Principal Engineer

Optiv

Principal Palo Alto Engineer delivering technical solutions and consulting on Palo Alto firewalls. Leading complex project requests and assisting junior engineers in a fully remote role.

Posted 6/16/2026full-timeRemote • Colorado • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $116,600 - $159,900 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Cloud

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Able to solo deliver or act as "point" for complex projects/requests
Acts as technical escalation point to assist junior engineers
Lead in capacity planning and HW specification recommendation efforts
Lead in all deployment and management activities, connector configuration, custom rule development, workflow configuration and development, and third-party system integration
Lead User Acceptance Testing and bug-related engineering efforts
Provide knowledge transfer and post production support activities as necessary
Effective team communicator
Maintain professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; participating in professional associations such as ISSA
Obtain and maintain top tier vendor certification and accreditation
Complete administrative project tasks like time and expense entry, status reporting, and project completion reporting
Acts as contributor in Optiv communities for solutions of focus
Develop and maintain runbooks/procedural documentation

Requirements

What you’ll need

U.S. Citizenship required
CJIS Background Check and Fingerprinting
Current PCNSE certification
Hands-on experience implementing Palo Alto, including Prisma Access, Prisma Cloud and optionally Prisma Cortex
Minimum eight (8) years of hands-on experience with Palo Alto
Minimum six (6) years of professional Information Security experience in a consulting, vendor or enterprise-level role
Fully qualified/certified on 1 or more technologies
Experience in a customer facing/consulting capacity
Demonstrated ability to lead junior colleagues

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health insurance
401(k) matching
Professional training resources
Work/life balance
Volunteer Opportunities

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Hard Skills & Tools

Palo AltoPrisma AccessPrisma CloudPrisma CortexUser Acceptance Testingbug-related engineeringworkflow configurationcustom rule developmentthird-party system integrationcapacity planning

Soft Skills

effective team communicatorleadershipknowledge transferconsultingproblem-solvingcollaborationmentoringproject managementadministrative skillsnetworking

Certifications

PCNSE certificationtop tier vendor certificationCJIS Background CheckFingerprinting