Role: Palo Alto Network - Firewalls

Location: Melbourne

Duration: 6-12months contract

Description:



Job Description: Palo Alto Network - Firewalls

• Palo Alto Certified – PCNSE
• Implementation and migration experience from non-Palo (Cisco or Checkpoint) to Palo Alto FW
• Deep hands-on knowledge of Palo Alto FW & Expedition tool (used for Migration)
• Must have strong understanding of dynamic routing (BGP) and configuration on Palo Alto FW
• Experienced working in large/complex environments with multivendor firewall.
• Has a minimum of 6-8 Years of experience in designing and implementing Palo Alto Firewalls.
• Experienced in performing large scale firewall migrations from legacy vendor products to Palo Alto NGFW platforms.
• Has solid understanding and working experience in designing and implementing Virtual Routers and BGP on firewalls.
• Effective communication with business and technical stakeholders
• Act as the point of contact for all project issue/problem resolution and mitigate any potential conflicts within various tech stakeholders.
• Conduct workshops with stream leads for both network (corporate) and security (firewalls) to assess current implementation progress.
• Review existing documentation and deployments for:
• Cisco Multisite EVPN VXLAN
• Cisco ASA and Palo Alto Networks firewalls
• Define integration requirements and migration approach for each firewall pair, focusing on connectivity and high availability (excluding firewall build and policy migration).
• Develop an integration design document covering:
• Firewall integration with the new network
• High availability, virtual systems, routing, VPC, physical connectivity
• High-level migration strategy
• Facilitate design reviews, updates, and approvals.
• Develop and document a migration approach aligned with the integration design, existing documentation, and project schedule.
• Include risk assessment, mitigation strategies, dependencies, change management, and key stakeholders in the migration documentation.