Palo Alto Security Engineer

Our client is seeking a Network Security Engineer for a 6-month contract in Enon, OH or Irving, TX. You will be working onsite for 3 to 5 days. 

Contract Duration: 6 Months

Required Skills & Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Security, or equivalent.
• At least one entry-level vendor certification (with non-entry-level preferred) in the Network Security arena (Palo Alto PCNSA/PCNSE preferred, Cisco CCNA/CCNP Security, Juniper JNCIA-SEC/JNCIS-SEC, etc.) or equivalent experience.
• 5 years of related experience with Bachelors.
• Experience deploying and managing Palo Alto firewalls in Cloud environments.

Desired Skills & Experience

• Masters degree.
• At least one entry-level vendor-neutral certification in the Information Security arena (GICF, GSEC, CISA, CEH, etc.)
• 3 years of experience.

What You Will Be Doing

• Firewalls and network filters, in both Enterprise, Stores, and cloud networks
• Intrusion Prevention policies
• Site-to-site and remote-access VPN connectivity
• Network Access Control
• Authentication, Authorization and Accounting (to include multi-factor authentication)
• Web access proxy servers and URL filtering
• DNS Security
• Threat research, vulnerability remediation, and creation of compensating controls
• Network Security policy creation, exception documentation and approval
• Provide suggestions to team lead/manager in creating your professional development and training plan.
• Prioritize taskings and projects assigned based on importance to accomplishment of business objectives. Occasionally assist junior teammates with maintaining proper prioritization.
• Solve diverse and complex issues where analysis of situations and data requires in-depth evaluation of identifiable factors. Provide escalation support and technical guidance to teammates in areas where you are a SME.
• Work on projects assigned to you, in effort to advance partnership opportunities between Network Security team and other business areas.
• Work with senior engineers to define network security requirements for current and future state end-to-end architectures and platforms to advance security controls and the security posture of the business.
• Assist senior engineers in collaborating with development and engineering teams to prioritize security risks, provide mitigation or remediation recommendations, and implement compensating controls.
• Perform network security architecture and third-party risk management reviews.
• Perform network security platform testing, vulnerability remediation, and operating system hardening to reduce attack surface.
• Assist in performing proof-of-concept testing for network security solutions under consideration for purchase and implementation.
• Assist in developing and maintaining network security policies, standards, processes and workflows.
• Work with senior engineers in identifying network security products and technologies that can enhance the company's mission by providing appropriate protection for all data on the network, or sent or received to/from various public or private clouds, or the Internet at large.

You will receive the following benefits:

• Medical Insurance - Four medical plans to choose from for you and your family
• Dental & Orthodontia Benefits
• Vision Benefits
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Health and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Voluntary Life Insurance, Long-Term & Short-Term Disability Insurance
• Hospital Indemnity Insurance
• 401(k) including match with pre and post-tax options
• Paid Sick Time Leave
• Legal and Identity Protection Plans
• Pre-tax Commuter Benefit
• 529 College Saver Plan

Motion Recruitment Partners (MRP) is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including Veterans/Disability/Women. All applicants must be currently authorized to work on a full-time basis in the country for which they are applying, and no sponsorship is currently available. Employment is subject to the successful completion of a pre-employment screening. Accommodation will be provided in all parts of the hiring process as required under MRP’s Employment Accommodation policy. Applicants need to make their needs known in advance.