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title: Senior Firewall Engineer at MDAEdge in New York, NY
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| **Company** | MDAEdge |
| **Location** | New York, NY |
| **Salary** | $60/hr |
| **Posted** | Sep 29, 2026 |

## Is this job real?

**Ghost job check:** B · Low risk. Probably a real opening.

## Visa sponsorship

- **H-1B:** No H-1B sponsorship on record for MDAEdge.
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## Description

**Job Summary:** Our client is seeking an experienced Senior Firewall Engineer for a permanent, on-site role based in **New York City, NY** or **Pittsburgh, PA**. This position is critical to supporting an enterprise-level Palo Alto firewall refresh initiative, focusing on the planning and execution of firewall migrations while ensuring minimal disruption to production environments.  
**Compensation:**

- **Hourly Rate:** $60.00 $75.00 per hour (W-2).
- **Annual Salary Equivalent:** $63,168 $90,240 USD.

**Core Responsibilities:**

- Plan and execute enterprise-level Palo Alto firewall migration activities.
- Migrate firewall policies, security rules, and configurations to new infrastructure.
- Validate firewall functionality and network connectivity post-migration.
- Collaborate with network engineering teams to support routing, switching, and security policy changes.
- Troubleshoot firewall and network connectivity issues during implementation.
- Participate in formal change management and production deployment processes.
- Document all firewall configurations, migration steps, and implementation procedures.

**Required Qualifications:**

- Strong hands-on experience managing Palo Alto Firewalls.
- Proven experience performing enterprise firewall refreshes and complex migration projects.
- Deep understanding of firewall policies, NAT, security zones, and rule management.
- Intermediate to advanced knowledge of routing and switching protocols.
- Experience supporting large-scale enterprise production environments.
- Native or bilingual proficiency in English.

**Preferred Qualifications:**

- Experience with Cisco ASA firewalls.
- Experience working within strictly change-controlled production environments.
- Relevant industry certifications, including:
  * Palo Alto Networks Certified Network Security Engineer (PCNSE).
  * CCNP Security or CCNP Enterprise.
  * CCIE Security.
## Skills

- Open Web Application Security Project (Owasp)
- Bilingual
- Cisco Certified Network Professional
- Palo Alto Networks
- Routing and Switching
- Network Engineering
- Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert
- Palo Alto Networks Certified Network Security Engineer (Pcnse)
- Cisco
- Information Security Policy
- Firewall
- English
- Network Switching
- Production Deployment
- Change Management
- Network Address Translation (Nat)
- Network Security
- Firewall Configuration

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