Senior Network Security Engineer Job at Magnit Global, Denver, CO

  • Magnit Global
  • Denver, CO

Job Description

Senior Network Security Consultant (Juniper SRX to Palo Alto NGFW Migration) | Denver, CO | 12+ Month Contract

Location: Denver, CO (100% Onsite)

Duration: 12 Months Contract (Strong Possibility of Extension)

Employment Type: W2 Only

About the Opportunity

We are seeking an experienced Network Security Consultant / Palo Alto SME to support a major firewall transformation initiative for a leading enterprise customer. This is not a traditional firewall administration role.

The primary focus of this engagement is the migration of Juniper SRX environments to Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Firewalls (NGFW) . The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in both Juniper and Palo Alto technologies and be comfortable leading migration activities, firewall redesign, cutovers, optimization, and post-migration support.

What You'll Be Doing

  • Lead migration efforts from Juniper SRX to Palo Alto NGFW
  • Analyze and translate existing Juniper configurations into Palo Alto best practices
  • Design and implement security policies, NAT policies, Application-ID, User-ID, and Content-ID
  • Support firewall deployment, routing integration, and security optimization
  • Participate in maintenance windows, migration cutovers, and rollback planning
  • Optimize performance, sizing, capacity planning, and operational workflows
  • Collaborate directly with customer engineering and leadership teams
  • Mentor customer teams on Palo Alto operational best practices following migration

Required Skills

✅ Strong hands-on experience with Palo Alto NGFW and Panorama

✅ Experience with Juniper SRX Firewall Administration and Migration Projects

✅ Expertise in:

  • Application-ID
  • User-ID
  • Content-ID
  • NAT
  • VPN
  • SSL Decryption
  • Threat Prevention
  • WildFire
  • URL Filtering

✅ Strong networking knowledge:

  • TCP/IP
  • BGP
  • OSPF
  • IS-IS
  • MPLS
  • EVPN/VXLAN
  • Route Redistribution
  • ECMP

✅ Experience leading firewall migration and cutover activities

Preferred Skills

  • Service Provider Environment Experience
  • Cloud Security Integrations (AWS, Azure, GCP)
  • SD-WAN Exposure
  • Cortex Data Lake or Expedition

Job Tags

Contract work

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