Network Engineer - Palo Alto Firewall

Job Title : Network Engineer - Palo Alto Firewall
Location : Remote (Should be willing to work in HAWAII Time)
Duration : 2+ months
Any visa

Primary Skills
Access Controls, Network Engineering, Firewalls (Computer Science),Routing, Data Centers, Acceptance Testing, System Migration, Security Policies, Electrical Switches, Network Routers, Virtual Private Networks (VPN),Game Design

PALO ALTO Network Engineer
Work on customer engagement in Hawaii (remote) to include the following tasks:
Collect current-state configurations from Panorama, PA5220s edge and HA pairs, including VPN/GlobalProtect components
Review routing, interfaces, zones, VRs and any multi-vsys in scope
Confirm target PAN-OS alignment considerations with Panorama and establish migration plan and rollback approach
Draft cut-over plan and validation checklist per data center
Create LLDs documenting the target configuration on PA5520 HA pairs
Define Global Protect/VPN service continuity plan on the PA5220s and site-to-stie VPN
Product Acceptance Test Plan and develop detailed Methods of Procedure (MOPs) for each data center cutover in scope.
Build and stage target configuration
Migrate and consolidate configuration, validating parity with current-state behavior
Validate Global Protect and site-to-site VPN service post-cutover and confirm HA failover

Requirements
5-10 years of experience implementing Palo Alto NGFW firewalls
Strong hands-on expertise in enterprise networking (routers, switches, firewalls) and routing protocols , and Palo Alto NGFW feature adoption and best practices
Experience in large-scale NGFW migrations, including developing Low Level Designs (LLDs), Acceptance Test Plans and Methods of Procedure for cutover support.
Experience in Global Protect VPN and site-to-site VPN development and migration
Experience developing security policies, UTM traffic rules, and access controls in NGFW
Experience developing application ID and custom App ID