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Senior Network Security Engineer (Palo Alto Networks)

Sabenza IT & Recruitment

Job Location:

Centurion - South Africa

Monthly Salary: Not provided by the employer

Experience Required: 10years

Posted: 7 August 2026 (30+ days ago)

Application Deadline: 4 November 2026

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Were looking for a Senior Network Security Engineer who lives and breathes Palo Alto Networks. This is not a role for someone who simply holds a certification were looking for a true hands-on expert with extensive real-world experience designing implementing supporting and optimizing enterprise Palo Alto environments.

Youll join a team supporting a large strategic customer where youll be expected to think beyond day-to-day support providing technical leadership strategic guidance and security best practices while working alongside both customer and internal stakeholders.

If you enjoy solving complex networking and security challenges and want to play a key role within a high-profile customer environment wed love to hear from you.

Requirements

Essential Skills

Extensive hands-on experience with Palo Alto Networks Firewalls

Strong knowledge of:

Panorama
GlobalProtect
VPN Technologies (IPSec & SSL VPN)
NAT
Security Policies
Threat Prevention
URL Filtering
WildFire

Excellent Layer 2 & Layer 3 networking knowledge

Strong understanding of:

TCP/IP
Routing
Switching
VLANs
OSPF
BGP
DNS
DHCP

Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills

Experience supporting enterprise production environments

Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills

Advantageous Skills

Experience with additional firewall vendors (Fortinet Check Point Cisco Firepower)

Cloud networking exposure (Azure AWS)

Network automation or scripting experience

Exposure to SIEM and security monitoring platforms

ITIL experience

Relevant Palo Alto certifications

Experience Required

8 years of enterprise networking experience

5 years dedicated Palo Alto Networks experience

Proven experience working within large enterprise environments

Experience supporting strategic or enterprise customer accounts

Benefits

Permanent career opportunity.

Work with one of the companys largest strategic customers.

Exposure to complex enterprise networking environments.

Opportunity to influence security strategy and architecture.

Collaborative technical team.

Competitive salary package (flexible for the right candidate).

Required Skills:

Essential Skills Extensive hands-on experience with Palo Alto Networks Firewalls Strong knowledge of: Panorama GlobalProtect VPN Technologies (IPSec & SSL VPN) NAT Security Policies Threat Prevention URL Filtering WildFire Excellent Layer 2 & Layer 3 networking knowledge Strong understanding of: TCP/IP Routing Switching VLANs OSPF BGP DNS DHCP Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills Experience supporting enterprise production environments Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills Advantageous Skills Experience with additional firewall vendors (Fortinet Check Point Cisco Firepower) Cloud networking exposure (Azure AWS) Network automation or scripting experience Exposure to SIEM and security monitoring platforms ITIL experience Relevant Palo Alto certifications Experience Required 8 years of enterprise networking experience 5 years dedicated Palo Alto Networks experience Proven experience working within large enterprise environments Experience supporting strategic or enterprise customer accounts

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