Network Security Engineer I (Palo Alto)

About Rackspace Cyber Defence

Rackspace Cyber Defence is our next generation cyber defence and security operations capability that builds on 20+ years of securing customer environments to deliver proactive, risk-based, threat-informed and intelligence driven security services.

Our purpose is to enable our customers to defend against the evolving threat landscape across on-premises, private cloud, public cloud and multi-cloud workloads.

Our goal is to go beyond traditional security controls to deliver cloud-native, DevOps-centric and fully integrated 24x7x365 cyber defence capabilities that deliver a proactive, threat-informed, risk-based, intelligence-driven approach to detecting and responding to threats.

Our mission is to help our customers:

• Proactively detect and respond to cyber-attacks - 24x7x365.
• Defend against new and emerging risks that impact their business.
• Reduce their attack surface across private cloud, hybrid cloud, public cloud, and multi-cloud environments.
• Reduce their exposure to risks that impact their identity and brand.
• Develop operational resilience.
• Maintain compliance with legal, regulatory and compliance obligations.

Key Accountabilities

• Monitor customer network and security environments to ensure availability, performance, and security.
• Perform continuous monitoring of firewall and Azure networking alerts/events and respond according to operational procedures.
• Handle customer incidents, requests, and service tickets within agreed SLAs.
• Take care first-level troubleshooting for firewall, connectivity, routing, and security-related incidents.
• Acknowledge standard operational tasks, service requests, and pre-approved changes following the established process.
• Escalate unresolved or complex issues to L2/L3 teams with complete diagnostic details.
• Maintain documentation of incidents, requests, changes, and customer communications.
• Assist with routine health checks and operational reporting activities.
• Follow-up incident, problem, change, and maintenance management processes.
• Participate in shift-based operations and provide support during planned maintenance windows.
• Coordinate with customers and internal teams to provide timely issue updates and resolution status.

Skills & Experience

Mandatory Technical Skills

• 3-6 years of experience in Network Security Operations.
• Basic to intermediate hands-on experience with:
  • Palo Alto Networks Firewalls and Panorama
  • FortiGate Firewalls and FortiManager
  • Remote VPN (Global Protect & Forti-connect)
  • Microsoft Azure Networking (VNets, Subnets, NSGs, Route Tables, Load Balancers)
  • Good to have understanding on monitoring tool “Solarwind, PRTG, Strata, or any”
• Good Understanding of:
  • Firewall policy management
  • NAT, routing, VPN technologies
  • TCP/IP, networking fundamentals and Protocols
  • Packets level and initial troubleshooting
• Experience working with ticketing and monitoring tools.
• Basic understanding of cloud security and Azure infrastructure.

Desired Certifications

• PCNSA
• Fortinet NSE / FCA
• Microsoft Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900)

Soft Skills

• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills.
• Good verbal and written communication skills.
• Customer-focused approach.
• Ability to work in a 24x7 operational environment.
• Eagerness to learn and develop technical expertise.

About Rackspace Technology

We are the multicloud solutions experts. We combine our expertise with the world’s leading technologies - across applications, data and security - to deliver end-to-end solutions. We have a proven record of advising customers based on their business challenges, designing solutions that scale, building and managing those solutions, and optimizing returns into the future. Named a best place to work, year after year according to Fortune, Forbes and Glassdoor, we attract and develop world-class talent. Join us on our mission to embrace technology, empower customers and deliver the future.

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