Firewall Administrator (# 7910)

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I hope you are doing well. I am a recruiter for Harvey Nash USA and have a job opportunity for you to check out.

Job Description:

Position: Palo Alto Firewall Administrator
Location: Frankfort, KY
Contract Duration: Long-term indefinite


Job Description
Network Operations is requesting qualified contract candidates for a Firewall Administrator role (Position Title: Network Specialist). We are seeking experienced professionals with strong Palo Alto firewall administration backgrounds.

Minimum Required Experience

  • At least 3 years of direct, hands-on administration of Palo Alto firewalls (3K and 5K series) managed by Panorama.

Required Technical Experience

  • Building and maintaining Security and NAT policies
  • Managing HA firewall active/standby configurations
  • Supporting HA pairs with multiple virtual firewalls
  • Strong CLI usage for troubleshooting and performance data collection
  • Performing PAN-OS upgrades on HA firewalls and HA Panorama management consoles (minimum two upgrade cycles completed)
  • Administering and troubleshooting:
    • GlobalProtect VPN environments
    • IPSEC VPN tunnels to WAN and third-party vendors
    • Mixed-vendor environments (including Cisco and Cradlepoint devices)
  • Working knowledge of BGP for VPN tunnel configuration
  • Experience with Palo Alto dedicated log collectors
  • Use of firewall templates and template stacks in Panorama
  • User-ID integration with Active Directory and RADIUS
  • Multi-factor authentication implementation with Azure
  • SSL certificate implementation and lifecycle use on Palo Alto firewalls
  • External Dynamic List configuration and management
  • Using firewall logs to inform and automate policy decisions
  • Effective use of TAG objects beyond rule documentation/identification
  • Experience working directly with Palo Alto Support to resolve platform issues

Additional Network Experience

  • Layer 2 and 3 network experience preferred.

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Regards

Nishant Kumar

Nishant.kumar@harveynash.com

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