Network Security Engineer
DescriptionRemoteOur client seeks a Network Security Engineer to onboard approximately 350 Palo Alto firewalls into a new Panorama deployment. You will work in a two-person team following a locked design and a defined runbook within scheduled change windows. Devices are transitioning from a third-party managed provider, so precision, validation, and rollback discipline are required. Pairs will execute a repeatable onboarding sequence at pace, identifying exceptions and recording deviations to inform subsequent waves.We can facilitate w2 and corp-to-corp consultants. For our w2 consultants, we offer a great benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits, 401k with company matching, and life insurance.Rate: $95.00 to $115.00/hr. w2JN -092026-108525ResponsibilitiesRun the per-device onboarding sequence: pre-checks, configuration capture, device group and template assignment, commit, validation, and rollback if validation fails.Work in a two-person team against a wave calendar, in scheduled four-hour change windows.Stage and deploy the Panorama high-availability pair and its log collectors.Migrate policy and clean up rulebases: shadowed rules, unused rules, overly permissive rules, and object consolidation across archetypes.Configure log forwarding to two destinations during the parallel-run period, and verify the receiving side actually has the logs.Record every device that does not match its archetype to inform the next wave.Experience RequirementsHands-on PAN-OS at production scale: security and NAT policy, security profiles, objects, zones, interfaces, routing, and commit and validation behavior.Experience onboarding firewalls to Panorama or comparable bulk device migration to a central management platform.Comfort working scheduled evening and weekend change windows through October, November, and early December.Discipline with a runbook, following the sequence and escalating rather than improvising during windows.Ability to read a firewall configuration and articulate impact if a rule moves.Education Requirements