Network Engineer

Seeking a Senior level Network Engineer with a specialization in Palo Alto. This is a Long Term Contract (12 month minimum) located in Columbia, SC. This opportunity is a hybrid model, 3x a week on site and must be a resident of South Carolina, North Carolina or Georgia. No c2c candidates please. About The Role: The Sr. Palo Alto Cloud Engineer will collaborate with Product Owners, Applications Owners, Network and Security teams to design and deliver optimal solutions for large-scale app and infrastructure cloud solutions. This position requires demonstrated proficiency in Palo Alto cloud firewalls with a similar level of expertise in cloud architecture and design. What You Will Do In This Role: 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. Required Experience: 10 years’ experience in network security and engineering. 5+ years of 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 Experience: Palo Alto Firewalls INFOBLOX DDI F5 LTM/ASM/I-RULES FORESCOUT OPSWAT METADEFENDER/ICAP Prisma Cloud Cisco Umbrella Required Education: Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or related field. Required Certifications: Must hold one of the following certifications: Palo Alto, AWS, or Azure certification