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We help customers transform infrastructure and workplace to meet the rapidly evolving needs of the digital era. Our holistic approach delivers key results for our customers by achieving cloud driven modernization and workplace and operational transformation to run the business in a secure environment.\nJob Summary\nWe are seeking an experienced Network Security Engineer with strong hands-on expertise in Palo Alto and Cisco firewall technologies to design, implement, migrate, and support enterprise network security solutions. This role will focus on Palo Alto PAN-OS, Panorama, Strata Cloud Manager, Cisco FTD/FMC, VPN, BGP, NAT, and high-availability configurations. The engineer will support both on-premises and Azure-based environments, ensuring secure and resilient connectivity. 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