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# Network Engineer IV

- **Company:** Palo Alto, Inc.
- **Location:** United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $115,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Border Gateway Protocol, Cloud Computing, Network Address Translation, Internet Protocol Security (IP SEC), Virtual Private Networks (VPN), Python (Programming Language), Microsoft Visio, Network Planning and Design, Network Monitoring, Routing, Open Shortest Path First (OSPF), Ansible, Zero Trust Network Access, Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML), Wide Area Networks, Network Routers, Google Cloud, System Availability, Firewalls (Computer Science), Juniper, Palo Alto Networks, Performance Monitor, Check Point Firewalls, Wireless Technologies, Fortinet, Terraform, Cisco
- **Published:** July 21, 2026
- **Apply:** https://crbworkforce.com/jobs/1672

## About the Role

* 10+ years of hands-on network engineering experience in enterprise or managed services.
 * Hands-on expertise with Prisma SD-WAN and Prisma Access.
 * Experience with Palo Alto, Fortinet, or Check Point firewalls.
 * Proficiency with network monitoring/performance tools and Visio.
 * Strong experience with routers, switches, firewalls, and WAN infrastructure.
 * Deep understanding of cloud-delivered security, SD-WAN overlays/underlays, traffic steering, and segmentation.
 * Advanced routing skills: BGP (required) and OSPF.
 * Experience supporting hybrid/cloud networking across AWS, Azure, and GCP.
 * Strong knowledge of HA, QoS, NAT, VPN, and TCP/IP fundamentals.
 * Required Certifications:
 * Palo Alto Networks Certified SD-WAN Engineer
 * Palo Alto Networks Certified Security Service Edge Engineer
 * Education: Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience.

Preferred:

 * Palo Alto PCCSE certification.
 * Cisco CCNP or CCIE.
 * Experience with multi-vendor SD-WAN/SASE (Fortinet, Cisco, VeloCloud, Juniper Mist/SSR).
 * Prior network design or presales engineering experience.
 * Familiarity with wireless technologies and security intelligence sources (CERT, BugTraq).

## Description

* Serve as a Tier-3 escalation engineer for Prisma SASE.
 * Troubleshoot advanced issues across Prisma SD-WAN, Prisma Access, GlobalProtect, IPsec, and cloud-delivered firewalling.
 * Lead high-severity incidents, customer communication, and root cause analysis (RCA).
 * Support full lifecycle management: onboarding, changes, upgrades, migrations, and decommissioning.
 * Enforce routing, segmentation, security policies, high availability, and resiliency standards.
 * Support advanced routing (BGP required, OSPF) and hybrid/cloud connectivity across AWS, Azure, and GCP.
 * Implement and support ZTNA, SWG, FWaaS, and identity integrations (SAML, MFA).
 * Contribute to automation (APIs, Python, Ansible, Terraform preferred) and improve monitoring/telemetry.
 * Maintain SOPs, runbooks, and escalation guides; mentor Tier-1 and Tier-2 engineers.
 * Collaborate with cross-functional teams to evolve Prisma SASE managed services.


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