Programmers.IO is currently looking to hire Senior Palo Alto Network Security Architect / Consultant on Experience in Palo Alto Next-Generation Firewall, Palo Alto VM-Series Firewalls in AWS, Strata Cloud Manager, Panorama, security policy migration, Network Address Translation, VPN, routing, threat prevention This is must Experience with routing protocols and connectivity concepts including BGP-Border Gateway Protocol, OSPF-Open Shortest Path First, static routing, site-to-site VPN, and hybrid connectivity. Experience conducting firewall migration assessments, rule reviews, policy mapping, policy cleanup, and configuration validation Ability to work independently, drive technical discussions, and lead implementation activities with minimal supervision. Technology. If you think you are a good fit and willing to work from PAN INDIA Remote location.

Experience Required: 8 to 14 Years

Role Type Senior client-facing consulting role for Palo Alto firewall assessment, AWS deployment, migration, configuration, validation, and handover.

Experience Range 8-10+ years overall network security experience; robust Palo Alto specialization is mandatory.

Primary Technology Focus Palo Alto NGFW, VM-Series Firewalls in AWS, Strata Cloud Manager, Panorama, security policy migration, NAT, VPN, routing, threat prevention.

Client Environment Context Client is using Strata Cloud Manager and Palo Alto virtual firewalls deployed in AWS. Requirement involves migration/replication from existing on-premises Palo Alto firewall configurations into AWS instances.

Ideal Candidate Hands-on Palo Alto specialist who can analyze current-state configurations, identify relevant policies/objects/features, replicate them in AWS,



and configure/validate Palo Alto security capabilities independently.

Role Summary We are seeking a Senior Palo Alto Network Security Architect / Consultant / Engineer with 8-10+ years of experience and deep hands-on expertise in Palo Alto Networks technologies. The consultant will support one of our clients in assessing an existing on-premises Palo Alto firewall environment, analyzing current policies and configurations, and replicating/migrating relevant configurations into Palo Alto virtual firewalls deployed in AWS.

This role requires a senior, client-facing resource who can independently lead firewall configuration discovery, policy/object analysis, AWS firewall implementation, Strata Cloud Manager administration, security feature enablement, testing, troubleshooting, documentation, and operational handover.

Key Responsibilities

- Assess and analyze the client s existing on-premises Palo Alto firewall environment, including policies, objects, NAT rules, zones, interfaces, VPNs, routing, security profiles, and logging configurations.
- Identify relevant current-state configurations and replicate/migrate them into Palo Alto virtual firewall instances deployed in AWS.
- Design, configure, test, and validate Palo Alto VM-Series firewalls in AWS to support cloud workloads and hybrid connectivity.




- Configure and manage Strata Cloud Manager for centralized policy management, operational visibility, monitoring, governance, and administration.
- Work with Panorama where applicable, while recognizing that the client s target management platform is Strata Cloud Manager.
- Configure Palo Alto security features such as App-ID, User-ID, Content-ID, Threat Prevention, Anti-Spyware, Anti-Virus, Vulnerability Protection, URL Filtering, WildFire, SSL Decryption, GlobalProtect, logging, and security profiles.
- Perform firewall policy analysis, rule clean-up, object rationalization, policy mapping, and least-privilege rule optimization before migration.
- Implement and validate security zones, interfaces, NAT, VPN, routing, HA/failover, logging, and traffic inspection policies.
- Validate end-to-end traffic flows between on-premises networks, AWS VPCs, application segments, and security inspection points.
- Plan and support migration execution, cutover readiness, rollback planning, post-migration validation, and stabilization activities.
- Troubleshoot firewall, routing, VPN, NAT, application access, and security policy issues during implementation and stabilization.
- Prepare technical documentation including current-state assessment, detailed design, implementation plan, migration mapping, test plan, as-built documentation, operational handover, and knowledge transfer material.

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📌 Senior Palo Alto Network Security Architect / Consultant (India)
🏢 Programmers.io
📍 India