Palo Alto Security Engineer

Zermount is seeking a skilled Palo Alto Security Engineer to support a federal client in a complex hybrid enterprise environment. This role supports the architecture, engineering, administration, maintenance, and enhancement of Palo Alto NGFW, Prisma Cloud, and CASB technologies across on-premises and cloud environments.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, implement, configure, and maintain Palo Alto NGFW, Prisma Cloud, and CASB solutions
• Support security architecture, implementation strategies, and technical documentation, including diagrams
• Maintain and tune inbound and outbound decryption capabilities
• Configure and optimize threat detection and prevention capabilities
• Support new implementations, upgrades, patches, and major version releases
• Troubleshoot issues and coordinate with internal teams and vendors through resolution
• Support integrations with enterprise logging, monitoring, and security operations tools
• Perform daily health monitoring, system tuning, certificate maintenance, user administration, configuration backups, and operational support
• Support hybrid environments spanning on-premises, AWS, Azure, and GCP
• Assist with project schedules, change requests, testing, and deployment activities

Qualifications:

• 5+ years of hands-on experience in cybersecurity, network security, or security engineering
• 3+ years of hands-on experience with Palo Alto technologies
• Experience with enterprise firewall/security engineering, cloud security, and operational support
• Strong troubleshooting, documentation, and collaboration skills
• Federal environment experience preferred

Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, or related field. Relevant experience may be substituted.

Certification: At least one Palo Alto technical certification required, such as PCNSA or PCNSE.