|
Position: |
Network Specialist – Firewall Administrator |
|
Location: |
Frankfort, KY (Hybrid) Min 3
days per week onsite |
|
Status: |
Contract |
|
Estimated Duration: |
Long-Term Indefinite Contract |
|
Starts |
READY TO HIRE |
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 2 full 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
