Network Security Engineer

Network Security Engineer Anywhere Type: Consulting Category: Development Industry: Other Workplace Type: Remote Standard Hours: Open Reference ID: JN -092026-108525 Date Posted: 09/08/2026 Shortcut: Description Recommended Jobs Description: Remote Our client seeks a Network Security Engineer to onboard approximately 350 Palo Alto firewalls into a new Panorama deployment. You will work in a two-person team following a locked design and a defined runbook within scheduled change windows. Devices are transitioning from a third-party managed provider, so precision, validation, and rollback discipline are required. Pairs will execute a repeatable onboarding sequence at pace, identifying exceptions and recording deviations to inform subsequent waves. We can facilitate w2 and corp-to-corp consultants. For our w2 consultants, we offer a great benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits, 401k with company matching, and life insurance. Rate: $95.00 to $115.00/hr. w2 JN -092026-108525 Responsibilities: Run the per-device onboarding sequence: pre-checks, configuration capture, device group and template assignment, commit, validation, and rollback if validation fails. Work in a two-person team against a wave calendar, in scheduled four-hour change windows. Stage and deploy the Panorama high-availability pair and its log collectors. Migrate policy and clean up rulebases: shadowed rules, unused rules, overly permissive rules, and object consolidation across archetypes. Configure log forwarding to two destinations during the parallel-run period, and verify the receiving side actually has the logs. Record every device that does not match its archetype to inform the next wave. Experience Requirements: Hands-on PAN-OS at production scale: security and NAT policy, security profiles, objects, zones, interfaces, routing, and commit and validation behavior. Experience onboarding firewalls to Panorama or comparable bulk device migration to a central management platform. Comfort working scheduled evening and weekend change windows through October, November, and early December. Discipline with a runbook, following the sequence and escalating rather than improvising during windows. Ability to read a firewall configuration and articulate impact if a rule moves. Recruitment Transparency Notice Eliassen Group values transparency in our recruitment practices. Please be advised that Eliassen Group utilizes artificial intelligence (AI) tools as part of its initial application screening and hiring process. You may receive email and SMS notifications from the Eliassen Virtual Recruiting Team ( View email address on click.appcast.io , View phone number on click.appcast.io) inviting you to complete a brief voice screening as part of your application process. 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