Sr. Network Security Engineer | Remote, USA

This position will be fully remote and can be hired anywhere in the continental U.S

Due to client requirements, U.S. Citizenship required. Additionally this position requires a CJIS Background Check and Fingerprinting as part of the onboarding process.

The Sr. Network Security Engineer will be responsible for providing expert, day-to-day management of our clients' Palo Alto security environments. This core responsibility includes overseeing the entire lifecycle of firewall ticket triaging, policy administration, and configuration management.

While the primary focus is on Palo Alto environments, this individual will also manage F5 load balancing solutions-ensuring optimal application delivery, high availability, redundancy, and seamless connection management.

The ideal candidate will be a versatile security professional, capable of integrating knowledge from adjacent security domains, including the implementation of automation strategies and supporting robust cloud security initiatives.

Our engineers are skilled technical and consultative resources expected to be strong in both technical and soft skills. An 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. Establish and maintain productive and respectful relationships with the delivery team, practice management, and client management team.

How you'll make an impact

• Able to solo deliver or act as "point" for complex projects or requests.
• Acts as technical escalation point to assist junior engineers.
• Lead in capacity planning and hardware 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, and 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.
• Act as a contributor in Optiv communities for solutions of focus.
• Develop and maintain runbooks and procedural documentation.

• Due to client requirements, U.S. Citizenship required. Additionally this position requires a CJIS Background Check and Fingerprinting as part of the onboarding process.
• Hands-on experience managing with Palo Alto, F5, and Cisco platforms to a proficient/advanced level
• Hands-on experience creating and implementing F5 VIPs, Managing various F5 modules (BigIP, BigIQ, LTM, APM, DNS, F5 Distributed Cloud, etc.)
• Hands-on experience with cloud providers, specifically AWS and Azure (GCP optional).
• Minimum three (3) years of hands-on experience with Palo Alto solutions.
• Minimum three (3) years of hands-on experience with F5 solutions.
• Minimum five (5) years of professional Information Security experience in a consulting, vendor, or enterprise-level role.
• Information Security / Cyber implementation and practical experience.
• Fully qualified or certified on one or more relevant technologies.
• Experience in a customer-facing or consulting capacity.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and mentor junior colleagues.
• Ability to work effectively in a Service Desk, client-facing environment-balancing responsiveness, communication, and technical precision while maintaining strong customer relationships.

• A company committed to championing Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion through our Employee Resource Groups.
• Work/life balance
• Professional training resources
• Creative problem-solving and the ability to tackle unique, complex projects
• Volunteer Opportunities. "Optiv Chips In" encourages employees to volunteer and engage with their teams and communities.
• The ability and technology necessary to productively work remotely/from home (where applicable)