Palo Alto Network Engineer - L3- Bilingual

Job summary

Plan and execute Palo Alto firewall migrations, upgrades, deployments, configuration changes, policy reviews, and security hardening. Monitor firewall health and incidents, provide L2/L3 production support, conduct audits, collaborate with infrastructure, cloud, and security teams, and maintain technical documentation.

Job details

Position: Palo Alto Network Engineer - L3- Bilingual Work Model: 3 days in office Location: Montreal Key Responsibilities · Plan, design, and execute Palo Alto Firewall migration and upgrade projects. · Perform firewall policy review, rule optimization, and security hardening. · Manage firewall deployments, configuration changes, and troubleshooting activities. · Support VPN, GlobalProtect, NAT, routing, and security policy configurations. · Monitor firewall health, performance, and security incidents. · Provide L2/L3 support for production network security issues. · Conduct firewall audits and ensure compliance with security standards. · Collaborate with infrastructure, cloud, and security teams during migrations and transformations. · Create and maintain technical documentation, runbooks, and standard operating procedures. Required Skills · 5+ years of hands-on experience with Palo Alto Networks firewalls. · Strong experience in firewall migration, implementation, and support. · Expertise in Panorama, GlobalProtect, IPS/IDS, URL Filtering, and Threat Prevention. · Strong understanding of TCP/IP, Routing, NAT, VPNs, and network security principles. · Experience troubleshooting complex firewall and connectivity issues. · Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills. Preferred Certifications · PCNSA (Palo Alto Networks Certified Network Security Administrator) · PCNSE (Palo Alto Networks Certified Network Security Engineer) Experience · 8-10 years in Network Security / Firewall Engineering. · Experience in large enterprise firewall migration programs is highly preferred.

What you’ll do

Plan and execute Palo Alto firewall migrations, upgrades, deployments, configuration changes, policy reviews, and security hardening. Monitor firewall health and incidents, provide L2/L3 production support, conduct audits, collaborate with infrastructure, cloud, and security teams, and maintain technical documentation.

Requirements

Requires at least 5 years of hands-on Palo Alto Networks firewall experience, with 8–10 years in network security or firewall engineering preferred and enterprise migration experience highly preferred. Candidates should have expertise in Panorama, GlobalProtect, IPS/IDS, URL Filtering, Threat Prevention, TCP/IP, routing, NAT, VPNs, and complex troubleshooting; PCNSA and PCNSE certifications are preferred.

Listed skills

• NAT · Preferred
• TCP/IP · Preferred
• VPN · Preferred

Other relevant skills

Identified from the job description. Confirm important requirements above.

• Palo Alto Networks Firewalls
• Firewall Migration
• Firewall Implementation
• Panorama
• GlobalProtect
• Firewall Policy Optimization
• Security Hardening
• VPN
• NAT
• Routing
• TCP/IP
• IPS/IDS
• URL Filtering
• Threat Prevention
• Firewall Troubleshooting
• Network Security

Job areas

• Technology
• Security & Safety
• Engineering

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