A global organisation are seeking a Palo Alto Firewall Engineer with hands-on experience in firewall administration, rule creation, and remediation activities.
The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in Palo Alto firewalls and a solid understanding of network security concepts, security policies, and remediation processes.
This will be a contract until the end of the year with the possibility for further extensions available.
This position will be worked on a 100% remote basis.
Key Responsibilities:
- Create, modify, and manage firewall security rules on enterprise firewalls.
- Perform firewall remediation activities including Security rule remediation, Security profile remediation and Object remediation.
- Analyse and optimise firewall configurations to align with security best practices.
- Support day-to-day firewall operations, troubleshooting, and policy management.
- Work with network and security teams to understand traffic flow and implement secure access controls.
- Ensure firewall policies comply with organisational security standards and governance requirements.
- Assist in basic security remediation and operational security tasks.
Required Skills & Experience:
- 3 to 5 years of hands-on experience working with Palo Alto firewalls.
- Strong experience in firewall remediation activities, including Security Rules, Security Profiles and Objects remediation.
- Good understanding of network architecture and network traffic flow.
- Experience in implementing and managing firewall policies and access controls.
- Ability to troubleshoot firewall and connectivity-related issues.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Palo Alto PCNSE or NGFW certification preferred.