Palo Alto Cloud Engineer

TL;DR

Palo Alto Cloud Engineer (Palo Alto/AWS/Azure): Designing, deploying, and optimizing secure cloud infrastructure with an accent on zero-trust security controls and hands-on Palo Alto VM-Series firewall operations across AWS and Azure. Focus on building highly available architectures, tuning threat prevention, and ensuring compliance through monitoring, logging, and advanced troubleshooting.

Location: Columbia, SC (Hybrid - US)

Company

hirify.global is a technology and professional services firm specializing in innovative technologies.

What you will do

• Design and deploy highly available, scalable, and secure cloud infrastructure with a primary focus on AWS and Azure.
• Architect and implement zero-trust infrastructure controls using Palo Alto technology.
• Deploy, scale, upgrade, troubleshoot, and optimize VM-Series Palo Alto firewalls in AWS and Azure.
• Administer Panorama (templates and device groups) and manage Global Protect, HA VPN, and traffic routing.
• Configure security policies, tune threat prevention parameters, and perform advanced log analysis.
• Build monitoring/logging/auditing solutions and resolve complex configuration issues across environments to meet compliance requirements.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree OR 10+ years of equivalent hands-on experience as a Palo Alto Cloud Engineer.
• Must hold at least one active Palo Alto, AWS, or Azure certification.
• 10+ years of comprehensive experience in network security and engineering.
• 5+ years hands-on experience designing, deploying, scaling, upgrading, and troubleshooting Palo Alto VM-Series firewalls in AWS and Azure.
• 5+ years experience deploying, configuring, and maintaining BIG-IP F5 LTM.
• Hands-on experience with Global Protect in the cloud and HA VPN/traffic routing.

Nice to have

• PCNSA, PCNSE, SC100, or AWS Certified Cloud Solutions Architect.
• Experience with F5 ASM, F5 I-RULES, and BIG-IP F5 XC.
• Hands-on experience with Prisma Cloud, Cisco Umbrella, Infoblox DDI, Forescout, and OPSWAT MetaDefender/ICAP.
• Security engineering experience with state and local government customers.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work model with flexible work-from-home options.
• Competitive salary.
• Hands-on, execution-focused security engineering role.
• Collaboration with product owners, application owners, and network delivery teams.