Senior Firewall Consultant

Company: Piper Companies
Location: Dallas
Posted on: May 20, 2025

Job Description:

Piper Companies is seeking a Senior Firewall Consultant to join the largest network security company in the world. The Senior Firewall Consultant will help with deployment, migration, and maintenance of existing firewalls (30 FWs, 7Ks, 7050s) in the environment. This is an initial 12-month contract with the possibility of an extension. This is not an administrative or configuration position. Recent deployment and migration of Palo Alto firewalls is required.Responsibilities of the Senior Firewall Consultant include:

• Work full-time to support the customer remotely
• Communicate with the customer(s), sales teams, peers, engineering, and support teams as appropriate
• Understand the customer environment, requirements, and security roadmap to implement the appropriate security solution
• Configure, implement, and maintain Security Operating Platform
• Optimize and migrate policies and objects from the existing environment to our Next-Gen Firewall
• Help the customer deploy, migrate, and maintain existing firewalls
• Test and validate the migration environment
• Coordinate and execute cutover to production
• Provide guidance on code upgrades
• Facilitate the development of new application and threat signatures
• Interact with our Technical Assistance Center (TAC) to understand and diagnose support cases
• Some travel may be required, dependent on customer request
• Work with the customer's security & network teams to build confidence across the business units impacted by the change to Palo Alto NetworksQualifications for the Senior Firewall Consultant:
  • High level of experience with Panorama and log collectors
  • NGFW
  • Global Protect
  • Large enterprise firewall experience (5k and 7k)
  • BS in Computer Science, MIS, business, or equivalent education/training/experience or equivalent military experience required
  • Minimum of 5 years' experience with network/security solutions and technologies (BGP, SD-WAN concepts, VXLAN, and general routing and switching)
  • Minimum of 3 years' experience leading security solutions in large environments
  • Detailed technical experience in the installation, configuration, and operation of high-end firewall appliances, ideally Palo Alto Networks products
  • Experience in internetworking, LAN, and WAN technologies
  • Good understanding of Internet protocols and applications
  • Possess the following industry certifications: CISSP, CCNA, CNSE, JNCIE-SEC
  • Ability to effectively handle multiple projects and work calmly under pressure
  • Excellent writing and strong verbal communication skills, with demonstrable ability to communicate to senior leaders and technical peersCompensation for the Senior Firewall Consultant includes:
    • Salary Range: $130,000 - $160,000
    • Comprehensive Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K, PTO, Sick Leave if required by law, and HolidaysThis job opens for applications on 12/19. Applications for this job will be accepted for at least 30 days from the posting date.
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