Sr. Network Engineer(Illumio Firewalls)_ Remote (W2 Only )

Prudent Technologies and Consulting, Inc. is seeking a Sr. Network Engineer with expertise in Illumio Firewalls for a contract-to-hire position. The role involves designing and implementing security policies and strategies, managing enterprise networking solutions, and troubleshooting complex network issues.

Responsibilities:

• Must Have Skills Illumio experience with hands on design and implementation of allow/deny policies, micro segmentation strategies, and associated workflows
• Strong enterprise routing and switching knowledge (e.g., BGP, OSPF, VLANs, VRFs, high availability, QoS)
• Deep experience with Palo Alto firewalls and Panorama in medium to large enterprise environments
• Solid experience with F5 and NetScaler/Citrix ADC for L4–L7 load balancing and application delivery
• Proven troubleshooting and critical thinking skills; able to diagnose ambiguous, cross domain issues under pressure
• Track record of working in a self-directed and proactive manner, driving tasks to completion and surfacing issues and risks early
• Automation and scripting experience (e.g., Python, PowerShell, Bash) for interacting with network/security APIs and building repeatable workflows
• Experience using Terraform to manage network and security infrastructure as code (on Prem and/or GCP)
• Familiarity with network automation concepts (templating, idempotent changes, validation, and testing of network configurations)
• Handson GCP networking experience (e.g., VPC design, subnets, firewalls, Cloud Router, Cloud VPN/Interconnect, load balancers, and hybrid connectivity patterns)
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to clearly explain designs, tradeoffs, and troubleshooting findings to both technical and nontechnical stakeholders

Requirements:

• Illumio experience with hands on design and implementation of allow/deny policies, micro segmentation strategies, and associated workflows
• Strong enterprise routing and switching knowledge (e.g., BGP, OSPF, VLANs, VRFs, high availability, QoS)
• Deep experience with Palo Alto firewalls and Panorama in medium to large enterprise environments
• Solid experience with F5 and NetScaler/Citrix ADC for L4–L7 load balancing and application delivery
• Proven troubleshooting and critical thinking skills; able to diagnose ambiguous, cross domain issues under pressure
• Track record of working in a self-directed and proactive manner, driving tasks to completion and surfacing issues and risks early
• Automation and scripting experience (e.g., Python, PowerShell, Bash) for interacting with network/security APIs and building repeatable workflows
• Experience using Terraform to manage network and security infrastructure as code (on Prem and/or GCP)
• Familiarity with network automation concepts (templating, idempotent changes, validation, and testing of network configurations)
• Handson GCP networking experience (e.g., VPC design, subnets, firewalls, Cloud Router, Cloud VPN/Interconnect, load balancers, and hybrid connectivity patterns)
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to clearly explain designs, tradeoffs, and troubleshooting findings to both technical and nontechnical stakeholders
• Experience with additional public clouds, SDWAN, or zero trust network architectures
• Relevant industry certifications (e.g., PCNSE, CCNP/CCIE, F5, GCP Professional Network Engineer)