Title : Senior Network Engineer Cisco | Palo Alto | Panorama
Location : PHOENIX, AZ (HYBRID)
Duration : Full-Time, Permanent
Role Summary
Join a dynamic financial technology team as a Senior Network Engineer responsible for building and maintaining secure, high-performance network environments. You ll design and implement Cisco and Palo Alto-based architectures supporting multiple credit unions, ensuring reliability, scalability, and compliance with financial regulations.
This is a hands-on engineering role perfect for someone who loves designing solutions, leading deployments, and staying at the forefront of network innovation.
Key Responsibilities
- Design and implement enterprise network architectures using Cisco Nexus, Catalyst, and ASA / Firepower platforms.
- Configure and manage Palo Alto Firewalls and Panorama for centralized policy enforcement.
- Oversee LAN / WAN connectivity, VPN, QoS, VLANs, and routing protocols (BGP, OSPF, EIGRP).
- Conduct network security audits, optimize configurations, and mitigate vulnerabilities.
- Collaborate with solution architects to align designs with business needs.
- Lead deployment projects, firmware upgrades, and performance tuning initiatives.
- Document configurations, topologies, and SOPs.
- Mentor junior engineers and engage with vendors for technology evaluations.
Must-Have Skills
Cisco Routing / Switching (Nexus, Catalyst, ASA / Firepower)Palo Alto Firewalls and PanoramaLAN / WAN design, VPN, VLAN, and QoSRouting protocols (BGP, OSPF, EIGRP)Network security auditing and documentationExperience in compliance-driven (SOX, PCI, FDIC) environmentsPreferred Skills
Cisco CCNP / CCIE, Palo Alto ACE / PCNSECloud networking or SDN familiarityCisco SD-WAN or Meraki experienceServer and security administrationDon t Apply If
You ve never worked with both Cisco and Palo Alto technologies in enterprise environments.You lack Panorama configuration or administration experience.You haven t supported financial or compliance-regulated networks .You ve only done network monitoring or support not design and architecture.