Palo Alto Firewall Administrator

Quantam Solutions provides IT solutions and consulting for various clients. We offer competitive hourly wages, health benefits, paid time off, and a 401(k) plan. We are currently seeking a Palo Alto/Panorama Firewall Administrator. Candidates must have Palo Alto and Panorama experience. Candidates must be able to work fully onsite in Frankfort, KY. There is no option for a hybrid or remote work schedule.

Job Description:

Candidates must have direct, hands-on Palo Alto firewall administration experience with Panorama. Candidates must be able to work fully onsite in Frankfort, KY. There is no option for a hybrid or remote work schedule.

We are seeking experienced professionals with strong Palo Alto firewall administration backgrounds. This is a specialized position supporting an experienced technical team. Candidates without actual firewall administration experience should not be submitted.

Minimum Required Experience:

• At least 2 full years of direct, hands-on administration of Palo Alto firewalls, including 3K and/or 5K series, managed by Panorama.

Preferred Technical Experience:

• Building and maintaining Security and NAT policies.
• Managing HA firewall active/standby configurations.
• Supporting HA pairs with multiple virtual firewalls.
• Strong CLI usage for troubleshooting and performance data collection.
• Performing PAN-OS upgrades on HA firewalls and HA Panorama management consoles, including at least two completed upgrade cycles.
• Administering and troubleshooting GlobalProtect VPN environments.
• Administering and troubleshooting IPSEC VPN tunnels to WAN and third-party vendors.
• Experience in mixed-vendor environments, including Cisco and Cradlepoint devices.
• Working knowledge of BGP for VPN tunnel configuration.
• Experience with Palo Alto dedicated log collectors.
• Use of firewall templates and template stacks in Panorama.
• User-ID integration with Active Directory and RADIUS.
• Multi-factor authentication implementation with Azure.
• SSL certificate implementation and lifecycle use on Palo Alto firewalls.
• External Dynamic List configuration and management.
• Using firewall logs to inform and automate policy decisions.
• Effective use of TAG objects beyond rule documentation/identification.
• Experience working directly with Palo Alto Support to resolve platform issues.

Additional Preferred Network Experience:

• Layer 2 and Layer 3 network experience.