Palo Alto Engineer

Description : Role Palo Alto Engineer.

Location : Offshore India remote but Gurgaon, or Chennai,; will mostly work remote but may need to go onsite to either of these locations on occasion, if needed.

Job Description :

Must Have :

- Experience setting up and brining Palo Alto firewall equipment online.

- Must have good hands-on configuration experience.

- Experience monitoring traffic flows and tightening rules to allow specific traffic.

- Experience reviewing policy.

Job Summary :

We are seeking a highly technical Palo Alto Firewall Engineer.

This role focuses on bringing firewall equipment online, configuring and tuning Palo Alto firewalls, and actively monitoring traffic flows to ensure that only explicitly approved, precise traffic is allowed.

The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, security-driven, and comfortable working directly in PAN-OS to analyze, tighten, and optimize firewall rules.

Key Responsibilities :

- Perform hands-on configuration of Palo Alto firewalls using PAN-OS (GUI and CLI).

- Design, implement, and maintain security policies.

- Monitor traffic flows and logs to understand application and network behavior.

- Analyze allowed traffic and tighten firewall rules to eliminate overly broad access.

- Transition rules from any/any to precise, applicationand service-specific policies.

- Implement and tune App-ID, Content-ID, and security profiles.

- Review, clean up, and optimize existing firewall rule sets.

- Troubleshoot traffic flow issues and policy enforcement at Layers 37.

- Work closely with network and security teams to validate required traffic and block everything else.

- Document configurations, traffic findings, and rule changes.

Required Skills & Experience :

- 3+ years of hands-on Palo Alto Networks firewall experience.

- Demonstrated experience bringing new firewall equipment online from scratch.

- Strong experience configuring and tuning security policies in PAN-OS.

- Proven ability to monitor traffic logs and flow data to drive rule refinement.

- Deep understanding of network protocols, applications, and firewall behavior.

- Comfortable working directly in the firewall daily (GUI and CLI).

- Experience enforcing least-privilege and zero-trust principles.

Preferred Qualifications :

- Experience with Panorama.

- Experience in high-security or regulated environments.

- Familiarity with compliance and security best practices.

What Were Looking For :

- Someone who enjoys digging into logs, traffic flows, and rule details.

- A security-first mindset focused on precision and risk reduction.

- Ability to own firewall configurations and continuously improve them.