Network Engineer with Palo Alto Firewall experience,

Job Title: Network Engineer Location: Columbus OH 43219 Duration: 6+ Months, Required Skills : Cisco Palo Alto Firewall experience Basic Qualifications : Additional Skills : Job Description : Detailed Description: • This role will be responsible for overall engineering and project work for data networks with focus on security infrastructure and policy. • This includes, but is not limited to, data center route/switch, Palo Firewalls, and network design principles. Basic Qualifications: • 7+ years of hands-on Enterprise network architecture, deployment and configuration. • 5+ years of hand-on experience in network security technologies. • Bachelor's Degree in IT field of study or 10+ years experience. • Financial Services background is a plus. • Ability to execute on IT project initiatives with minimal oversight. • Ability to work both as a team and independently to accomplish goals. • Data Center Network SME with strong ability to partner with Information Security organizations. • Strong communication skills (both verbal and written) with ability to create runbook documentation and operational/implementation turn-over support of new technologies. Preferred Qualifications: • Evaluate, design, implement, operate, and maintain Palo Alto firewall infrastructure and security policy. • Expert level skills in Palo Alto Firewall technologies including traditional and Next-Generation. • Expertise in Proxy/Web Security Gateways. Palo Alto Networks a plus. • Expertise in Remote Access VPNs technologies and associated infrastructure. • Experience managing firewall policy requests using Tufin a plus. • Experience in implementation and supporting NAC technologies. Cisco ISE a plus. • Automation/scripting • Strong design skills of data center and DMZ environments across an array of technologies. • Perform risk assessments on IT products and services and make appropriate recommendations. • Experience in managing and maintaining standards and baseline configurations of network elements as part of a rigorous configuration management process. Thanks & Regards Syam B, 630-923-6952 syam@thoughtwavesoft.com