System Engineer (W/ Palo Alto Networks and Fortinet FortiGate)

Work Mode: W/Some travel to "CA" to visit data center

About the role: Seeking a senior System Engineer with strong Palo Alto Networks and Fortinet FortiGate experience to support firewall hardening and security initiatives. This role will assess firewall policies, identify security gaps, remediate risks, improve network segmentation, and assist with a migration from Palo Alto to FortiGate. Responsibilities include firewall rule auditing, security best practice implementation, policy optimization, migration planning, documentation, and working closely with security and network teams. Experience with firewall migrations, CIS security standards, FortiManager, Panorama, and scripting/automation (Python or PowerShell) is highly preferred.

Key Skills:

• Palo Alto Networks (Panorama, App-ID, User-ID, NAT)
• Fortinet FortiGate / FortiOS / FortiManager
• Firewall rule analysis and hardening
• Network security, segmentation, VPNs, TLS inspection
• Firewall migrations (Palo Alto to FortiGate preferred)
• CIS benchmarks and security best practices
• Python or PowerShell automation