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Arctiq

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201 - 500 employees

💼 Consulting

🏥 Healthcare

📦 Logistics

Consulting • Healthcare • Logistics

Arctiq is a company that specializes in providing transformative infrastructure, security, and platform engineering solutions. They focus on enterprise security, modern infrastructure, and platform engineering, helping businesses architect practical and efficient solutions using world-class technologies. Arctiq offers managed security services, cloud security, and modern infrastructure solutions such as wireless networking and hybrid cloud infrastructure. They work with various sectors including healthcare, education, government, and more to enhance connectivity and bolster security using innovative technologies. Their services cover comprehensive infrastructure and security needs, from video surveillance in schools to smart city initiatives and cloud-native solutions for industries like oil & gas.

📋 Description

• Administer, analyze, and optimize Palo Alto Networks NGFW environments and security policies • Leverage App-ID, User-ID, URL Filtering, and related security controls • Analyze firewall traffic, logs, sessions, and security events to identify threats and policy inefficiencies • Evaluate firewall rules for consolidation, modification, cleanup, and removal while maintaining security controls • Assess security benefits of rule changes against operational impacts on critical business applications • Investigate application traffic and connectivity issues and determine appropriate firewall policy adjustments • Support and administer Cortex XDR, including alert, endpoint security event, and telemetry analysis • Follow ITIL, change management, and security governance processes for firewall and policy changes • Test, document, review, and obtain approval for rule deletions, consolidations, and modifications before implementation • Maintain documentation of security policies, changes, testing results, and operational impacts • Identify opportunities to improve firewall performance, security posture, policy efficiency, and operational processes • Develop and use APIs, CLI tools, Python, or other scripting languages to automate security and firewall administration • Troubleshoot complex network and security issues using traffic analysis, logs, packet captures, and diagnostic techniques • Collaborate with network, infrastructure, application, and security teams to understand requirements and resolve issues • Independently investigate issues, develop solutions, and execute approved changes while communicating with stakeholders

🎯 Requirements

• Strong hands-on experience administering and optimizing Palo Alto Networks NGFW environments • Proficiency with App-ID, User-ID, URL Filtering, security policies and rule optimization, and firewall traffic and log analysis • Experience with Cortex XDR and endpoint/security event analysis • Strong understanding of network security concepts, firewall architectures, application traffic, and security policy design • Advanced analytical and troubleshooting skills for complex traffic and log data • Ability to assess security improvements against business and application impacts • Strong understanding of ITIL and formal change control processes • Experience making security policy changes where service availability and operational stability are critical • Ability to document, test, and validate changes before implementation • Experience with Palo Alto APIs, CLI tools, Python, or other scripting/automation technologies • Strong written and verbal communication skills • Ability to work independently and collaboratively • Strict 8x5 availability during agreed-upon business hours; full dedication and consistent responsiveness required • Preferred: Palo Alto Networks certifications such as PCNSA, PCNSE, or PCCET • Preferred: Experience with large-scale or enterprise Palo Alto firewall environments • Preferred: Firewall rulebase cleanup, optimization, and security policy remediation experience • Preferred: Network packet analysis and tools such as Wireshark • Preferred: Familiarity with SIEM, SOAR, or other security monitoring and automation platforms • Preferred: Python or REST API automation experience

🏖️ Benefits

• Remote work arrangement • Contract opportunity • Inclusive work environment • Accommodations or adjustments throughout the interview process and beyond