Network Security Engineer - Palo Alto & Nextgen Firewalls

PTR Global is seeking a Network Security Engineer to join their Network Security team. The role involves designing and developing security solutions while also managing cloud security operations and ensuring adherence to infrastructure standards.

Responsibilities:

• The Network Security team within the Network Engineering organization designs and supports client’s Network Security technologies
• Being part of this team, candidates will have the opportunity to design and develop security solutions that meet client’s business objectives
• Candidates will have the opportunity to grow your technical skills as you work with different areas within IT to meet future business demands
• As your knowledge and ability to work across the environment increase, candidates will have opportunities for increased responsibility and career progression through a variety of network security, engineering, and architect roles
• As a Network Engineer (Engineer 2), candidates will be responsible for using your technical knowledge of professional concepts to solve business problems
• Client is looking for a talented individual that can serve as a subject matter expert in their area of focus and represent their department on complex assignments
• Candidates will be responsible for evaluating elements of technology’s effectiveness through requirements gathering, testing, research and investigation and make recommendations for improvements that result in increased quality and effectiveness
• Candidates will be required to listen to and evaluate customer needs to determine and provide high quality solutions that align with customer expectations
• This engineer will also be responsible for:
• Palo Alto Network firewall configuration
• Administration of next-gen firewall platforms and other related security technologies
• Performing security analysis on solutions end-to-end
• Ensuring existing infrastructure and configuration standards are adhered to when delivering projects
• Managing cloud security operations, including identity & access control, secure configuration management, network security, Infrastructure as Code, data security, and logging
• Risk assessment and analysis

Requirements:

• Must be presently authorized to work in the U.S. without a requirement for work authorization sponsorship by client's company for this position now or in the future
• Must reside in the United States (does not include Alaska or Hawaii)
• Must be able to work a schedule within U.S. Central Standard Time core business hours
• 3 plus years related engineering experience
• 2 plus year experience of network and cloud security (AWS/AZURE)
• Experience in developing and maintaining documentation to include architectural drawings, technical standards and operational standards
• Hands-on experience with design, deployment, and administration of Palo Alto Next-gen Firewall technologies
• Effective commutation skills with the ability to interact across multiple teams and across varying technical and leadership levels
• Must be committed to incorporating security into all decisions and daily job responsibilities
• Building and administering security devices such as data loss prevention systems, and intrusion prevention systems
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Information Systems, Management Information Systems, or related field preferred
• Understanding of scripting and content creation such as Splunk dashboards and threat signature creation
• Performing security analysis on solutions end-to-end, including identifying gaps and recommending and implementing configuration changes
• Experience with automation tools such as Ansible and Terraform
• Experience with firewall policy auditing and monitoring tools such as Firemon
• Experience with Cisco FirePower
• Experience with Palo Alto Next-gen firewalls