Palo Alto Firewall Engineer – Europe – 100% Remote
A global organisation are seeking a Palo Alto Firewall Engineer with hands-on experience in Firewall administration, rule creation, and remediation activities. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in Palo Alto Firewalls and a solid understanding of network security concepts, security policies, and remediation processes.
This will be a 3-6 months contract which can be worked 100% remotely from any location across Europe.
Key Responsibilities:
- Create, modify, and manage Firewall security rules on enterprise Firewalls.
- Perform Firewall remediation activities including: Security rule remediation, Security profile remediation and Object remediation.
- Proven experience configuring with Panorama
- Analyse and optimise Firewall configurations to align with security best practices.
- Support day-to-day Firewall operations, troubleshooting, and policy management.
- Work with network and security teams to understand traffic flow and implement secure access controls.
- Ensure Firewall policies comply with organisational security standards and governance requirements.
- Experience with Trust & Untrust SSL
- Experience with Templates & Template Stacks
- Assist in basic security remediation and operational security tasks.
- 3 to 5 years of hands-on experience working with Palo Alto Firewalls.
- Strong experience in Firewall remediation activities, including: Security Rules, Security Profiles and Objects remediation.
- Good understanding of network architecture and network traffic flow.
- Experience in implementing and managing Firewall policies and access controls.
- Ability to troubleshoot Firewall and connectivity-related issues.
- Palo Alto NGFW or PCNSE certification preferred.
