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Security Firewall Engineer

Samprasoft

Security Firewall Engineer

We are looking for a Security Firewall Engineer with vast Palo Alto experience and whose responsibilities will include designing, implementing, managing, and maintaining our clients network security systems. The role focuses on ensuring the security, integrity, and availability of IT systems and data by configuring and managing firewall solutions to prevent unauthorized access and mitigate cyber threats. In this role the Security Firewall Engineer will design, configure, and deploy firewall solutions to support enterprise security policies. The candidate will also develop and maintain access control lists (ACLs), rule sets, and security policies based on organizational needs. The candidate will perform regular updates and patches to firewalls to maintain a top security posture, plan, and implement network segmentation to isolate critical assets and reduce attack surfaces.

Required Skills:

  • 7+ years’ experience in a network security engineering role
  • 7+ years’ experience designing, deploying and administering intrusion prevention systems, network access control systems, network detection & response systems and Palo Alto firewalls
  • 5+ Years hands-on Experience with Python Scripting
  • 5+ years’ hands-on experience with one or more of the following Web application firewalls such as: Akamai, Imperva, Cloudflare or Radware
  • 3+ years’ hands-on experience with one or more of the following Prevention Systems such as: Cisco Firepower, Fortinet, or Palo Alto
  • 3+ years’ hands-on experience with one or more of the following Network Detection & Response (NDR) systems: Arista Awake NDR, Cisco Stealth Watch, FortiNDR, or Corelight
  • 3+ years’ hands-on experience with one or more of the following Network access control (NAC) systems: Forescout, Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) or Fortinet/FortiNAC.

Job Duties:

  • The Security Firewall Engineer will integrate firewalls with other security tools (e.g., IDS/IPS, VPNs, SIEM systems) and monitor firewall logs and alerts to identify suspicious activities and security threats.
  • The candidate will investigate and resolve firewall-related incidents and provide root cause analysis and support incident response teams by isolating affected systems and implementing containment measures.
  • The Security Firewall Engineer will ensure firewall configurations comply with industry standards, regulatory requirements, and organizational policies (e.g., PCI DSS, HIPAA, NIST) and document firewall configurations, rule changes, and security incidents for audit purposes.
  • Upgrade existing firewalls to Palo Alto.
  • The Security Firewall Engineer will troubleshoot and resolve connectivity and performance issues related to firewall systems and will work closely with IT teams, application developers, and third-party vendors to ensure security requirements are met.
  • The candidate will contribute to strategic planning for network security improvements while ensuring adherence to legal, regulatory, and industry standards, such as GDPR, HIPAA, and PCI DSS.
Vacancy posted 3 days ago
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