Staff Network Security Engineer (Information Security) US Citizen
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Boston, MA - USA
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Job Summary
Our Mission
At Palo Alto Networks were united by a shared missionto protect our digital way of life. We thrive at the intersection of innovation and impact solving real-world problems with cutting-edge technology and bold thinking. Here everyone has a voice and every idea counts. If youre ready to do the most meaningful work of your career alongside people who are just as passionate as you are youre in the right place.
Who We Are
In order to be the cybersecurity partner of choice we must trailblaze the path and shape the future of our industry. This is something our employees work at each day and is defined by our values: Disruption Collaboration Execution Integrity and Inclusion. We weave AI into the fabric of everything we do and use it to augment the impact every individual can have. If you are passionate about solving real-world problems and ideating beside the best and the brightest we invite you to join us!
We believe collaboration thrives in person. Thats why most of our teams work from the office full time with flexibility when its needed. This model supports real-time problem-solving stronger relationships and the kind of precision that drives great outcomes.Job Summary
Information Security - Were not your ordinary Information Security team. Were a diverse group of security professionals who challenge the status quo in order to protect Palo Alto Networks and our customers. Driving innovation on the Information Security team of the fastest-growing high-tech cybersecurity company is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Youll be joined by the brightest minds in technology and our global teams are on the front line of defense against cyberattacks.
As a Staff Network Security Engineer on our Enterprise Security team you will play a critical role in protecting the infrastructure behind our Enterprise SaaS and Public Cloud environments. You will leverage your expertise in networking firewalls and cloud platforms to design secure scalable solutions and drive the automation of security controls. This is an opportunity to provide technical leadership contribute to strategic planning and work on complex challenges at scale making a meaningful impact on the future of cybersecurity.
- Provide advanced network and cloud security engineering support across on-premises (GCP AWS) and cloud environments ensuring secure and compliant infrastructure.
- Design and implement secure Zero Trust network architectures including network segmentation identity-based access controls and firewall policy management.
- Ensure security controls meet FedRAMP and NIST 800-53 requirements by supporting implementation and continuous monitoring activities.
- Develop and enforce hardened security baselines for infrastructure components like VMs containers and firewalls aligning with CIS Benchmarks and internal policies.
- Proactively collaborate with cross-functional teams including Network Engineering Cloud Engineering and SREs to integrate security controls into infrastructure and deployment workflows.
- Develop and maintain automation using SOAR and Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) to streamline security operations and ensure consistent control enforcement.
- Support incident response efforts for network or cloud security events including investigation containment root cause analysis and documentation.
- Prioritize and remediate critical vulnerabilities and data exposure risks in cloud and network environments using a risk-based approach.
Qualifications
- Required Qualifications
- 58 years of hands-on experience in network and infrastructure security engineering.
- 2 years of experience managing enterprise firewall technologies with strong working knowledge of Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Firewalls (NGFW).
- 2 years of experience securing cloud environments (AWS GCP or Azure) including native security controls and multi-cloud connectivity.
- Experience supporting or operating in public sector or FedRAMP-aligned environments with familiarity implementing controls aligned to NIST 800-53.
- Proficiency with scripting and automation using Python or Go including experience with REST APIs and Infrastructure-as-Code (e.g. Terraform).
- Strong understanding of IP networking fundamentals including routing switching VPNs DNS and hybrid cloud networking design.
Preferred Qualifications- Professional certifications such as CISSP PCNSE AWS Security Specialty or GCP Professional Cloud Security Engineer.
- Experience securing and integrating Microsoft Active Directory (AD) environments including Group Policy management and hybrid identity federation.
- Working knowledge of PKI and certificate lifecycle management.
- Experience supporting audit and compliance activities for SOC 2 or ISO 27001.
Compensation Disclosure
The compensation offered for this position will depend on qualifications experience and work location. For candidates who receive an offer at the posted level the starting base salary (for non-sales roles) or base salary commission target (for sales/com-missioned roles) is expected to be the annual range listed below. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found here.
$127600.00 - $206525.00/yrOur Commitment
Were trailblazers that dream big take risks and challenge cybersecuritys status quo. Its simple: we cant accomplish our mission without diverse teams innovating together.
We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for all qualified individuals with a disability. If you require assistance or accommodation due to a disability or special need please contact us at .
Palo Alto Networks is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity in our workplace and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age ancestry color family or medical care leave gender identity or expression genetic information marital status medical condition national origin physical or mental disability political affiliation protected veteran status race religion sex (including pregnancy) sexual orientation or other legally protected characteristics.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
Is role eligible for Immigration Sponsorship No. Please note that we will not sponsor applicants for work visas for this position.Required Experience:
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Palo Alto Networks is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity in our workplace, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information ... View more
