Firewall Administrator

Job Description

Network Operations is requesting qualified contract candidates for a Firewall Administrator role (

Position Title:

Network Specialist). We are seeking experienced professionals with strong Palo Alto firewall administration backgrounds.

Position:
Network Specialist – Firewall Administrator

Location:

Frankfort, KY (Hybrid) – Minimum 3 days per week onsite.

Status:
Contract

Estimated Duration:
Long-Term Indefinite Contract

Start:
Ready to hire

• At least 2 full years of direct, hands‑on administration of Palo Alto firewalls (3K and 5K series) managed by Panorama.

• 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 (minimum two upgrade cycles completed)
• Administering and troubleshooting:
  • Global Protect VPN environments
  • IPSEC VPN tunnels to WAN and third‑party vendors
  • 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‑n 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

Layer 2 and 3 network experience preferred.