Sr. Palo Alto Cloud Engineer # 26-17515

US Tech Solutions, Inc.

Columbia, SC

JOB DETAILS
SALARY
$80–$82.75 Per Hour
SKILLS
Amazon Web Services (AWS), Analysis Skills, Auditing, Automation, Cisco Network Systems, Cloud Applications, Cloud Architecture, Cloud Computing, Communication Skills, Configuration Management, Consulting, Documentation, F5 BIG-IP, F5 Network Software, Firewalls, HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act), High Availability, Hybrid Cloud, Identify Issues, Internet Security, Local Government, Maintain Compliance, Microsoft Product Family, Network Security, PCI, Presentation/Verbal Skills, Production Systems, Public Cloud, Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX), Security Compliance, Security Design, Security Policy, Software Engineering, State Government, Team Player, Test Plan/Schedule, U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), VPN (Virtual Private Network), Virtual Machine (VM), Writing Skills
LOCATION
Columbia, SC
POSTED
4 days ago
Duration: 12+ Months
Location:
Hybrid – Columbia, SC (2 days in office, 3 days remote).

Candidate Location: Candidate MUST be a NC, GA, SC resident and willing to relocate to SC prior to starting the role at their own expense. (Preference for resources local to South Carolina at the time of submission).

Scope:
  • The Sr. Palo Alto Cloud Engineer will collaborate with Product Owners, Applications Owners, Network and Security teams to design and deliver optimal solutions for large-scale app and infrastructure cloud solutions. Candidates should possess proficiency in both public and hybrid cloud models. Exceptional consulting skills and the ability to clearly derive desired states from customer requests are essential. The role also requires the ability to work with delivery teams. Importantly, this role is hands-on in delivery, requiring active involvement in the implementation and execution of security solutions.
  • This position requires demonstrated proficiency in Palo Alto cloud firewalls with a similar level of expertise in cloud architecture and design.

Job Functions & Responsibilities:
  • Design and deploy highly available, scalable, and secure cloud infrastructure with a focus on AWS and Clienture Cloud.
  • Manage and deploy VM-Series Palo Alto firewalls in Clienture and AWS cloud.
  • Manage and deploy F5 BIG-IP LTM and ASM in Clienture and AWS cloud.
  • Analyze and resolve configuration issues in development, test, and production environments.
  • Familiar with major security compliance frameworks and building effective monitoring, logging, and auditing of production systems to ensure compliance with mandated compliance policies (e.g., ARC-AMP (formerly known as MARS-E), NIST, HIPAA, PII, SOX, PCI, CMMC, CUI, etc.).
  • Experience implementing secure (zero trust) infrastructure in cloud.
  • Security experience with state and local government customers

Required skills (rank in order of importance):
  • 10 years’ experience in Network Security and Engineering
  • Minimum 5 years hands-on experience designing, deploying, scaling, upgrading, troubleshooting, and optimizing palo alto VM-Series Firewalls in both AWS and Clienture cloud environments.
  • Experience with Panorama Management, security policy design, threat prevention tuning, and log analysis required.
  • must demonstrate ability to architect zero-trust controls using Palo Alto Technology.
  • 5 years’ experience in deploying, configuring and maintaining BIG-IP F5 LTM

Required Education/Certifications:
  • College degree or 10+ years of equivalent experience as a palo alto cloud engineer
  • Must hold Palo alto, AWS, or Clienture certification

Preferred skills (rank in order of importance):
  • Palo Alto Firewalls
  • F5 LTM
  • F5 ASM
  • F5 I-Rules
  • INFOBLOX DDI
  • Forescout
  • OPSWAT METADEFENDER/ICAP
  • Big-IP F5 XC
  • Prisma Cloud
  • Cisco Umbrella

Preferred Certifications:
  • PCNSA, PCNSE
  • SC100 - Microsoft Cybersecurity Architect
  • AWS Certified Cloud Solutions Architect

Additional skills/Duties:
  • Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
  • Self-starter
  • explicit experience in panorama templates and device groups, global protect in cloud, and high availability VPN/Traffic routing on VM-series
  • Experience designing and maintaining infrastructure in AWS/ClientURE
  • Cloud Security design, operations, and automation experience
  • Documentation of security tools, deployment configuration, incident reports, etc.

About US Tech Solutions:
US Tech Solutions is a global staff augmentation firm providing a wide range of talent on-demand and total workforce solutions. To know more about US Tech Solutions, please visit www.ustechsolutions.com.

US Tech Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

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