Job ID: SC-12762 (912390728)
Hybrid/Local (NC/GA/SC) Palo Alto Network/Cloud Engineer (Palo Alto must/10+/PCNSA/PCNSE/SC100/AWS/Azure) with VM Firewalls, AWS/Azure, Panorama, Threat Prevention Tuning, Log Analysis, Zero-Trust, BIG IP F5 LTM/ASM/I-Ruels/XC, Infoblox DDI, Forescout, OPSWAT METADEFENDER/ICAP, Prisma Cloud, Cisco Umbrella, NIST/HIPAA/PII/SOX/PCI/CMMC/CUI/MARS-E/ARC-AMP experience
Location: Columbia, SC (SCDHHS)
Duration: 12 Months
Candidate Location: Candidate MUST be a NC, GA, SC resident and willing to relocate to SC prior to starting the role at their own expense. (Preference for resources local to South Carolina at the time of submission).
Skills:
REQUIRED SKILLS (RANK IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE):
• 10 YEARS’ EXPERIENCE IN NETWORK SECURITY AND ENGINEERING
• MINIMUM 5 YEARS HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE DESIGNING, DEPLOYING, SCALING, UPGRADING, TROUBLESHOOTING, AND OPTIMIZING PALO ALTO VM-SERIES FIREWALLS IN BOTH AWS AND AZURE CLOUD ENVIRONMENTS.
• EXPERIENCE WITH PANORAMA MANAGEMENT, SECURITY POLICY DESIGN, THREAT PREVENTION TUNING, AND LOG ANALYSIS REQUIRED.
• MUST DEMONSTRATE ABILITY TO ARCHITECT ZERO-TRUST CONTROLS USING PALO ALTO TECHNOLOGY.
• 5 YEARS’ EXPERIENCE IN DEPLOYING, CONFIGURING AND MAINTAINING BIG-IP F5 LTM
PREFERRED SKILLS (RANK IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE):
• PALO ALTO FIREWALLS
• F5 LTM
• F5 ASM
• F5 I-RULES
• INFOBLOX DDI
• FORESCOUT
• OPSWAT METADEFENDER/ICAP
• BIG-IP F5 XC
• PRISMA CLOUD
• CISCO UMBRELLA.
PREFERRED CERTIFICATIONS:
PCNSA, PCNSE
SC100 – MICROSOFT CYBERSECURITY ARCHITECT
AWS CERTIFIED CLOUD SOLUTIONS ARCHITECT
REQUIRED EDUCATION:
• COLLEGE DEGREE OR 10+ YEARS OF EQUIVALENT EXPERIENCE AS A PALO ALTO CLOUD ENGINEER
• MUST HOLD PALO ALTO, AWS, OR AZURE CERTIFICATION ADDITIONAL SKILLS/DUTIES:
• EXCELLENT COMMUNICATION SKILLS, BOTH WRITTEN AND VERBAL.
• SELF-STARTER
• EXPLICIT EXPERIENCE IN PANORAMA TEMPLATES AND DEVICE GROUPS, GLOBAL PROTECT IN CLOUD, AND HIGH AVAILABILITY VPN/TRAFFIC ROUTING ON VM-SERIES
• EXPERIENCE DESIGNING AND MAINTAINING INFRASTRUCTURE IN AWS/AZURE
• CLOUD SECURITY DESIGN, OPERATIONS, AND AUTOMATION EXPERIENCE
• DOCUMENTATION OF SECURITY TOOLS, DEPLOYMENT CONFIGURATION, INCIDENT REPORTS, ETC.
DAILY DUTIES / RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Design and deploy highly available, scalable, and secure cloud infrastructure with a focus on AWS
and Azure Cloud.
• Manage and deploy VM-Series Palo Alto firewalls in Azure and AWS cloud.
• Manage and deploy F5 BIG-IP LTM and ASM in Azure and AWS cloud.
• Analyze and resolve configuration issues in development, test, and production environments.
• Familiar with major security compliance frameworks and building effective monitoring, logging, and
auditing of production systems to ensure compliance with mandated compliance policies (e.g.,
ARC-AMP (formerly known as MARS-E), NIST, HIPAA, PII, SOX, PCI, CMMC, CUI, etc.).
• Experience implementing secure (zero trust) infrastructure in cloud.
• Security experience with state and local government customers.
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