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Palo Cloud Firewall Engineer SME

Ampcus Inc.

Job Location:

McLean, MD - USA

Monthly Salary: Not provided by the employer

Posted: 29 September 2026 (Yesterday)

Application Deadline: 27 December 2026

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Ampcus Inc. is a certified global provider of a broad range of Technology and Business consulting services. We are in search of a highly motivated candidate to join our talented Team.

Job Title: Palo Cloud Firewall Engineer SME.
Location: McLean VA.

Job Description:

Need Palo Alto Cloud Firewall Engineer Subject Matter Expert (SME) for the high-level design deployment and optimization of Palo Alto Networks security solutions across hybrid and multi-cloud environments.

Core Responsibilities:

Architectural Leadership: Design and implement scalable secure cloud network architectures in public (AWS Azure GCP) and hybrid environments.
Centralized Management: Act as the primary SME for Panorama and Strata Cloud Manager managing global device groups templates and federated security policies.
Cloud-Native Integration: Deploy and manage Cloud NGFW services as native cloud instances integrating them into CI/CD pipelines via Terraform APIs or SDKs.
Advanced Policy Engineering: Transform legacy port-based rules into App-ID and User-ID driven policies to enable Zero Trust micro-segmentation.
Threat Prevention: Configure and optimize high-end features including WildFire (sandboxing) GlobalProtect (VPN) SSL decryption and URL filtering.
Automation & DevOps: Develop automation scripts using Python or Ansible to streamline firewall management rule audits and configuration hygiene.
Escalation Support: Provide L4-level troubleshooting for complex connectivity issues performing deep packet analysis using tools like Wireshark.

Required Qualifications & Skills:

Experience: Typically 815 years in network security with at least 5 years specifically focused on Palo Alto NGFWs.
Cloud Expertise: Deep knowledge of cloud networking constructs such as AWS Transit Gateway Azure ExpressRoute and Google Cloud Interconnect.
Technical Proficiency: Strong command of routing protocols (BGP OSPF) IPsec tunneling and network function virtualization (NFV).
Education: Bachelors degree in computer science Information Technology or a related field.

Certifications:

PCNSE (Palo Alto Networks Certified Network Security Engineer).
PCNSC (Certified Security Consultant) or Prisma Cloud certifications are highly desirable.

Ampcus is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin age protected veterans or individuals with disabilities.

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