Palo Alto Engineer and Team Lead in San Francisco, CA

Description Are you looking to take the next steps in your career as a Palo Alto NGFW Network Engineer and Team Lead? Let's chat and see if we are a good match! Opportunity: Virtual Service Operations is searching for an experienced Palo Alto NGFW Network Engineer and Team Lead to join our dynamic IT team in San Francisco, CA. This hybrid role requires candidates to work 2-3 days per week on-site. In this role, you will provide guidance and technical support to clients deploying our security integrations. You’ll act as the technical partner, providing strategic guidance around complex systems to secure a digital environment. Interacting directly with the client, you’ll partner closely with client personnel to guide and suggest integrations to better serve their success. Your thorough understanding of our product integrations contributes to the development of new principles and concepts – providing detailed analysis around what’s working, what’s not, and what could be better. This is an ideal opportunity if: You enjoy implementation work, are proactive about resolving potential concerns, and operate well around strict best practices that enable our clients on their road to a more secure digital world. You’re creative, innovative, and you love a challenge – learning how integrations might work better around new products and technologies. Key Responsibilities: Lead and manage a team of engineers, providing mentorship and guidance to ensure successful project delivery and team development. Work full-time to support the end client in a hybrid work environment (2-3 days per week on-site). Communicate with the customer(s), sales teams, peers, engineering, and support teams as appropriate. Understand the customer environment, requirements, and security roadmap to implement the appropriate security solution. Configure, implement, and maintain 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 diagnose support cases. Some travel may be required, dependent on customer request. Work with the customer's security & network teams to build confidence across the business units impacted by the change to Palo Alto Networks. Qualifications: 6+ years of experience deploying Palo Alto networking products and NGFW. 4+ years of management experience, with a proven track record of leading and mentoring teams of network security engineers. High level of experience with Panorama and log collectors. NGFW experience. Global Protect experience. BS in Computer Science, MIS, business, or equivalent education/training/experience. Minimum of 5 years’ experience with network/security solutions and technologies (BGP, SD-WAN concepts, VXLAN, and general routing and switching). Minimum of 3 years’ experience leading security solutions in large environments. Detailed technical experience in the installation, configuration, and operation of high-end firewall appliances, ideally Palo Alto Networks products. Experience in internetworking, LAN, and WAN technologies. Good understanding of Internet protocols and applications. Possess the following industry certifications: CISSP, CCNA, CNSE, JNCIE-SEC. Ability to effectively handle multiple projects and work calmly under pressure. Excellent writing skills, with strong verbal communication skills, with demonstrable ability to communicate to senior leaders and technical peers. Requirements: Please note that pursuant to a government contract, this specific position requires U.S. citizenship status. Minimum of 6 years experience deploying Palo Alto Networking Products. Minimum of 6 years experience with NGFW. Minimum of 4 years experience as a Team Lead. Must be able to work full-time to support the end client in a hybrid work environment (2-3 days per week on-site) in San Francisco, CA. What is Important to Us: You are an excellent communicator in writing and speaking. You have the ability to work independently but also value teamwork. Your problem-solving skills are excellent. You are looking for a job where performance appraisals occur regularly, and you look forward to advancing your career. You seek a community of virtue-centered co-workers and clients. What we offer you: As part of the VSO company, you will be part of a virtue-centered team who value their work and teammates. This is a no-jerk zone . We provide ongoing learning and development opportunities to foster continuous growth. We offer competitive salaries, health benefits, and flexible work arrangements. More About VSO: VSO is a hybrid cloud and managed services consulting firm. Much of VSO’s success can be attributed to our deep partnerships with IT services industry leaders such as AWS, IBM, Microsoft, and others. VSO leverages numerous other partner relationships to provide our customers with optimal support. Additionally, we take pride in taking care of our employees. We offer a wide variety of benefits for eligible employees related to health, retirement, professional development, and more! For more information, please visit our website at #J-18808-Ljbffr Virtual Service Operations