Designation: L2 Operations Engineer – Network Security
Support level: L2 Operations
Domain: Network Security
Scope: Palo Alto Firewalls, Zscaler, SSE, ZTNA, Enterprise Browser, Internet Security (SWG and FWaaS), and Private Access
Job Location / Reporting Location: NCR - Gurugram
Process:
- End-to-end incident management, from L1/L1.5 escalation to closure.
- Run firewall health checks (CPU and memory) and act on breaches.
- Collect logs and evidence for firewall alert events.
- Troubleshoot reported issues and check network connectivity.
- Enable new access per application needs, through the client's change process.
- Handle port and rule requests from other teams, including server teams.
- Apply firewall patches and OS upgrades under change control.
- Handle outage calls to restore connectivity.
- Support Zscaler and Palo Alto firewalls.
- Protect data in transit and at rest from unauthorised access.
- Report security issues promptly with recommended actions.
- Follow client security standards and guidelines.
- Keep ServiceNow tickets current, with clear resolution and closure notes.
- Join RCA reviews. Update SOPs and knowledge-base articles.
- Work with Connectivity, Hosting, IDAM, DLP and Malware Tools on cross-tower issues.
- Trace policy evaluation in SSE (Zscaler Internet Access, Prisma Access and similar) – URL filtering, Cloud Firewall, SSL inspection, DLP, CASB – and in Prisma Access (security, decryption, URL filtering rules) to find unexpected allows or blocks.
- Diagnose Private Access failures across application segments, segment groups, server groups, access policies and Private Service Edge.
- Troubleshoot forwarding profiles, PAC files, trusted network detection and bypass configuration.
- Diagnose GRE and IPsec tunnel failures to Zscaler, and Remote Network and Service Connection tunnels in Prisma Access, including IKE/IPsec phase issues.
- Resolve DNS issues for private apps, including split DNS, conditional forwarding and DNS search domains.
- Troubleshoot SAML assertion and attribute problems, SCIM provisioning failures and group sync issues with Entra ID, Okta or Ping.
- Resolve device posture and trusted network check failures.
- Take and analyse packet captures (Wireshark, tcpdump, connector-side captures).
- Correlate logs across the SSE platform, SIEM, IdP and endpoint tools.
- Use ZDX and ADEM data to diagnose latency, edge selection and path problems.
Tools:
- Palo Alto firewalls (Cloud Firewalls)
- Zscaler
- Palo Alto NGFW, Panorama, Strata Cloud Manager, Strata Logging Service, Prisma Access
- Splunk SIEM
- Datadog
- Enterprise monitoring tools
- ServiceNow
- Okta (secondary skill)
Technologies:
- Subject-matter expertise (8+ years) in NGFWs, WAFs, multi-cloud networking and security controls, core networking protocols, and security architecture – primarily Palo Alto, AWS and Azure, with GCP and Alibaba Cloud as a plus.
- Deploying security policies with IPS, URL filtering, DNS security and SSL inspection.
- Firewall security policy tuning with tools such as AlgoSec.
- Quickly identifying and remediating root cause.
- ITaaS, ITIL, monitoring and metrics.
- Multi-cloud networking.
- Firewall administration.
- Secure web gateway.
- Access and rule management.
- Network segmentation.
- Firewall log analysis.
- TCP/IP and routing basics.
- Python or Ansible scripting.
- IaC tooling: GitHub, Octopus, Terraform.
- DNS expertise.
Experience:
- 12 years of experience in L2 network security operations
- 24x7 support environment
- Palo Alto firewall administration
- Zscaler administration (scope to be confirmed)
- Enterprise networking expertise
- Firewall rule and port request handling
- Log and evidence collection
- ITSM incident, problem and change processes
- Explicit written and spoken English
Certifications:
- Palo Alto PCNSA / PCNSE
- Zscaler administrator certification
- CCNA
- A Proxy / SSE industry certification (Zscaler or Palo Alto)
Interested person can drop their resume at
[email protected] with following details:
Current CTC:
Expected CTC:
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