Senior Security Engineer – Palo Alto Technologies

The Hartford’s Information Protection (THIP) organization is looking for a talented professional to join a high-performing team that is charged with supporting and enhancing our core Palo A lto platforms . As a Security Engineer , this position will be part of the primary technical team tasked with engineering and maintaining our Palo Alto platforms, specifically working on firewall , web filtering, SSL Decryption and overall system support and maintenance . The individual will have the opportunity to help shape the future direction and use of Palo Alto as currently deployed at the Hartford . Additionally, the position will have broad accountabilities around currency, patching and operational support metrics for Palo . This role will provide thought leadership, professional support and valued contributions to a range of production support, development and project activities. We are looking for an experienced professional, who has deep knowledge and skills across Palo Alro products , along with an understanding of industry best practices . The ideal candidate will have experience implementing and supporting Palo Alto technologies in a cloud environment and have experience in both AWS and GCP.

The right person will develop a deep understanding of Palo ’ s usage and consumption, continuously advocate for automation and process efficiency, and where necessary challenge and influence management to take actions to appropriately utilize the systems . The role is heavily focused on ensuring currency and stability in the environment . The right person will have a wide-ranging technical knowledge with a desire to learn and grow their technical skills across all facets of our Palo implementation.