The role involves expertise in network fundamentals and Palo Alto firewall policy design, implementation, and troubleshooting.

Responsibilities:

• Expert knowledge of network fundamentals, including protocols, server/desktop environments, network hardware/software, network management tools
• Strong understanding of Network / Micro / Application Segmentation based on secure data flows
• Hands on expertise in Palo Alto firewall policy design, review, implementation, and troubleshooting
• Ability to understand and evaluate Data Flows
• Ability to write allow/deny policies based on communicated criteria
• Ability to parse firewall logs and create/modify rules based on validated data flows
• Strong understanding of Security Access Rules, ACLs, source/destination rules
• Understanding of protocol communication, active/passive ports, and their relevance in rules creation
• Experience in IP Address Subnetting and Management
• Ability to analyze large datasets using Excel (vLookup, IF, Average, Search, Pivot Tables, Sort, Filter)
• Required certification: CCNP or higher (active)
• 15+ years total IT industry experience and 8+ years as a Security Consultant with Palo Alto
• Experience with Cisco, Juniper, or Arista network hardware/software
• Operational experience with Illumio Host Agent

Requirements:

• Expert knowledge of network fundamentals, including protocols, server/desktop environments, network hardware/software, network management tools
• Strong understanding of Network / Micro / Application Segmentation based on secure data flows
• Hands on expertise in Palo Alto firewall policy design, review, implementation, and troubleshooting
• Ability to understand and evaluate Data Flows
• Ability to write allow/deny policies based on communicated criteria
• Ability to parse firewall logs and create/modify rules based on validated data flows
• Strong understanding of Security Access Rules, ACLs, source/destination rules
• Understanding of protocol communication, active/passive ports, and their relevance in rules creation
• Experience in IP Address Subnetting and Management
• Ability to analyze large datasets using Excel (vLookup, IF, Average, Search, Pivot Tables, Sort, Filter)
• Required certification: CCNP or higher (active)
• 15+ years total IT industry experience and 8+ years as a Security Consultant with Palo Alto
• Experience with Cisco, Juniper, or Arista network hardware/software
• Operational experience with Illumio Host Agent