Network Engineer

Job Title: Network Engineer, Campus and Datacenter Industry: Technology Location: Palo Alto, CA Top 3 Skills Next-generation firewall administration on Palo Alto Networks and Panorama, including security policy, zone segmentation, and GlobalProtect VPN Enterprise routing and switching, including BGP, OSPF, VLANs, STP, and L2/L3 design Enterprise wireless LAN design and support, including Wi-Fi 6 and RF optimization What You ll Do Design and maintain the corporate LAN (access, distribution, and core switching, VLANs, STP, and QoS) for headquarters and remote offices Manage the wireless LAN, both controller-based and cloud-managed, including site surveys, RF planning, SSID design, and client troubleshooting Administer 802.1X network access control, certificate-based authentication, and guest network segmentation Operate and evolve the datacenter spine-leaf network with BGP, VxLAN/EVPN overlays, and high-availability designs Monitor capacity and latency baselines, and partner with server, storage, and platform teams on rack-and-stack connectivity and expansions Manage Palo Alto Networks PA-Series, Panorama, and SCM, covering security policy, App-ID, URL filtering, Threat Prevention, and WildFire Administer GlobalProtect VPN and Prisma Access and enforce zero-trust segmentation between zones Run firewall rule reviews, clean up unused policies, and support security audits Monitor network health with SNMP, streaming telemetry, and NetFlow/sFlow, and lead incident resolution and root-cause analyses Build automation in Python, Ansible, and Terraform, and use AI-assisted tools for log analysis, runbooks, and documentation What We Need From You 4 to 6 years of hands-on enterprise network engineering Palo Alto Networks NGFW and Panorama experience, including security policy management, zone-based segmentation, and GlobalProtect VPN Routing and switching fundamentals: BGP, OSPF, STP/RSTP, VLANs, LACP, and L2/L3 design Enterprise wireless design and support on Cisco Meraki, Aruba, or equivalent, including Wi-Fi 6 and RF optimization Working knowledge of datacenter spine-leaf, VxLAN/EVPN, and high-availability failover, and the ability to work onsite in Palo Alto, CA Preferred / Bonus PCNSE, CCNP Enterprise, CWNA/CWSP, or equivalent certifications Network automation with Python, Ansible, or Terraform Public cloud networking on AWS, Azure, or GCP, including hybrid connectivity such as Direct Connect, ExpressRoute, and VPN Load balancers such as F5, AVI/NSX ALB, or NGINX 802.1X/NAC platforms such as Cisco ISE or Aruba ClearPass Comfort using AI tools such as Claude or Copilot for network operations and documentation