Conviso Inc is hiring Palo Alto Network Administrator, This is a remote role and it comes with benefits, 401K & some accrued PTO. Are you open to new opportunities & could this be of interest?
Title: Network Engineer
Active Secret Clearance needed
Key Responsibilities
Key Responsibilities
- Administer and support Palo Alto Networks firewalls in production environments.
- Manage centralized configurations via Panorama (templates, device groups, policy pushes, commits, upgrades).
- Create, implement, and maintain policy-based security rules with full lifecycle ownership.
- Perform rule optimization (cleanup, consolidation, unused/shadow rule removal, recertification).
- Implement deny policies, emergency blocks, and governance-driven changes with validation/rollback planning.
- Leverage App-ID for application-based segmentation and convert legacy rules to modern rule sets.
- Develop and tune security profiles aligned with risk tolerance and production needs.
- Troubleshoot traffic and policy issues using logs (Traffic, Threat, URL).
- Maintain URL/IP whitelists & blacklists and ensure compliance with logging and audit standards.
- Collaborate with security and network teams; maintain clear technical documentation.
Qualifications
- 5+ years hands-on Palo Alto Networks firewall administration (enterprise level).
- Strong experience with Panorama and centralized policy management.
- Expertise in App-ID, rule optimization, deny block implementation, and audit-aligned policies.
- Solid understanding of firewall concepts (NAT, zones, routing, SSL decryption, URL filtering, logging).
- Strong documentation and stakeholder communication skills.
- Experience with Oracle Cloud and Agile/Jira preferred.
- Palo Alto certifications (PCNSA/PCNSE) preferred.
