What are the responsibilities and job description for the Firewall & Network Security Engineer / Administrator position at Global Solution Group, Inc?
Candidates MUST be local
Must have 5 years of Palo Alto Networks experience.
Primary Responsibilities
- Administer and support Palo Alto PA-1420, PA-460, and PA-450 firewalls.
- Administer and maintain Palo Alto Panorama including device groups, templates, policies, and log management.
- Design, deploy, configure, and validate new Palo Alto firewall clusters and High Availability (HA) pairs.
- Lead firewall refresh, migration, cutover, and implementation projects.
- Configure and maintain security policies, NAT, VPNs, routing, zones, and security profiles.
- Perform troubleshooting, upgrades, health monitoring, and performance tuning.
- Conduct Best Practice Assessments (BPA), rule reviews, and security optimization activities.
- Support Threat Prevention, WildFire, DNS Security, SSL Decryption, App-ID, and User-ID initiatives.
- Participate in CAB and change management processes; develop implementation and rollback plans.
- Maintain technical documentation, diagrams, standards, and operational procedures.
- SOC analysis and support experience is preferred but not required.
Required Qualifications
- 5 years of enterprise firewall administration experience.
- 5 years of Palo Alto Networks experience.
- Hands-on experience with Panorama.
- Strong knowledge of TCP/IP, VLANs, BGP, OSPF, NAT, DNS, VPNs, and network security.
- Strong customer-facing communication skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- PCNSA or PCNSE certification.
- Security , CISSP, or CCNP Security.
- Experience supporting managed security services.
- Experience with SIEM, EDR, security automation, or Agentic SOC technologies.
- Threat hunting and incident response experience preferred.
Pay: $55.00 - $60.00 per hour
Experience:
- enterprise firewall administration : 7 years (Preferred)
- Palo Alto Networks: 6 years (Preferred)
Work Location: In person
Salary : $55 - $60