Palo Alto Firewall Engineer

A global organisation are seeking a Palo Alto Firewall Engineer with hands-on experience in firewall administration, rule creation, and remediation activities.

The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in Palo Alto firewalls and a solid understanding of network security concepts, security policies, and remediation processes.

This will be a contract until the end of the year with the possibility for further extensions available.

This position will be worked on a 100% remote basis.

Key Responsibilities:

• Create, modify, and manage firewall security rules on enterprise firewalls.
• Perform firewall remediation activities including Security rule remediation, Security profile remediation and Object remediation.
• Analyse and optimise firewall configurations to align with security best practices.
• Support day-to-day firewall operations, troubleshooting, and policy management.
• Work with network and security teams to understand traffic flow and implement secure access controls.
• Ensure firewall policies comply with organisational security standards and governance requirements.
• Assist in basic security remediation and operational security tasks.

Required Skills & Experience:

• 3 to 5 years of hands-on experience working with Palo Alto firewalls.
• Strong experience in firewall remediation activities, including Security Rules, Security Profiles and Objects remediation.
• Good understanding of network architecture and network traffic flow.
• Experience in implementing and managing firewall policies and access controls.
• Ability to troubleshoot firewall and connectivity-related issues.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Palo Alto PCNSE or NGFW certification preferred.