Principal Palo Alto Firewall Engineer | Remote, USA

This position will be fully remote and can be hired anywhere in the continental U.S This position will require off hours technical support (nights and weekends) to implement all required changes to the environment. 
At Optiv, we're on a missing to help our clients make their businesses more secure. We're one of the fastest-growing companies in a truly essential industry. Join us!  Our engineers are skilled technical and consultative resources expected to be strong in both technical and soft skills. An engineer must be driven and proactive with the ability to problem-solve, communicate, participate in diverse project teams from a technical perspective, and interface effectively with customers, vendor partners, and colleagues. This person will focus on all aspects of Palo Alto firewalls; from troubleshooting connectivity or accessibility issues, auditing rule configurations, managing VPN's, routing, Wildfire, SSL decryption/inspection, providing recommendations around best practices, and more.  

How you'll make an impact

• Able to solo deliver or act as "point" for complex projects/requests. 
• Acts as technical escalation point to assist junior engineers. 
• Lead in capacity planning and HW specification recommendation efforts. 
• Lead in all deployment and management activities, connector configuration, custom rule development, workflow configuration and development, and third-party system integration. 
• Lead User Acceptance Testing and bug-related engineering efforts. 
• Provide knowledge transfer and post production support activities as necessary. 
• Effective team communicator. 
• Maintain professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; participating in professional associations such as ISSA. 
• Obtain and maintain top tier vendor certification and accreditation. 
• Complete administrative project tasks like time and expense entry, status reporting, and project completion reporting. 
• Acts as contributor in Optiv communities for solutions of focus. 
• Develop and maintain runbooks/procedural documentation. 

What we're looking for

• Hands-on experience implementing Palo Alto, including Prisma Access, Prisma Cloud and optionally Prisma Cortex. 
• Hands on experience with cloud providers specifically AWS, Azure and optionally GCP 
• Minimum eight (8) years of hands-on experience with Palo Alto 
• Minimum six (6) years of professional Information Security experience in a consulting, vendor or enterprise-level role. 
• InfoSec/Cyber implementation/practical experience 
• Fully qualified/certified on 1 or more technologies  
• Experience in a customer facing/consulting capacity 
• Demonstrated ability to lead junior colleagues 
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If you are seeking a culture that supports growth, fosters success, and moves the industry forward, find your place at Optiv! As a market-leading provider of cyber security solutions, Optiv has the most comprehensive ecosystem of security products and partners to deliver unparalleled services. Our rich and successful history with our clients is based on trust, serving more than 12,000 clients of varying sizes and industries, including commercial, government, and education. We have the proven expertise to plan, build, and run successful security programs across Risk Management, Cyber Digital Transformation, Threat Management, Security Operations - Managed Services, and Identity and Data Management.
With Optiv you can expect• A company committed to championing Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion through our Affinity groups including, Black Employee Network, Disabled Employee Network, Latino Employee Network, Optiv Pride (LGBTQIA+), Veterans Support Network, and Women's Network.• Work/life balance. • Professional training resources• Creative problem-solving and the ability to tackle unique, complex projects• Volunteer Opportunities. “Optiv Chips In” encourages employees to volunteer and engage with their teams and communities.• The ability and technology necessary to productively work remotely/from home (where applicable)

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