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Network SME with Palo Alto

Jconnect Inc, Irvine, CA, United States


Hello,

Greetings!!!

This is

Harsh

from

Jconnect INC . Below is the requirement with my client. Please share the updated resume and below details.

Title: Network SME with Palo Alto

Location:

Irvine, CA (Onsite)

Duration: Full-time only

JOB DESCRIPTION :

("PaloAlto" or "Palo-Alto" or "Palo Alto") and ("firewalls" or "firewall") and ("Routing" or "Routers" or "switching" or "Switches" or "DNS" or "Load Balancers") and "AWS" and ("java" or ".net") and "Network" and "Cisco" and ("middleware" or "Integration" or "TIBCO" or "ESB") and ("Windows" or "Linux") and ("Oracle" or "SQL")

Must Have Technical/Functional Skills
• Strong hands-on expertise in enterprise networking across on premise data centers and cloud environments.
• In-depth knowledge of routing, switching, load balancers, DNS, and enterprise network security concepts.
• Strong experience with firewall technologies, specifically Palo Alto Networks firewalls and security policies.
• Experience supporting network requirements for Java, .NET applications and backend databases such as Oracle and SQL Server.
• Good understanding of middleware and integration traffic patterns, especially applications using TIBCO ESB.
• Experience working with Windows Server 2016-2025 and Linux platforms including RHEL 7, 8, and 9.
• Hands-on troubleshooting skills for network connectivity, latency, throughput, and packet level issues.
• Ability to analyze network dependencies, risks, and impacts during data center migration initiatives.
• Strong communication skills to collaborate with application, cloud, security, and project management teams.

Roles & Responsibilities
• Support network discovery, assessment, and dependency analysis as part of the Data Center Exit program.
• Analyze existing on premise network and firewall configurations to determine cloud migration readiness.
• Support design and implementation of AWS networking components including VPCs, subnets, routing, and security groups.
• Implement and manage Palo Alto firewall rules, security policies, and traffic inspection during migration.
• Support hybrid connectivity using VPN and/or Direct Connect during phased application migrations.
• Ensure secure and reliable network connectivity for applications, databases, and TIBCO ESB integrations.
• Troubleshoot network and firewall issues during migration, cutover, and hypercare phases.
• Work closely with security teams to ensure compliance with network security and enterprise standards.
• Prepare network diagrams, firewall rule documentation, runbooks, and operational handover materials.

Cloud Experience Needed
• Hands-on experience supporting data center migration projects from on premise environments to public cloud platforms.
• Working knowledge of AWS networking services including VPC, subnets, route tables, and security groups.
• Experience supporting EC2 based application networking in AWS environments.
• Experience integrating and operating Palo Alto firewalls in cloud or hybrid network architectures.
• Understanding of network connectivity requirements for Oracle Exadata on AWS and SQL Server workloads.
• Experience supporting middleware and integration traffic flows in cloud environments.
• Ability to support hybrid and transitional network states during phased migration waves.
• Experience collaborating with cloud architects, network leads, and security teams during AWS migrations.
• Prior experience as a Network SME in large scale Data Center Exit or cloud migration programs is highly preferred.

If you are interested, please send me your updated resume ASAP with below details

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Looking forward for your response..

Thanks and Regards,

Harsh Srivastava

Jconnect Infotech Inc .

Cherry Hill, NJ 08034

Email:

harsh@jconnectinc.com

http://jconnectinc.com/

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