Senior Firewall Engineer

Genesis
10 is currently seeking a Senior Firewall Engineer for a contract position with a Global Financial Institution located in Las Colinas, TX, Irving, TX, Charlotte, NC, or Chandler, AZ. This is a 6+ month contract opportunity.

We are looking for a skilled and driven Senior Firewall Engineer to join our team and contribute to the design, deployment, and ongoing support of secure, scalable network infrastructures. This role is ideal for professionals with a strong foundation in enterprise firewall technologies, particularly Palo Alto Networks and Fortinet, along with working knowledge of Cisco infrastructure products. You will be responsible for implementing and maintaining advanced security solutions, leading firewall migrations, and ensuring the integrity and performance of network security systems.

• Design, implement, and maintain secure network infrastructures using Palo Alto Networks, Fortinet, and Cisco routing and switching products.
• Lead and support firewall migration projects, including policy analysis, configuration translation, and deployment using tools such as Expedition, Forti Converter, Smart Move, and other vendor utilities.
• Build and deploy new network security infrastructures, including greenfield implementations and expansion of existing environments.
• Perform security policy reviews, rulebase optimization, and threat prevention tuning to align with best practices and compliance requirements.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex network security issues across multi-vendor environments, ensuring minimal downtime and optimal performance.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (network, cloud, infrastructure, and application teams) to integrate security controls into enterprise architecture.
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date documentation, including network diagrams, configuration standards, and operational procedures.
• Monitor and respond to security events, alerts, and incidents, escalating as necessary and contributing to root cause analysis and remediation.
• Participate in a rotational on‑call schedule to provide after‑hours support for critical network security incidents and maintenance activities.
• Stay current with emerging threats, vulnerabilities, and technologies to continuously improve the organization's security posture.

• 4+ years of Information Security Engineering experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education.
• 2+ years of hands‑on experience in network security engineering, with a strong focus on enterprise‑grade firewall platforms and secure network architecture.
• 2+ years of experience configuring, managing, and troubleshooting firewalls and security management systems across Palo Alto Networks.
• 2+ years of experience in security policy design, rulebase optimization, and hardening of multi‑vendor firewall environments to meet organizational and compliance standards.
• 2+ years of experience in Panorama – template stacks, device groups, policy hierarchy, logging, reporting, custom dashboards, role‑based control.

Pay range: $43.59 - $51.59 per hour

Only candidates available and ready to work directly as Genesis
10 employees will be considered for this position.

• Access to hundreds of clients, most who have been working with Genesis
  10 for 5-20+ years.
• The opportunity to have a career‑home in Genesis
  10; many of our consultants have been working exclusively with Genesis
  10 for years.
• Access to an experienced, caring recruiting team (more than 7 years of experience, on average.)
• Behavioral Health Platform
• Medical, Dental, Vision
• Health Savings Account
• Voluntary Hospital Indemnity (Critical Illness & Accident)
• Voluntary Term Life Insurance
• 401K
• Sick Pay (for applicable states/municipalities)
• Commuter Benefits (Dallas, NYC, SF, and Illinois)

Genesis
10 is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Candidates will receive consideration without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.