Palo Alto Network Security Engineer - W2 Only (NO 3rd Party)

Role: Palo Alto Network Security Engineer

Location: Remote in the US, EST or CST

Duration: 6-12 months

Pay rate: W2 Only, client will not consider C2C

Job summary

We are seeking an experienced Palo Alto Network Security Engineer to lead and support critical network security efforts in our transition to public cloud infrastructure. This role is a key contributor to two main initiatives: migrating Zscaler security policies to Palo Alto firewalls with an emphasis on URL category optimization and collaborating with SYF PerDef and application teams to implement data-center-extension wave rules.Required skills
• Extensive hands-on experience with Palo Alto Networks firewall administration and policy management in enterprise environments.
• Proven experience in migrating security policies from Zscaler to Palo Alto or similar firewall migration projects.
• Strong understanding of Palo Alto URL Filtering capabilities and constraints, especially managing URL categories and vsys limits.
• Experience working with data center security extension concepts including wave rules or similar traffic segmentation controls.
• Solid knowledge of network security architecture, VPNs, routing, and cloud network integration, preferably with AWS or other public clouds.
• Excellent troubleshooting and problem-solving skills in firewall policy conflicts and rule optimization.

Please send resumes ASAP.