Palo Alto Certified Lead Network Engineer

Droisys is an innovation technology company focused on helping companies accelerate their digital initiatives from strategy and planning through execution. We leverage deep technical expertise, Agile methodologies, and data-driven intelligence to modernize systems of engagement and simplify human/tech interaction.

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Client Description

Our client is a major Fortune 500 company and one of the world’s most innovative and cutting-edge technology companies, and this role is in the Interactive department.

Droisys is seeking Palo Alto Firewall Network Lead Engineer job offering Hybrid Work for a long-term job opportunity at Remote in the USA.

Here are the job details

Job Title Palo Alto Firewall Network Lead Engineer

Job Location [Remote work]

Duration 12 Months [Contract job with potential extensions]

Technical Skills: (Primary)

Minimum 4-5 years of experience in Palo Alto

1. Networking Technologies and Design Principles

• In-depth knowledge and understanding of networking technologies, including routers, switches, and load balancers.

• Practical application of network design principles to create scalable, secure, and efficient network architectures.

2. SDN Solutions

• Experience working with Software-Defined Networking (SDN) solutions such as Cisco ACI and VMware VNX

• Understanding of spine/leaf architecture in network design.

3. Network Security Solutions

• Demonstrated working knowledge of network security solutions, including firewalls, VPNs, intrusion detection/prevention and web application firewalls

4. Documentation and Technical Communication

• Strong documentation skills for creating technical documents, diagrams, solution specifications, guidelines, processes, and procedures.

• Excellent communication skills to interact professionally in a corporate environment.

• The IaC Network Technology Lead will function as a technology lead for network and network security related automation initiatives. They will also cover for other developers, build, deploy, and support the solutions in conjunction with other engineering and operations resources.

RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES

• Will work with Infrastructure leadership, other IS teams and business units to engineer, recommend, plan technical projects to meet network strategic, reliability, tactical, performance, or controls needs.

• Analyzes business needs; gather requirements, designs, installs, troubleshoots, and supports technical solutions in a world-class infrastructure.

• Develops and documents models, plans, diagrams, illustrations, and procedures in support of engineering activities and network related business initiatives.

• Participates in regular meetings and conference calls palo teams and/or mentoring junior engineers.

• In depth knowledge and understanding of networking technologies, design principles, and the practical application of routers, switches, virtualization, storage, storage networking virtualization/zoning, load-balancers and network security.

• Experience working with SDN solutions such as Cisco ACI, VMware VNX a plus

• Demonstrated working knowledge of network security solutions such as firewalls, VPNs, Intrusion detection/prevention, and web application firewalls.

• Strong technical knowledge and experience in several of the following (certification a plus):

 oRouting/Switching, spine/leaf architecture

 oF5 LTM/GTM

 oCisco ACI

 oCisco ISE

 oPalo Alto Networks firewalls and security solutions

 oQoS, prioritization of voice and video

 oNetwork automation

• Proven understanding of network segmentation/isolation architectures

• Strong documentation skills and experience generating technical documents, diagrams, solutions specifications, guidelines, processes, and procedures.

• Automation, Ansible, Terraform, scripting

• Excellent communications and customer service skills with proven ability to communicate professionally in a corporate environment.

• Experience in standardizing and automating network and security configuration and deployment

• Experience with software and hardware troubleshooting and system monitoring.

• Flexible schedule and hours as you will be working with other resources on a global scale.

Technical Skills (Secondary – Nice to have, NOT MANDATORY):

• Relevant certifications related to network engineering and security are a plus.

• Proficiency in **network automation** using tools like **Ansible**, **Terraform**, and scripting languages.

• Familiarity with automating network and security configuration and deployment.

• Understanding of QoS principles and prioritization of voice and video traffic.

• Experience with F5 load balancers for optimizing network traffic.

Droisys is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any other characteristic protected by law. Droisys believes in diversity, inclusion, and belonging, and we are committed to fostering a diverse work environment.