Senior Staff Network Engineer

Company Description

Our Mission

At Palo Alto Networks® everything starts and ends with our mission:

Being the cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting our digital way of life.
Our vision is a world where each day is safer and more secure than the one before. We are a company built on the foundation of challenging and disrupting the way things are done, and we’re looking for innovators who are as committed to shaping the future of cybersecurity as we are.

Who We Are

We take our mission of protecting the digital way of life seriously. We are relentless in protecting our customers and we believe that the unique ideas of every member of our team contributes to our collective success. Our values were crowdsourced by employees and are brought to life through each of us everyday - from disruptive innovation and collaboration, to execution. From showing up for each other with integrity to creating an environment where we all feel included.

As a member of our team, you will be shaping the future of cybersecurity. We work fast, value ongoing learning, and we respect each employee as a unique individual. Knowing we all have different needs, our development and personal wellbeing programs are designed to give you choice in how you are supported. This includes our FLEXBenefits wellbeing spending account with over 1,000 eligible items selected by employees, our mental and financial health resources, and our personalized learning opportunities - just to name a few!

Job Description

Your Career

As an IT Network Engineer at Palo Alto Networks, you will be part of a team supporting our corporate network, data centers, engineering labs and cloud services network infrastructure. You will be a key contributor in the daily network operations and will be an escalation point for our Service Desk, Operations, DevOps and engineering.

Your Impact

• Deploy and manage LAN, WAN, and WLAN networks to meet business objectives.

• Maintain detailed documentation of network configurations, topologies, and processes

• Identify, diagnose, and resolve network issues efficiently

• Collaborate with global IT and security team to mitigate network vulnerabilities

• Participate in incident response to resolve escalated via on-call duties

• Proactively monitoring, troubleshooting, and improving network infrastructure

• Act as an escalation point and mentor for our Tier 1 team members

• Lead local and global projects from the initiation to implementation in alignment with global IT policies

Qualifications

Your Experience 

• 5+ years of experience as a network engineer in large enterprises

• In depth understanding of TCP/IP and Layer2 switching protocols

• Comprehensive understanding of all routing protocols, especially, BGP and OSPF, with a rich history of real-world experience

• Hands on experience in deploying, maintaining and troubleshooting firewalls (preferably Palo Alto Networks)

• Experience using wireshark or similar networking debugging tools

• Experience using Monitor tools and understanding of SNMP protocol.

• High level internetworking troubleshooting in a large-scale network environment

• Proven superb communication skills, including the ability to write network and security documentation, policies, and guidelines

• Comprehensive knowledge of Wireless networks, IPSEC and VPN protocols 

• Being familiar with Cloud base environments, GCP, AWS and Azure.

• Analytical problem solving and troubleshooting ability; exceptionally organized, self-motivated individual that can juggle across multiple priorities.

• Proficiency working with CLI shell in multiple vendors like Cisco ,Arista, Aruba etc..

• Comfortable knowledge in diverse OS environments: MAC, Windows and Linux.

• Expert knowledge of data center designs, build-out, and standard methodologies

• Superb communication skills, including the ability to write network and security documentation, policies, and guidelines

• Ability to work nights and weekends as part of 24/7 on-call support

• Preferred certifications CCIE, CCSP, CCDP, CCNP

Additional Information

The Team

Working at a high-tech cybersecurity company within Information Technology is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. You’ll join the brightest minds in technology, creating, building, and supporting tools and enabling our global teams on the front line of defense against cyberattacks. 

We’re connected by one mission but driven by the impact of that mission and what it means to protect our way of life in the digital age. Join a dynamic and fast-paced team of people who feel excited by the prospect of a challenge and feel a thrill at resolving technical gaps that inhibit productivity.

Our Commitment
We’re problem solvers that take risks and challenge cybersecurity’s status quo. It’s simple: we can’t accomplish our mission without diverse teams innovating, together.

We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for all qualified individuals with a disability. If you require assistance or accommodation due to a disability or special need, please contact us at [email protected].

Palo Alto Networks is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity in our workplace, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or other legally protected characteristics.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.