Network Security Engineer - Strata EEC

Job-ID28890114Reference24-14877Remote70% RemoteAmpcus Inc. is a certified global provider of a broad range of Technology and Business consulting services. We are in search of a highly motivated candidate to join our talented Team.Job Title: Network Security Engineer – Strata EECLocation(s): Chicago, ILMust Have:· Panorama/NGFW Expertise

• Strong Networking Skills
• Checkpoint Migration Experience
• Senior-Level Experience in Engineering
• Excellent Communications, Interpersonal, and Relationship-Building Skills
• Consultative Approach (providing professional advice or recommendations)Nice to Have:· XSOAR Experience
• Zero Trust Experience (AppID, UserID, DeviceID, ContentID)
• Azure / AWS Experience
• VM Series KnowledgeYour Career:· You will provide guidance and technical support to clients deploying our security integrations.
• Acting as the technical partner, you’ll provide strategic guidance around complex systems to secure a digital environment.
• Interacting directly with clients, you’ll work closely with their teams to suggest integrations that align with their success.
• You’re thorough understanding of our product integrations will contribute to the development of new principles and concepts, providing detailed analysis of what’s working, what’s not, and what could be improved.
• You enjoy implementation work, proactively resolving potential issues, and adhering to best practices that enable our clients to secure their digital environments. You’re creative, innovative, and enjoy challenges, especially in learning how integrations can work better with new products and technologies.Your Impact:· Communicate effectively with customers, sales teams, peers, engineering, and support teams as necessary.
• Understand the customer environment, requirements, and security roadmap to implement the appropriate security solution.
• Configure, implement, and maintain the Security Operating Platform.
• Optimize and migrate policies and objects from the existing environment to our Next-Gen Firewall.
• Test and validate the migration environment.
• Coordinate and execute cutover to production.
• Provide guidance on code upgrades.
• Facilitate the development of new application and threat signatures.
• Interact with our Technical Assistance Center (TAC) to understand and resolve support cases.
• Travel may be required based on customer requests.
• Work with the customer’s security and network teams to build confidence across business units impacted by changes to PAN products.Your Experience:· Extensive experience with Panorama and log collectors.
• Strong knowledge of NGFW and GlobalProtect.
• BS in Computer Science, MIS, Business, or equivalent education/training/experience.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience with network/security solutions and technologies (BGP, SD-WAN concepts, VXLAN, and general routing and switching).
• Minimum of 3 years of experience leading security solutions in large environments.
• Detailed technical experience in the installation, configuration, and operation of high-end firewall appliances, ideally PAN products.
• Expertise in internetworking, LAN, and WAN technologies.
• Good understanding of Internet protocols and applications.
• Industry certifications such as CISSP, CCNA, CNSE, JNCIE-SEC.
• Ability to effectively handle multiple projects and work calmly under pressure.

Strong writing and verbal communication skills, with demonstrable ability to communicate with senior leaders and technical peers.Ampcus is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identify, national origin, age, protected veterans or individuals with disabilities.