Principal Cybersecurity Engineer – Firewall Policy Implementation (Artificial Intelligence (AI) Experienced)
Core
Principal Cybersecurity Engineer responsible for operating, maintaining, and optimizing enterprise firewall platforms, managing policy lifecycles, and applying AI capabilities to improve operational efficiency and security.
Role type
Principal Cybersecurity Engineer (Firewall Policy & AI Operations)
Builds
Secure enterprise network perimeters and firewall policy infrastructure
Domain
Cybersecurity / Network Security / Operational AI
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | infrastructure
Required skills
Firewall policy lifecycle management, enterprise firewall operations, change control validation, network security troubleshooting, risk assessment, AI tooling integration, Palo Alto Networks expertise, Python scripting, SSL decryption operations, centralized management (Panorama), log analysis, network fundamentals (BGP/OSPF/VRFs)
Preferred skills
CISSP/CISM/CISA/CRISC certifications, Palo Alto PCNSE/PCNSA certifications, policy automation and orchestration, agentic coding with GitHub Copilot/Claude/OpenAI Codex, AIOps experience, AlgoSec/URL Filtering/WildFire/Threat Prevention familiarity, ITSM/CI/CD integration, SSL decryption strategy
Technologies
Palo Alto Networks (PAN-OS, Panorama, App-ID, User-ID, Content-ID), Python, GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, Gemini Claude, ServiceNow, Visual Studio Code, Jupyter Notebook
Responsibilities
Optimize and implement firewall rules to mitigate risk and protect critical infrastructure; manage day-to-day firewall policy operations including tuning, cleanup, and decommissioning; execute configuration change management with validation and post-change verification; troubleshoot connectivity and security policy issues; identify and drive automation and AI opportunities using LLMs; perform risk assessments and develop mitigation strategies
Seniority
Principal, hands-on IC