PALO ALTO SECURITY ENGINEER

Zermount, Inc

22h

About The Position

Zermount is seeking a skilled Palo Alto Security Engineer to support a federal client in a complex hybrid enterprise environment. This role supports the architecture, engineering, administration, maintenance, and enhancement of Palo Alto NGFW, Prisma Cloud, and CASB technologies across on-premises and cloud environments.

Requirements

5+ years of hands-on experience in cybersecurity, network security, or security engineering
3+ years of hands-on experience with Palo Alto technologies
Experience with enterprise firewall/security engineering, cloud security, and operational support
Strong troubleshooting, documentation, and collaboration skills
At least one Palo Alto technical certification required, such as PCNSA or PCNSE

Nice To Haves

Federal environment experience preferred

Responsibilities

Design, implement, configure, and maintain Palo Alto NGFW, Prisma Cloud, and CASB solutions
Support security architecture, implementation strategies, and technical documentation, including diagrams
Maintain and tune inbound and outbound decryption capabilities
Configure and optimize threat detection and prevention capabilities
Support new implementations, upgrades, patches, and major version releases
Troubleshoot issues and coordinate with internal teams and vendors through resolution
Support integrations with enterprise logging, monitoring, and security operations tools
Perform daily health monitoring, system tuning, certificate maintenance, user administration, configuration backups, and operational support
Support hybrid environments spanning on-premises, AWS, Azure, and GCP
Assist with project schedules, change requests, testing, and deployment activities