PWC

IT Services- Firewall Engineer Associate

PWC$63K — $121K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • High School Diploma; Bachelor's preferred
  • 0-2 years in information security and/or IT management
  • Palo Alto Networks expertise in firewalls
  • Experience in networking and firewall management
  • Palo Alto Certified - PCNSE preferred

Responsibilities

  • Engage in operational engineering across security tools
  • Respond to and resolve security incidents
  • Tune and maintain firewall solutions
  • Improve security posture through operational projects
  • Document procedures for perimeter security environments

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • Health savings accounts
  • Mental health support
  • Robust vacation and sick leave policy
  • Retirement savings plan with company match
Full Job Description
Line of Service
Internal Firm Services

Industry/Sector
Not Applicable

Specialism
IFS - Information Technology (IT)

Management Level
Associate

Job Description & Summary
Team focuses on operational engineering activities across the suite of security tools managed in the NIS central service environment. The core areas of focus for Perimeter Security are Firewalls (Cloud, Physical, Virtual, WAF), Proxies, IPS, and VPN. This includes but is not limited to Incident Response and Resolution, Tuning and maintaining solutions, improving security posture, operational projects, and overall operational process improvement.

Job Requirements and Preferences:

Basic Qualifications:

Minimum Degree Required:

High School Diploma

Minimum Years of Experience:

0-2 year(s) of progressive professional roles involving information security and/or IT management.

Full-time engineering expertise with Palo Alto Networks, including experience building/deploying/configuring/managing firewalls in an enterprise level environment

Experience in networking and firewalls

Preferred Qualifications:

Degree Preferred: Bachelors

Preferred Certifications:

-Palo Alto Certified - PCNSE

Preferred Knowledge/Skills:

Demonstrates extensive abilities and/or proven record of success as a team member in the following areas:

  • Troubleshooting and resolution of complex network security incidents, to include packet capture and analysis, log review, and critical thinking;


  • Possessing experience with Palo Alto administration as well as the design and implementation of best practices;


  • Solving technical problems through engineering, including requirements analysis, design, development, implementation and testing;


  • Possessing stakeholder management skills and the ability to set expectations and respond to business needs in a complex high-pressure environment;


  • Demonstrating Security Risk Assessment for firewall rule implementations;
  • Possessing knowledge of Azure NSG, Load Balancer, UDR configuration and troubleshooting;
  • Managing Documentation for perimeter security environments;
  • Understanding security technology operational industry standards;
  • Contributing to a central technology service organization;
  • Navigating a matrix organization and collaborating with multiple stakeholders across functional and technical skill sets.
  • Leveraging facts and data when approaching problems and considering both the customer's perspective as well as the enterprise's perspective while focusing on overarching goals and objectives;
  • Exhibiting capabilities to multitask, performing and delivering results as both part of a team and independently;
  • Demonstrating relationship skills that foster an inclusive and collaborative environment for stakeholders and team members; and,
  • Collaborating with design and build engineering teams to ensure maximum capability of security solutions are achieved in the run state.


This is a U.S. based role and PwC IT Services (US) LLC does not intend to hire external job seekers who will need, now or in the future, PwC IT Services (US) LLC sponsorship through the H-1B lottery.

The salary range for this position is: $63,000- $121,500. Actual compensation within the range will be dependent upon the individual's skills, experience, qualifications and location, and applicable employment laws. Additionally, individuals may be eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. For roles that are based in Maryland, this is the listed salary range for this position.

Education (if blank, degree and/or field of study not specified)
Degrees/Field of Study required:

Degrees/Field of Study preferred:

Certifications (if blank, certifications not specified)

Required Skills

Optional Skills
Accepting Feedback, Accepting Feedback, Active Listening, Azure Data Factory, Communication, Cybersecurity, Cybersecurity Governance, Data Architecture Development, Data Archiving, Data Flow Mapping, Data Privacy Act, Emotional Regulation, Empathy, Enterprise Content Management, Incident Response Plan, Inclusion, Information Rights Management (IRM), Information Security, Information Security Governance, Information Security Management System (ISMS), Intellectual Curiosity, IT Infrastructure, Operating Model, Optimism, Privacy and Security {+ 6 more}

Desired Languages (If blank, desired languages not specified)

Travel Requirements
Up to 20%

Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?
No

Government Clearance Required?
No

Job Posting End Date

We offer a comprehensive, flexible and competitive benefits program. It provides access to programs that can be tailored to meet the personal health and financial well-being needs of our employees and their families. Our benefits include medical, dental and vision coverage, health savings accounts; mental health support, family and caregiver support, a robust time off policy inclusive of sick, vacation and holiday time; and a retirement savings plan with Roth features and company match.

About PWC

PwC is a multinational professional services network of firms headquartered in London, United Kingdom, operating as partnerships under the PwC brand. PwC ranks as the second-largest professional services network in the world and is considered one of the Big Four accounting firms, along with Deloitte, EY and KPMG. PwC firms operate in 157 countries, 742 locations, with 276,000 people. As of 2020, 26% of the workforce worked in the Americas, 26% in Asia, 32% in Western Europe, 5% in Middle East and Africa and 11% in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia.
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Size
284,000 employees
Industry
Founded
1998

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