Role: Palo Alto Network SME (30-hr/week)
Location: New York City, New York
Duration: 5 Months
Client: NY State - City of New York
Location: NYC - Hybrid: Resource will need to be onsite approximately 2 times per week at various client locations across NYC. In addition, there will be night and weekend work to support the implementation.
Travel: Requires periodic on-site visits to client's locations across NYC.
Mandatory Requirements
Requirements
- This is a Hybrid Position
- Bachelor's degree.
- A minimum of 15+ years of related experience.
- 2+ years of supervisory experience OR 5+ years of program/project management experience.
- 10+ years of experience in enterprise network engineering and firewall administration.
- 5+ years of hands-on experience with Palo Alto Networks firewalls, including centralized management with Panorama.
- Proven experience in complex firewall migrations, security policy design, and rulebase optimization.
- Strong background in Layer 2/3 networking, VLANs, routing protocols (OSPF, BGP), NAT, VPNs, and high availability configurations.
- Familiarity with security best practices (NIST, CIS Benchmarks) and modern threat prevention mechanisms.
- Experience with packet capture analysis, log correlation, and advanced troubleshooting techniques.
- Excellent communication, documentation, and collaboration skills.
- Palo Alto certifications preferred (PCNSE, PSE, or equivalent).
