Network Engineer (Contract)
Job Location:
Palo Alto, CA - USA
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Job Summary
Title : Network Engineer Corporate & Data Center (Contract)
Location : Palo Alto CA
Required Qualifications
10years of hands-on enterprise network engineering experience.
Proficiency with Palo Alto Networks NGFWs and Panorama; experience with security policy management zone-based segmentation and GlobalProtect VPN.
Solid understanding of routing and switching fundamentals: BGP OSPF STP/RSTP VLANs LACP and L2/L3 design.
Experience designing and supporting enterprise wireless networks (Cisco Meraki Aruba or equivalent); familiarity with 802.11ax/Wi-Fi 6 and RF optimization.
Working knowledge of datacenter networking concepts: spine-leaf VxLAN/EVPN and high-availability failover.
Strong troubleshooting methodology-comfortable working through complex multi-layer problems in production environments.
Effective written and verbal communication; able to produce clear runbooks and incident postmortems.
Relevant certifications: PCNSE (Palo Alto Networks) CCNP Enterprise CWNA/CWSP or equivalent.
Experience with network automation using Python Ansible or Terraform.
Familiarity with public cloud networking (AWS Azure or GCP) as it intersects with on- premises connectivity (Direct Connect ExpressRoute VPN).
Exposure to load balancers (F5 AVI/NSX ALB NGINX) and application delivery in datacenter environments.
Experience with 802.1X / NAC platforms (Cisco ISE Aruba ClearPass or equivalent).
Comfort using AI tools (e.g. Claude Copilot) for network operations documentation and automation tasks is a plus and actively encouraged.
