What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Firewall Engineer position at Strategic Staffing Solutions?
Job Title: Information Security Engineer
Location: Las Colinas, TX - Charlotte, NC - Chandler, AZ
Duration: 6-month contract Possibility to Extend and/or Convert to FTE
Pay Rate: $55 - $60/HR (W2 Only)
Job/Role Description:
- This role supports firewall engineering, security policy management, network security infrastructure, and operational troubleshooting in a large enterprise environment.
- Perform hands-on configuration, management, administration, and troubleshooting of firewalls, with primary focus on Palo Alto Networks platforms (majority of the environment) and Fortinet.
- Design, implement, review, and optimize security policies and rulebases to align with organizational standards and compliance requirements.
- Utilize Palo Alto Panorama for centralized management, including template stacks, device groups, policy hierarchy, logging, reporting, and related operational tasks.
- Apply strong Layer 3 networking knowledge to support secure network architectures and resolve complex technical issues.
- Provide operational support, monitoring, and troubleshooting for network security infrastructure, with Splunk experience beneficial for visibility and incident handling.
- Participate in occasional after-hours maintenance, change activities, weekend support, and on-call responsibilities as needed, with flex time provided to adjust schedules following extended support periods.
- Maintain accurate documentation and contribute to the ongoing stability and performance of enterprise network security systems.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate and support security controls within the broader infrastructure.
Required Qualifications
- 4 years of Information Security Engineering experience
- 2 years of hands-on Network Security Engineering experience
- 2 years configuring, managing, and troubleshooting firewalls
- 2 years of Security Policy Design experience
- 2 years of Palo Alto Panorama experience
- Strong Layer 3 networking knowledge
- Hands-on firewall engineering and administration experience
Preferred Qualifications
- Strong Palo Alto experience (highly prioritized)
- Fortinet experience (significant plus)
- Cisco routing and switching experience
- Splunk experience (beneficial for troubleshooting, monitoring, and operational visibility)
- Large enterprise or financial services experience
Salary : $55