Palo Alto Network Engineer

Title: Palo Alto Network Engineer

Location: Remote

Length: Long term

Restriction: W2 or C2C

Description:

*** Webcam interview long term project initial PO for 3 years with multiyear extensions ***Remote

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Description:

PURPOSE

Palo Alto services and support for network/security infrastructure services. The EDD currently has Cortex XDR Endpoints deployed to servers and end user devices. This procurement provides professional services and support for Prisma Cloud (secures EDD’s deployments in Azure/AWS), Cortex XDR Pro Per TB, Cortex XDR XSOAR, and Managed Detection and Response (MDR). The services will provide the EDD the ability to protect its assets from zero day attacks, provides event correlation, and management of alerts. This will allow the EDD to perform user and entity behavior analytics, rogue detection, and comparing results to EDD baseline security standards to detect anomalies. This procurement will provide the necessary functionality for EDD to collect all its firewall, URL filtering, malware, and other endpoint data into a single source for threat hunting and security investigations. It will allow the EDD to use, understand, and take appropriate actions to protect EDD’s systems from malicious activity including insider threat, and malicious actions like ransomware and viruses. This agreement includes the following:

Skills

10 years experience

Strong Palo Alto experience

Certification/government experience preferred

Cortex XDR implementation experience

best practices

Identify potential risks, investigate security incidents, provide recommendations for confirmed threats, and provide recommendations for continuous improvement.

Showcase SecOps performance through metrics and reporting.

Assist in threat hunting activities upon completion of a threat hunting framework. Assist in threat intelligence validation activities upon completion of a threat intelligence framework.

Lead or participate in project meetings, quarterly service reviews, and provide status reports as mutually agreed.