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Network Engineer

GLOBAL IT CON LLCBoston, MA🇺🇸United StatesPosted 11 Sept 2026

Quick Overview

Seniority
Mid Senior
Work mode
Hybrid
Location
Boston, MA, United States
Posted
Yesterday
AWSTCP/IPAzureDNS

Job Description

Job Summary
We are seeking an experienced Network Engineer with deep, hands-on Palo Alto Networks firewall expertise to design, implement, operate, and troubleshoot our enterprise network security infrastructure. Serving as the primary technical resource for Palo Alto and Panorama , you will also support routing, switching, VPNs, and cloud connectivity to maintain secure, 24x7 highly available operations within a complex healthcare environment.
Primary Responsibilities
  • Firewall Administration: Design, configure, and troubleshoot Palo Alto firewalls using Panorama, including security policies, App-ID, User-ID, URL filtering, and threat prevention.
  • Network Connectivity: Configure and support NAT, site-to-site IPsec VPNs, GlobalProtect remote access, high-availability pairs, and advanced routing through firewalls.
  • Lifecycle Management: Lead software upgrades, content updates, hardware refreshes, and vulnerability remediations.
  • Incident Response: Investigate complex connectivity and security issues using packet captures, session analysis, traffic logs, and diagnostic tools.
  • Change Governance: Evaluate and execute production infrastructure changes through established peer-review and validation processes.
  • Core Infrastructure Support: Assist in managing routers, switches, load balancers, DNS, DHCP, VLANs, BGP, OSPF, and cloud connectivity.
  • Documentation & Rotation: Maintain accurate network diagrams and standard operating procedures while participating in an after-hours on-call rotation.
Required Qualifications
  • Palo Alto Expertise: Substantial hands-on experience administering Palo Alto firewalls and Panorama in a large enterprise environment.
  • Network Security Foundations: Strong command of TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, network segmentation, and advanced traffic/log analysis.
  • Enterprise Networking: Proven experience supporting platforms like Cisco, Aruba/HPE, Dell, F5, or SD-WAN technologies.
  • Change Management: Demonstrated success planning and executing complex production upgrades and migrations with clear rollback plans.
  • Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, IT, or equivalent professional experience.
Preferred Qualifications
  • Industry Experience: Background in healthcare or other highly regulated, 24x7 high-availability environments.
  • Cloud Infrastructure: Experience with Azure/AWS networking, ExpressRoute, Direct Connect, or cloud-hosted firewalls.
  • Automation: Familiarity with scripting or automation tools for network validation, reporting, and policy analysis.

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