Software Engineer
Principal Palo Alto Engineer responsible for end‑to‑end firewall operations, including configuration, troubleshooting, VPN and routing management, Wildfire integration, and SSL decryption/inspection, while delivering consultative support to customers and partners.
This position will be fully remote and can be hired anywhere in the continental U.S
Our Principal Palo Alto Engineers are skilled technical and consultative resources expected to be strong in both technical and soft skills. A Principal Palo Alto Engineer must be driven and proactive with the ability to problem-solve, communicate, participate in diverse project teams from a technical perspective, and interface effectively with customers, vendor partners, and colleagues. This person will focus on all aspects of Palo Alto firewalls; from troubleshooting connectivity or accessibility issues, auditing rule configurations, managing VPN's, routing, Wildfire, SSL decryption/inspection, providing recommendations around best practices, and more.
How you'll make an impact
Able to solo deliver or act as "point" for complex projects/requests.
Acts as technical escalation point to assist junior engineers.
Lead in capacity planning and HW specification recommendation efforts.
Lead in all deployment and management activities, connector configuration, custom rule development, workflow configuration and development, and third-party system integration.
Lead User Acceptance Testing and bug-related engineering efforts.
Provide knowledge transfer and post production support activities as necessary.
Effective team communicator.
Maintain professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; participating in professional associations such as ISSA.
Obtain and maintain top tier vendor certification and accreditation.
Complete administrative project tasks like time and expense entry, status reporting, and project completion reporting.
Acts as contributor in Optiv communities for solutions of focus.
Develop and maintain runbooks/procedural documentation.
What we're hiring for
U.S. Citizenship required. This position also requires a CJIS Background Check and Fingerprinting as part of the onboarding process.
A current PCNSE certification is required for this role.
Hands-on experience implementing Palo Alto, including Prisma Access, Prisma Cloud and optionally Prisma Cortex.
Hands on experience with cloud providers specifically AWS, Azure and optionally GCP
Minimum eight (8) years of hands-on experience with Palo Alto
Minimum six (6) years of professional Information Security experience in a consulting, vendor or enterprise-level role.
InfoSec/Cyber implementation/practical experience
Fully qualified/certified on 1 or more technologies
Experience in a customer facing/consulting capacity
Demonstrated ability to lead junior colleagues
Salary Range Description
The Hiring Range provided for this role is informed by (but not limited to) various factors including respo
Posted June 18, 2026