Immediate W2 contract position available in Atlanta, GA. Estimated Duration:5 months
Job Description:
The contractor supports the company’s enterprise firewall environment by assisting with firewall rule request validation, security exception reviews, and adherence to established network security policies and runbooks.
This role helps maintain compliance and reduce risk through routine audit and remediation activities.
The contractor analyzes firewall logs and network traffic to support troubleshooting, incident response, and root cause analysis, while contributing to the cleanup and optimization of firewall rules, address objects, and related policy components.
This role also supports reporting efforts by helping track firewall rule usage, cleanup progress, and operational performance.
Working closely with network security and infrastructure teams, the contractor contributes to documentation, process consistency, and day-to-day firewall operations.
The ideal candidate has hands-on experience with Palo Alto Networks firewalls and a solid understanding of firewall policy management and traffic analysis.
Desired Qualifications:
3-5 Years Design and install a network security policy across the network.
Analyze and report computer network security breaches or attempted breaches.
They have skills in threats and weaknesses, as well as protection strategies.
Usually, they work with engineers to ensure network wide security.
JOB QUALIFICATIONS:
Minimum:
Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Information Technology, or related field, or 3+ years of experience in network security or firewall administration.
Hands-on experience with Palo Alto Networks firewalls and Panorama.
Good understanding of firewall concepts, including security zones, NAT, access control policies, and application-based rules.
Experience reviewing firewall policies, analyzing logs/traffic data, and supporting troubleshooting or incident response in an enterprise environment.
Ability to evaluate security requests and exceptions, including validating business justification and assessing risk impact.
Relevant certification(s) such as PCNSA, PCNSE, Security+, or equivalent experience.
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience with SSL decryption, security exception management, and firewall policy governance.
Experience performing firewall policy cleanup, rule recertification, and object optimization.
Familiarity with reporting/analytics tools such as Power BI, Excel, Splunk, or Panorama reporting.
Experience building dashboards or metrics to track firewall usage, cleanup progress, or operational performance.
Job Responsibilities:
Validate and review firewall rule requests to ensure alignment with enterprise security standards, network policies, and documented runbooks.
Perform security exception reviews (e.g., geo-location restrictions, SSL decryption), evaluating business justification and risk impact.
Analyze firewall logs and network traffic data to support troubleshooting, incident response, and root cause analysis.
Review and assist in optimizing firewall policies, including rules, address objects, service objects, object groups, and templates to improve policy hygiene.
Develop and maintain reporting that tracks firewall rule usage, cleanup progress, and object utilization.
Conduct recurring audits of security exceptions and support remediation efforts to maintain compliance with established controls.
Support the creation and upkeep of network security workflows, procedures, and operational runbooks.
SCHEDULE: Monday-Friday, normal business hours LOCATION: This is an in-office position
If you already have a resume on file with The E Group and would like to be considered for this position, simply email your note of interest to The E Group at [email protected].
Why Choose The E Group? We are an award winning firm recognized for having an outstanding reputation with our clients and employees. All contractors are eligible for full group health and dental benefits, 401K with matching, and various insurances. Generous living expenses are given to help those who relocate or have duplicate housing.
For immediate consideration simply attach your resume to this posting or email your resume to [email protected]. All applicants will receive feedback once position closes.
