AWS Network Cloud Engineer - PaloAlto Firewall & Panorama

We have an opening for an AWS Cloud Network Engineer with PaloAlto Firewall & Panorama in Dallas, TX. Start date is ASAP and will last for 3+ MONTHS (extendable - long term).

100% Remote

Rate is 73-85/hr

Skills (EXPERT/ADVANCED/NONE):

• Ability to independently deploy Palo Alto firewalls & Panorama in cloud environments using IaC automation using Terraform, ensuring proper network segmentation and security zones
• Strong hands-on experience using Panorama to configure security policies, NAT rules, VPN tunnels, and other firewall settings to protect cloud asset
• Design and architect Palo Alto firewall solutions for AWS cloud-based infrastructures based on business requirements and security best practices.
• Ability to Integrate Panorama with other security tools and systems, such as SIEM platforms, to enhance threat detection and response capabilities.
• Palo Alto Networks certifications (e.g., PCNSA, PCNSE) are highly desirable.
• Strong understanding and hands on experience implementing AWS Infra and Networking

Description:

AWS Network Cloud Engineer with Palo Alto Firewall skillset

 What You will need (Qualifications)

• At least 3+ years of experience in AWS with hands-on contribution in DevOps engineering.
• Strong track record of implementing AWS services in a variety of distributed computing environments (Design and implementation experience and Cloud Networking).
• Strong experience on AWS Infrastructure services (EC2, ELB, RDS, Route53, S3, vpc, vpn, tgw, cloudwatch, cloudtrail, eventbridge, etc.
• Large scale implementation and migration experience of Data Center to Cloud Infrastructure automation through DevOps scripting (Ansible, Shell, Python, Ruby, PowerShell)
• Hands on experience in terraform IaC deployments.
• Strong Experience in building CI/CD (Gitlab, Jenkins) and deployment automation.
• Good practical Linux / Windows-based systems administration skills in a Cloud or Virtualized environment
• Experience working on FedRamp compliant projects is a plus.

Palo Alto & Panaroma Skillset requirements:-

• Design and architect Palo Alto firewall solutions for AWS cloud-based infrastructures based on business requirements and security best practices.
• Ability to independently deploy Palo Alto firewalls & Panorama in cloud environments using IaC automation, ensuring proper network segmentation and security zones.
• Strong hands-on experience using Panorama to configure security policies, NAT rules, VPN tunnels, and other firewall settings to protect cloud assets.
• Implement high availability and failover configurations for firewall devices.
• Develop and enforce security policies, including threat prevention, URL filtering, application control, and user identification.
• Ability to Integrate Panorama with other security tools and systems, such as SIEM platforms, to enhance threat detection and response capabilities.
• Palo Alto Networks certifications (e.g., PCNSA, PCNSE) are highly desirable.

What You Bring To The Team

• Can work autonomously, deliver with minimal supervision from a set of requirements
• Demonstrated ability to think strategically about business, product, and technical challenges
• Has excellent communication skills to work as a member of a team
• Ability to function in an agile-based environment and provide good daily feedback on team stand-up call
• Participate in code release and production deployment, have an aggressive approach to fixing bugs and defects
• Good communication skills – verbal / written