Senior Firewall Engineer

Contract Duration: 12 Months Position Overview

We are seeking an experienced Senior Firewall Engineer to join our network security team and support the design, implementation, migration, and ongoing management of enterprise-grade network security infrastructure.

The ideal candidate will have strong hands‑on experience with Palo Alto Networks and Panorama
, along with experience supporting Fortinet and Cisco environments. This position will play a key role in firewall migrations, security policy optimization, troubleshooting, and the deployment of secure network architectures across a large enterprise environment.

Candidates with experience working in large financial services or banking organizations are highly preferred.

• Design, implement, configure, and maintain secure enterprise network infrastructures using Palo Alto Networks, Fortinet, and Cisco technologies.
• Manage and troubleshoot Palo Alto firewalls and security management platforms in large-scale environments.
• Administer Palo Alto Panorama
  , including template stacks, device groups, policy hierarchy, logging, reporting, custom dashboards, and role-based access controls.
• Lead and support firewall migration initiatives, including policy analysis, configuration translation, testing, and production deployment.
• Utilize migration tools such as Palo Alto Expedition, Forti Converter, Smart Move
  , and other vendor utilities.
• Build and deploy new firewall and network security infrastructure, including greenfield implementations and expansions of existing environments.
• Conduct firewall policy reviews, rulebase optimization, security policy cleanup, and hardening activities.
• Tune threat prevention and security controls in accordance with enterprise security standards and compliance requirements.
• Troubleshoot complex network security and connectivity issues across multi-vendor environments.
• Collaborate with network, cloud, infrastructure, application, and security teams to integrate security controls into enterprise architecture.
• Monitor and respond to security events and alerts and participate in root-cause analysis and remediation.
• Maintain accurate network diagrams, configuration standards, operational procedures, and other technical documentation.
• Participate in an on‑call rotation supporting critical network security incidents and maintenance activities.
• Stay current with emerging cybersecurity threats, vulnerabilities, firewall technologies, and industry best practices.

• 4+ years of Information Security Engineering experience
  , or equivalent combination of work experience, training, military experience, or education.
• 2+ years of hands‑on Network Security Engineering experience focused on enterprise firewall platforms and secure network architecture.
• 2+ years of hands‑on experience configuring, managing, and troubleshooting Palo Alto Networks firewalls.
• 2+ years of experience with security policy design, rulebase optimization, and firewall hardening in multi‑vendor environments.
• 2+ years of hands‑on Palo Alto Panorama experience
  , including:
• Template stacks
• Device groups
• Logging and reporting
• Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
• Strong understanding of enterprise network security principles and firewall architecture.
• Experience with Palo Alto, Fortinet, and Cisco network security technologies.

• Experience working within a large financial services or banking environment
  .
• Experience leading or supporting large‑scale firewall migration projects.
• Hands‑on experience with Expedition, Forti Converter, Smart Move
  , or similar firewall migration tools.
• Experience with greenfield firewall deployments.
• Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills in complex enterprise environments.
• Experience supporting production network security infrastructure.
• Excellent communication and cross‑functional collaboration skills.