Sr. Palo Alto Engineer | Remote, USA

Job Overview This position will be fully remote and can be hired anywhere in the continental U.S. Our engineers are skilled technical and consultative resources expected to be strong in both technical and soft skills. An engineer must be driven and proactive with the ability to problem‑solve, communicate, participate in diverse project teams from a technical perspective, and interface effectively with customers, vendor partners, and colleagues. Establish & maintain productive and respectful relationships with the delivery team, practice management, and client management team. How you'll make an impact Solo deliver or act as the “point” for complex projects/requests. Act as a technical escalation point to assist junior engineers. Lead in capacity planning and hardware specification recommendation efforts. Lead all deployment and management activities, connector configuration, custom rule development, workflow configuration and development, and third‑party system integration. Lead User Acceptance Testing and bug‑related engineering efforts. Provide knowledge transfer and post‑production support activities as necessary. Effective team communicator. Maintain professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops, reviewing professional publications, establishing personal networks, and participating in professional associations such as ISSA. Obtain and maintain top tier vendor certification and accreditation. Complete administrative project tasks including time and expense entry, status reporting, and project completion reporting. Act as a contributor in Optiv communities for solutions of focus. Develop and maintain runbooks/procedural documentation. What we’re looking for U.S. Citizenship required. Position requires a CJIS Background Check and Fingerprinting as part of the onboarding process. Current PCNSE certification is required for this role. Hands‑on experience implementing Palo Alto, including Prisma Access, Prisma Cloud, and optionally Prisma Cortex. Hands‑on experience with cloud providers specifically AWS, Azure, and optionally GCP. Minimum four (3) years of hands‑on experience with Palo Alto. Minimum six (5) years of professional Information Security experience in a consulting, vendor, or enterprise‑level role. InfoSec/Cyber implementation and practical experience. Fully qualified/certified on one or more technologies. Experience in a customer‑facing/consulting capacity. Demonstrated ability to lead junior colleagues. Benefits Work/life balance. Professional training resources. Creative problem‑solving and the ability to tackle unique, complex projects. Volunteer opportunities through “Optiv Chips In.” Technology and resources necessary to work productively remotely. EEO Statement Optiv is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants for employment will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, pregnancy, age 40 and over, marital status, genetic information, national origin, status as an individual with a disability, military or veteran status, or any other basis protected by federal, state, or local law. Optiv respects your privacy. By providing your information through this page or applying for a job at Optiv, you acknowledge that Optiv will collect, use, and process your information, which may include personal information and sensitive personal information, in connection with Optiv’s selection and recruitment activities. #J-18808-Ljbffr