USI - FY26 - Cyber Enterprise Security - Infrastructure (Palo Alto/Other Firewall Products) - LSA

Job title: Infrastructure (Palo Alto/Other Firewall Products) Senior Consultant

About

At Deloitte, we do not offer you just a job, but a career in the highly sought-after risk Management field. We are one of the business leaders in the risk market. We work with a vision to make the world more prosperous, trustworthy, and safe. Deloittes clients, primarily based outside of India, are large, complex organizations that constantly evolve and innovate to build better products and services. In the process, they encounter various risks and the work we do to help them address these risks is increasingly important to their successand to the strength of the economy and public security.

By joining us, you will get to work with diverse teams of professionals who design, manage, and implement risk-centric solutions across a variety of domains. In the process, you will gain exposure to the risk-centric challenges faced in todays world by organizations across a range of industry sectors and become subject matter experts in those areas.

Our Risk and Financial Advisory services professionals help organizations effectively navigate business risks and opportunitiesfrom strategic, reputation, and financial risks to operational, cyber, and regulatory risksto gain competitive advantage. We apply our experience in ongoing business operations and corporate lifecycle events to help clients become stronger and more resilient. Our market-leading teams help clients embrace complexity to accelerate performance, disrupt through innovation, and lead in their industries. We use cutting-edge technology like AI/ML techniques, analytics, and RPA to solve Deloittes clients most complex issues. Working in Risk and Financial Advisory at Deloitte US-India offices has the power to redefine your ambitions.

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Work youll do

Roles & Responsibilities:

As a senior consultant you will be responsible for design, deploy, configure, and maintain Palo Alto Next-Generation Firewalls (NGFWs) across enterprise environments.

      Implement and manage Panorama, GlobalProtect, and Palo Alto Threat Prevention features (URL Filtering, Wildfire, IPS, etc.).

      Monitor and tune firewall policies and rules to optimize performance and reduce false positives.

      Collaborate with clients and internal teams to design secure network architectures.

      Conduct security assessments, firewall migrations, and policy audits.

      Manage integration with Palo Alto Prisma, SIEM, Cortex XSOAR/XDR, and other security platforms.

      Strong communication and presentation skills, both written and verbal.

      Participate in incident response and troubleshooting network/security issues.

      Automate firewall tasks using API or scripting (Python, Ansible preferred).

      Stay updated on Palo Alto and general network security trends, vulnerabilities, and best practices.

Required skills

As a senior consultant you will be responsible for design, deploy, configure, and maintain Palo Alto Next-Generation Firewalls (NGFWs) across enterprise environments.

• Implement and manage Panorama, GlobalProtect, and Palo Alto Threat Prevention features (URL Filtering, Wildfire, IPS, etc.).
• Monitor and tune firewall policies and rules to optimize performance and reduce false positives.
• Collaborate with clients and internal teams to design secure network architectures.
• Conduct security assessments, firewall migrations, and policy audits.
• Manage integration with Palo Alto Prisma, SIEM, Cortex XSOAR/XDR, and other security platforms.
• Strong communication and presentation skills, both written and verbal.
• Participate in incident response and troubleshooting network/security issues.
• Automate firewall tasks using API or scripting (Python, Ansible preferred).
• Stay updated on Palo Alto and general network security trends, vulnerabilities, and best practices."

Qualification

      Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science, or equivalent experience.

      PCNSE certified (Palo Alto Networks Certified Network Security Engineer)

      7+ years of hands on experience working on Palo Alto firewalls, Panorama, Log collectors and other Palo Alto products.

      Familiarity with cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP) and integrating Palo Alto in cloud settings.

      Experience with automation/scripting tools (Python, Ansible, Terraform).

      Knowledge of other cybersecurity tools (e.g., Cisco, Check Point, Fortinet, Zscaler, etc.

Good to have:

• Additional certifications (e.g., CCNP Security, CISSP, AWS/GCP Cloud Security) are a plus.
• Experience working in AWS, GCP, AZURE.
• Experience with Prisma Access and Prisma Cloud.
• Familiarity with other advanced network security tools and platforms

How youll grow

At Deloitte, weve invested a great deal to create a rich environment in which our professionals can grow. We want all our people to develop in their own way, playing to their own strengths as they hone their leadership skills. And, as a part of our efforts, we provide our professionals with a variety of learning and networking opportunitiesincluding exposure to leaders, sponsors, coaches, and challenging assignmentsto help accelerate their careers along the way. No two people learn in the same way. So, we provide a range of resources including live classrooms, team-based learning, and eLearning. DU: The Leadership Center in India, our state-of-the-art, world-class learning Center in the Hyderabad offices is an extension of the Deloitte University (DU) in Westlake, Texas, and represents a tangible symbol of our commitment to our peoples growth and development. Explore DU: The Leadership Center in India.

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