Network Engineer

Job ID: SC-12762

Hybrid/Local (NC/GA/SC) Palo Alto Network/Cloud Engineer (Palo Alto must/10+/PCNSA/PCNSE/SC100/AWS/Azure) with VM Firewalls, AWS/Azure, Panorama, Threat Prevention Tuning, Log Analysis, Zero-Trust, BIG IP F5 LTM/ASM/I-Ruels/XC, Infoblox DDI, Forescout, OPSWAT METADEFENDER/ICAP, Prisma Cloud, Cisco Umbrella, NIST/HIPAA/PII/SOX/PCI/CMMC/CUI/MARS-E/ARC-AMP experience

Location: Columbia, SC (SCDHHS)
Duration: 12 Months
Candidate Location: Candidate MUST be a NC, GA, SC resident and willing to relocate to SC prior to starting the role at their own expense. (Preference for resources local to South Carolina at the time of submission).

Skills:
REQUIRED SKILLS (RANK IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE):
10 YEARS EXPERIENCE IN NETWORK SECURITY AND ENGINEERING
MINIMUM 5 YEARS HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE DESIGNING, DEPLOYING, SCALING, UPGRADING, TROUBLESHOOTING, AND OPTIMIZING PALO ALTO VM-SERIES FIREWALLS IN BOTH AWS AND AZURE CLOUD ENVIRONMENTS.
EXPERIENCE WITH PANORAMA MANAGEMENT, SECURITY POLICY DESIGN, THREAT PREVENTION TUNING, AND LOG ANALYSIS REQUIRED.
MUST DEMONSTRATE ABILITY TO ARCHITECT ZERO-TRUST CONTROLS USING PALO ALTO TECHNOLOGY.
5 YEARS EXPERIENCE IN DEPLOYING, CONFIGURING AND MAINTAINING BIG-IP F5 LTM
PREFERRED SKILLS (RANK IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE):
PALO ALTO FIREWALLS
F5 LTM
F5 ASM
F5 I-RULES
INFOBLOX DDI
FORESCOUT
OPSWAT METADEFENDER/ICAP
BIG-IP F5 XC
PRISMA CLOUD
CISCO UMBRELLA.

PREFERRED CERTIFICATIONS:
PCNSA, PCNSE
SC100 MICROSOFT CYBERSECURITY ARCHITECT
AWS CERTIFIED CLOUD SOLUTIONS ARCHITECT

REQUIRED EDUCATION:
COLLEGE DEGREE OR 10+ YEARS OF EQUIVALENT EXPERIENCE AS A PALO ALTO CLOUD ENGINEER
MUST HOLD PALO ALTO, AWS, OR AZURE CERTIFICATION ADDITIONAL SKILLS/DUTIES:
EXCELLENT COMMUNICATION SKILLS, BOTH WRITTEN AND VERBAL.
SELF-STARTER
EXPLICIT EXPERIENCE IN PANORAMA TEMPLATES AND DEVICE GROUPS, GLOBAL PROTECT IN CLOUD, AND HIGH AVAILABILITY VPN/TRAFFIC ROUTING ON VM-SERIES
EXPERIENCE DESIGNING AND MAINTAINING INFRASTRUCTURE IN AWS/AZURE
CLOUD SECURITY DESIGN, OPERATIONS, AND AUTOMATION EXPERIENCE
DOCUMENTATION OF SECURITY TOOLS, DEPLOYMENT CONFIGURATION, INCIDENT REPORTS, ETC.

DAILY DUTIES / RESPONSIBILITIES:
Design and deploy highly available, scalable, and secure cloud infrastructure with a focus on AWS
and Azure Cloud.
Manage and deploy VM-Series Palo Alto firewalls in Azure and AWS cloud.
Manage and deploy F5 BIG-IP LTM and ASM in Azure and AWS cloud.
Analyze and resolve configuration issues in development, test, and production environments.
Familiar with major security compliance frameworks and building effective monitoring, logging, and
auditing of production systems to ensure compliance with mandated compliance policies (e.g.,
ARC-AMP (formerly known as MARS-E), NIST, HIPAA, PII, SOX, PCI, CMMC, CUI, etc.).
Experience implementing secure (zero trust) infrastructure in cloud.
Security experience with state and local government customers.