Palo Alto Firewall Administrator
Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky, 40601, USA
Listed on 2026-06-12
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IT/Tech
Cybersecurity, Systems Administrator, Network Security
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 Global Protect 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-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.
Additional Preferred Network
Experience:
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