Network Engineer
Job Location:
Job Location:
Palo Alto, CA - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Monthly Salary:
Posted on:
30+ days ago
Posted on:
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Vacancies:
Job Summary
Job role: Network Engineer
Duration: 6 months can extend
Location: Palo Alto CA onsite
Required Qualifications:
- 4 6 years 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.
Preferred Qualifications:
- 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.
