WHAT YOU’LL DO 

• Palo Alto Firewall (PA5450, 5250, 450, AIRS VM NGFW, Panorama 11.2+ , Prisma, GP, Log Collectors) – Required 

• Cisco Nexus (9500, 9300 and 7K) – Required 

• Cisco 4000’s, 2600’s 4500’s - Required 

• Clouds AWS or Google Cloud Required 

• VMware NSX Preferred 

• F5 LTM, GTM, AFM, ASM, APM- Preferred 

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES 

• Manage and act as subject matter expert (SME) for our Palo Alto Firewalls and management platform – focus on improvements and automation 

• Engineer solutions utilizing Cisco, F5 and AWS or GCP stack. 

• Ideal candidates will have AWS, GCP experience. 

• Configure, monitor, and troubleshoot network platform 

• Perform in depth application assessments and document changes required to on board APP into RealPage Systems 

• Determine operational weaknesses within the existing network infrastructure and present execution plans to overcoming those concerns in a timely fashion while still making the most cost-efficient use of resources. 

• Evaluate and identify opportunities to improve the security and/or performance of existing environments. 

• Interact with other teams to provide escalation support during outages and customer issues even if the problem might not be directly related to the network infrastructure. 

• Interact directly with technical and non-technical customers/vendors to resolve incidents and manage project tasks. 

• Work to completion all projects assigned to the engineer and exhaust all possible resources in order to provide results on time, within specifications, and on budget. 

• Actively monitor and react to real-time network conditions and make recommendations on improving monitoring and reporting. 

• Configure, monitor, and troubleshoot routing, BGP, SDWAN, IPSEC and NSX configurations 

• Implementation and enforcement of existing and self-designed security measures and policies to protect the RealPage and client networks from both external and internal attacks and/or abuses. 

• Travel may be required to meet project objectives. Approximately <5% travel. #LI-JL1 #LI-HYBRID 

Compensation may vary depending on your location, qualifications including job-related education, training, experience, licensure, and certification, that could result at a level outside of these ranges. Certain roles are eligible for additional rewards, including annual bonus, and sales incentives depending on the terms of the applicable plan and role as well as individual performance.

Equal Opportunity Employer: RealPage Company is an equal opportunity employer and committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS/ABILITIES 

• CCNP Certification 

• 5+ years of expert level experience with Palo Alto Firewalls onprem and NGFW in cloud, including Panorama, Global Protect, and Prisma 

• 5+ years of Hands-on expertise with Cisco and F5 Systems, AWS or GCP 

• 10 years of progressive network engineering experience in enterprise and data-center environments. 

• In depth knowledge and experience with the implementation and support of switched and routed networks and associated protocols: SDWAN, BGP, OSPF, TCP/IP, NAT/PAT, HSRP, VRRP, STP, PBR, ACI 

• Ability to work as a member of a cross functional team. 

• Ability to document solutions with Visio, Lucichart, Word and PowerPoint. 

• Must have ability to effectively communicate with clients, management, and peers. 

• Must possess excellent written and verbal communication skills. 

• Ability to work an on-call rotation 

PREFERRED KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS/ABILITIES 

• Palo Alto Engineering and Deployment experience 

• Hands on experience with AWS and Google Cloud architectures 

• Experience with Load Balancers 

• Network automation tools such as ansible or python 

• Application stack layer 3-7 

• Positive attitude with a love of learning new tech. #LI-REMOTE #LI-JL1