Senior Firewall Engineer

Job Title: Information Security Engineer

Location: Las Colinas, TX - Charlotte, NC - Chandler, AZ

Duration: 6-month contract + Possibility to Extend and/or Convert to FTE

Pay Rate: $55 - $60/HR (W2 Only)

Job/Role Description:

• This role supports firewall engineering, security policy management, network security infrastructure, and operational troubleshooting in a large enterprise environment.
• Perform hands-on configuration, management, administration, and troubleshooting of firewalls, with primary focus on Palo Alto Networks platforms (majority of the environment) and Fortinet.
• Design, implement, review, and optimize security policies and rulebases to align with organizational standards and compliance requirements.
• Utilize Palo Alto Panorama for centralized management, including template stacks, device groups, policy hierarchy, logging, reporting, and related operational tasks.
• Apply strong Layer 3 networking knowledge to support secure network architectures and resolve complex technical issues.
• Provide operational support, monitoring, and troubleshooting for network security infrastructure, with Splunk experience beneficial for visibility and incident handling.
• Participate in occasional after-hours maintenance, change activities, weekend support, and on-call responsibilities as needed, with flex time provided to adjust schedules following extended support periods.
• Maintain accurate documentation and contribute to the ongoing stability and performance of enterprise network security systems.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate and support security controls within the broader infrastructure.

Required Qualifications

• 4+ years of Information Security Engineering experience
• 2+ years of hands-on Network Security Engineering experience
• 2+ years configuring, managing, and troubleshooting firewalls
• 2+ years of Security Policy Design experience
• 2+ years of Palo Alto Panorama experience
• Strong Layer 3 networking knowledge
• Hands-on firewall engineering and administration experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong Palo Alto experience (highly prioritized)
• Fortinet experience (significant plus)
• Cisco routing and switching experience
• Splunk experience (beneficial for troubleshooting, monitoring, and operational visibility)
• Large enterprise or financial services experience