Palo Alto Network Architect

Job Title:  Palo Alto Network Architect

 Location: Albany, NY  

Duration: 24-30 Months

Job Description:

·       Expert knowledge of Palo Alto Network Firewall, CloudFlare and, Prisma Cloud and Cisco ASA.

·       Expert knowledge of F5 Load Balancers LTM. GTM, WAF,and AWS ELB.

·       Advanced OSI layer 2 knowledge and practical experience, including various flavors of STP, ARP, QOS, etc.

·       Comprehensive knowledge of OSI layer 3 networks and protocols, including broadcast, multicast, anycast concepts, routing, etc.

·       Expert knowledge of various routing protocols (BGP, OSPF, EIGRP) and multi-homing Internet circuit configuration

·       Proficient knowledge of network security methodologies as a whole, including but not limited to: ACLs, Stateful firewalls, VPNs (tunneling, IPsec, SSL, etc.)

·       Fluency with common network admin and monitoring tools such as Rancid, OpenNMS, Nagios, OpManager, Wireshark, Nmap, Nessus, Netflow, Sflow etc.

·       Administrative scripting skills (Perl, UNIX shell scripting)

·       Advanced knowledge of Cisco IOS, NX-OS, both Cisco Nexus 1K, 2K, 5K 7K, 9K and non-Nexus series switches, Cisco routers and other Cisco networking gear.

·       Working knowledge of data center related technology and collocation environment.

·       Advanced knowledge of MPLS network.

·       Working knowledge of Nexus 9K and VPC

·       Advanced knowledge of Forcepoint configuration

·       Advanced knowledge and experience with Routing Protocols (BGP, RIP, OSPF, etc)

·       Working knowledge of Palo Alto Global Protect VPN

·       Advanced knowledge and hands-on experience on Cisco Network Devices automation

·       Working knowledge of Ansible or Python scripting for Network automation

·       Deep domain expertise in networking, network security and public/private clouds

·       Working knowledge deploying and maintaining wireless networks

·       Expert knowledge of AWS services i.e. EC2, ELB, RDS, S3, Route53, VPC, Cloud formation, SSM and Transit gateway

·       Working knowledge of deploying and maintaining Microsoft Team PBX VOIP deployments (network side, not telecom), SIP Trunking and Five 9 Content Center

·       Working knowledge of deploying and maintaining wireless networks

·       Working knowledge of managing network service and similar support providers in a client/vendor relationship