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 Alto 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.