About This Role
This role is for an experienced Network Administrator to join enterprise transformation projects, focusing on managing, securing, monitoring, and troubleshooting enterprise network infrastructure. The position primarily uses Palo Alto Networks technologies and Prisma solutions, supporting firewall administration, network security, VPN connectivity, cloud networking, remote access, and day-to-day network operations.
Responsibilities
- Administer and maintain Palo Alto Networks firewalls and Panorama
- Configure and manage security policies, NAT rules, routing, zones, address objects, services, and security profiles
- Support Prisma Access, Prisma SD-WAN, GlobalProtect, and secure remote-access solutions
- Configure and troubleshoot site-to-site and remote-access IPsec VPNs
- Monitor network performance, availability, firewall traffic, and security events
- Troubleshoot connectivity, routing, DNS, DHCP, authentication, VPN, and application-access issues
- Support network protocols and technologies, including TCP/IP, VLANs, BGP, OSPF, and static routing
- Perform firewall upgrades, configuration backups, policy reviews, and security remediation activities
- Investigate network and security incidents and perform root-cause analysis
- Collaborate with cybersecurity, cloud, infrastructure, service desk, and application teams
- Execute network changes in accordance with change-management procedures
- Maintain accurate network diagrams, firewall documentation, operating procedures, and configuration records
- Support disaster-recovery testing, business-continuity activities, and on-call operations
- Identify opportunities to improve network performance, availability, security, and operational efficiency
Requirements
- 3 or more years of experience in network administration, network engineering, or network security
- Hands-on experience administering Palo Alto Networks firewalls
- Experience with Panorama and PAN-OS
- Practical experience with Prisma Access, Prisma SD-WAN, or GlobalProtect
- Strong understanding of TCP/IP, VLANs, DNS, DHCP, NAT, routing, and VPN technologies
- Experience troubleshooting network connectivity and security-policy issues
- Familiarity with network monitoring, logging, and packet-capture tools
- Experience working with ticketing, incident-management, and change-management processes
- Strong analytical, documentation, communication, and problem-solving skills
Nice to have:
- Palo Alto Networks PCNSA or PCNSE certification
- Cisco CCNA, CCNP, or equivalent networking certification
