Lead Infrastructure Engineer - Tier 4/Palo Alto/Fortinet
On-site · Wilmington, Delaware, United States
Job Summary
Lead Infrastructure Engineer role focusing on designing, implementing, and governing enterprise firewall and network segmentation architectures across on-prem, cloud, and hybrid environments. Responsibilities include defining reference architectures and policy frameworks aligned to Zero Trust, deploying scalable NGFWs with clustering and TLS/SSL decryption, building hybrid/multi-cloud patterns (AWS/Azure/GCP) with cloud-native controls, establishing policy standards and lifecycle processes, leading deployments and migrations for Palo Alto and Fortinet platforms, building Infrastructure-as-Code and automation (Terraform, Ansible, Python) for provisioning and compliance, integrating firewall telemetry with SIEM/SOAR, and partnering with Network and SOC teams to optimize performance and reduce rule complexity. Required qualifications emphasize hands-on firewall experience, cloud experience, IaC proficiency, and strong security/compliance knowledge; preferred qualifications include Zero Trust, SDN, and large-scale migration leadership.
Required Qualifications
- Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts
- 5+ years applied experience
- Proven experience with next-generation firewalls (Palo Alto and Fortinet)
- Exposure to Check Point/Cisco
- Strong networking expertise (TCP/IP, BGP/OSPF, VLANs, NAT, IPSec/SSL VPN)
- Experience with at least one public cloud (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
- Proficiency with IaC and automation (Terraform, Ansible, Python)
- Familiarity with SIEM/SOAR integrations
- Working knowledge of security frameworks and standards (NIST CSF, ISO 27001, PCI DSS)
- Excellent communication and documentation skills
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