Piper Companies is seeking a Senior Firewall Consultant to join the largest network security company in the world. The Senior Firewall Consultant with Help with deployment, migration and d2d maintenance of existing FWs, 30 FWs, 7Ks, 7050s in environment. This is an initial 12 month contract with the possibility of an extension. This is not an administrative or configuration position. Recent deployment and migration of Palo Alto firewalls is required.
Responsibilities of the Senior Firewall Consultant include:
Work full-time to support the customer remotely
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
Help customer deploy, migrate, and maintain existing firewalls
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
Some travel may be required, dependent on customer request
You work with the customer's security & network teams to build confidence across the business units impacted by the change to Palo Alto Networks
Qualifications for the Senior Firewall Consultant:
High level of experience with Panorama and log collectors
NGFW
Global Protect
Large enterprise firewall experience (5k and 7k)
BS in Computer Science, MIS, business, or equivalent education/training/experience or equivalent military experience required
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 in large environments)
Detailed technical experience in the installation, configuration, and operation of high-end firewall appliances, ideally Palo Alto Networks® products
You're experienced in internetworking, LAN, and WAN technologies
You have a good understanding of Internet protocols and applications
Possess the following industry certifications - CISSP, CCNA, CNSE, JNCIE-SEC
You effectively handle multiple projects and work calmly in high pressure
You're an excellent writer, with strong verbal communication skills, with demonstrable ability to communicate to senior leaders and technical peers
Compensation for the Senior Firewall Consultant Consultant include: