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Zachary Piper Solutions · 3 days ago

Next-Gen Firewall Engineer

Washington, DC

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

$160K/yr - $160K/yr

5+ years exp

Zachary Piper Solutions is seeking a NextGen Firewall Engineer to support their partner, Palo Alto. In this role, you will provide guidance and technical support to clients deploying security integrations and act as a technical partner to secure digital environments.

GovernmentInformation ServicesInformation TechnologySoftware

Growth Opportunities

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Work full-time at the customer site

Communicate with the customer(s), sales teams, peers, engineering and support teams as appropriate

Understand the customer environment, requirements, and security roadmap to implement the appropriate security solution

Configure, implement, and maintain Security Operating Platform

Optimize and migrate policies and objects from the existing environment to our Next-Gen Firewall

Test and validate the migration environment

Coordinate and execute cutover to production

Provide guidance on code upgrades

Facilitate the development of new application and threat signatures

Interact with our Technical Assistance Center (TAC) to understand and diagnose support cases

You work with the customer's security & network teams to build confidence across the business units impacted by the change to Palo Alto Networks

Qualification

Palo Alto NetworksFirewall migrationNetwork/security solutionsSecurity integrationsCISSPCCNAJNCIE-SECActive DirectorySD-WANClient relationship managementVerbal communicationProblem-solvingWriting skills

Required

Deep, hands-on experience with Palo Alto Networks hardware (PA-5430) and management platforms (Panorama M-700 or virtual machine). This includes configuration of Panorama (device groups, templates), setting up High Availability (HA), and establishing application-aware security policies (App-ID, Policy Optimizer, NAT, User-ID, File Blocking, Threat Prevention, URL Filtering)

Ability to lead and execute complex firewall migrations

Proficiency in integrating the firewalls with critical enterprise systems such as Active Directory/Entra ID for User-ID, and Cisco ISE for identity and access control

Expertise in post-implementation tuning, including continuously optimizing threat prevention profiles, eliminating unused objects, consolidating overlapping policies, and performing monthly performance/security checks

Minimum of 5 years' experience with network/security solutions and technologies (BGP, SD-WAN concepts, VXLAN and general routing and switching)

Minimum of 3 years' experience leading security solutions

Detailed technical experience in the installation, configuration, and operation of high-end firewalls

Experienced in internetworking, LAN, and WAN technologies

Certifications: CISSP, CCNA, CNSE, JNCIE-SEC

Strong verbal communication skills, with demonstrable ability to communicate to senior leaders and technical peers

BS in Computer Science, MIS, business, or equivalent education/training/experience

Benefits

Standard benefits associated with PTO

Federal holidays

Company

Zachary Piper Solutions

Zachary Piper Solutions is an IT company providing government contracting solutions in support of the nation’s Intelligence Community.

Founded in 2011

Mclean, Virginia, USA

201-500 employees

http://zacharypiper.com/

H1B Sponsorship

Zachary Piper Solutions has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)

Distribution of Different Job Fields Receiving Sponsorship

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Trends of Total Sponsorships

2022 (1)

2021 (1)

Funding

Current Stage

Growth Stage

Total Funding

$3M

2018-02-22Series Unknown· $1.3M

2014-04-10Series Unknown· $1.7M

Leadership Team

Christopher Stroud

Partner Outreach & Engagements

Justin Jordan

Founder and Chairman

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