Extended Expertise Consultant/Network Security Engineer - Prisma Access

Dice is the leading career destination for tech experts at every stage of their careers. Our client, HCM Staffing and Consulting, is seeking the following. Apply via Dice today!Your CareerYou will provide guidance and technical support to clients deploying our security integrations. You ll act as the technical partner, providing strategic guidance around complex systems to secure a digital environment. Interacting directly with the client, you ll partner closely with client personnel to guide and suggest integrations to better serve their success. Your thorough understanding of our product integrations contributes to the development of new principles and concepts providing detailed analysis around what s working, what s not, and what could be better.You enjoy implementation work, are proactive about resolving potential concerns, and operate well around strict best practices that enable our clients on their road to a more secure digital world. You re creative, innovative, and you love a challenge learning how integrations might work better around new products and technologies.Your Impact• Work remotely supporting one customer• Communicate with the customer, sales teams, peers, engineering and support teams as appropriate• Understand the customer environment, requirements, and security roadmap to implement the appropriate security solution• Build custom security policies and application signatures, configured for our client s needs• Take every opportunity to maintain proficiency and increase the level of knowledge on Palo Alto Networks SASE products, software, and services• Provide after hours and weekend on-call support as needed to support maintenance activities• Analyze logs and events from the solution to perform initial troubleshooting and issue identification• Work with our Technical Assistance Center to troubleshoot and diagnose support cases• Maintain the Company's solution and provide mentorship on code upgrades and best practices• Ensure client needs are met and deliverables produced on time according to specified project deliverables and scope• Test and validate the migration environment• Coordinate and execute cutover to production• Provide guidance on code upgrades• Facilitate the development of new application and threat signatures• Interact with our Technical Assistance Center (TAC) to understand and diagnose support cases• Some travel may be required, dependent on customer request• You work with the customer's security & network teams to build confidence across the business units impacted by the change to Palo Alto NetworksQualificationsYour Experience• Experience designing, configuring, deploying and operational support of Prisma Access in an Enterprise environment• Engineer (4+ years experience) in professional services or similar function with BS/MS in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or a related technical field, or equivalent background or equivalent military experience required• Detailed technical experience in the installation, configuration, and operation of high-end firewall appliances• Strong understanding of LAN and WAN networking protocols and technologies, including switching, routing, firewalls and security solutions• Strong TCP/IP networking skills• Strong dynamic routing skills (BGP, OSPF, etc)• Experience working with Remote Access VPN solutions, IPSEC, PKI & SSL, TCP/IP, Authentication Protocols (LDAP, RADIUS, SAML, etc.)• Experience working with URL filtering• Experience working with Proxy and SSL Decryption• Experience working with Windows and MAC OS including(debugging, editing Windows Registries, Plist, etc.)• Experience with one or more of these vendors - Palo Alto Networks NGFW, Cisco, Checkpoint, Juniper (Netscreen), Fortinet products, Symantec/ Blue Coat, Zscaler• Good troubleshooting skills and ability to use tools like tcpdump & Wireshark• Good written and verbal communication skills with confirmed ability to communicate to senior leaders and technical peers• Demonstrate ability to work in a cross functional environment which involves coordination with different teams such as Sales/Pre Sales/Product Management/Engineering• Attention to details, fast learner and excellent communication skills - Be able to communicate technical information in a simplified, easy to understand manner• Project leadership experience - ability to drive organizations and resources to complete required tasks in service of end goals• Possess one of more of the following industry certifications - PCNSE, CCNA/CCNP/CCIE• Application Delivery expertise L7 SLB / Global SLB / Traditional Link LB• Application Performance Monitoring expertise Response time metrics, Application identification• Packet capture analysis / fault isolation and remediation• In-depth knowledge and deployment experience of SD-WAN and Remote Access technologies• Network Security expertise (IPS/IDS, ZBFW, NGFW)• In-depth IP Routing protocol expertise (BGP, OSPF, EIGRP)• Implementation of Legacy WAN solutions (MPLS, Leased Line, Frame Relay, Satellite, Internet VPN, ECMP, DMVPN)• Global-scale network design• Demonstrable Virtualization experience (VMware/Microsoft/Citrix/Linux KVM)• Desire to learn on your feet and thrive on the bleeding edge of networkingExtended Expertise Consultant/Network Security Engineer - Prisma Access