Senior Network Security Engineer (Palo Alto Networks) at Sabenza IT & Recruitment
DCV Sabenza IT and Recruitment
- R01 - R02 per month
- Permanent Senior position
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- Posted 06 Aug 2026 by DCV Sabenza IT and Recruitment
- Expires in 30 days
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Job 2643520 - Ref 878000022750728
About the position
We're looking for a Senior Network Security Engineer who lives and breathes Palo Alto Networks. This is not a role for someone who simply holds a certification, we're looking for a true hands-on expert with extensive real-world experience designing, implementing, supporting and optimizing enterprise Palo Alto environments.
You'll join a team supporting a large strategic customer, where you'll be expected to think beyond day-to-day support, providing technical leadership, strategic guidance and security best practices while working alongside both customer and internal stakeholders.
If you enjoy solving complex networking and security challenges and want to play a key role within a high-profile customer environment, we'd love to hear from you.
RequirementsEssential Skills
Extensive hands-on experience with Palo Alto Networks Firewalls
Strong knowledge of:
- Panorama
- GlobalProtect
- VPN Technologies (IPSec & SSL VPN)
- NAT
- Security Policies
- Threat Prevention
- URL Filtering
- WildFire
Excellent Layer 2 & Layer 3 networking knowledge
Strong understanding of:
- TCP/IP
- Routing
- Switching
- VLANs
- OSPF
- BGP
- DNS
- DHCP
Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills
Experience supporting enterprise production environments
Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills
Advantageous Skills
Experience with additional firewall vendors (Fortinet, Check Point, Cisco Firepower)
Cloud networking exposure (Azure, AWS)
Network automation or scripting experience
Exposure to SIEM and security monitoring platforms
ITIL experience
Relevant Palo Alto certifications
Experience Required
8+ years of enterprise networking experience
5+ years dedicated Palo Alto Networks experience
Proven experience working within large enterprise environments
Experience supporting strategic or enterprise customer accounts
BenefitsPermanent career opportunity.
Work with one of the company's largest strategic customers.
Exposure to complex enterprise networking environments.
Opportunity to influence security strategy and architecture.
Collaborative technical team.
Competitive salary package (flexible for the right candidate).
Desired Skills:
- Palo Alto Firewalls
- VPN Technologies
- Threat Prevention
- TCP/IP
- NAT
Desired Qualification Level:
About The Employer:
DCV Sabenza IT and Recruitment
About the agency
Dedicated to the recruitment of IT professionals
Sabenza iT is a South African registered business focusing on Finance, Engineering, SAP and general iT recruitment. We have over 18 years' experience in recruiting in South Africa, Australia, Europe, South America and Asia and have worked with a number of large companies offering the best service. We at Sabenza iT understands the changing market and we mold our services around each of our client's needs to offer a personal service. Sabenza iT has forged strong relationships with both Clients and Consultants by ensuring both parties get the most out of every placement. Our Head Office is based in South Africa and we have a satellite office in the UK so that we can keep in contact with expats who may consider returning to South Africa and so that we can offer our services globally for Consultants looking to go to South Africa and Consultants who are looking for opportunities abroad.
We at Sabenza recognize the difference it makes to maintain good client relationships and we are keeping our client base niche and manageable in order to give the best service possible. We have gained a good reputation in the market place and have built a very large network and database of consultants that we draw from for each role. We are able to send applications within 24 hours of receiving a role profile or spec. We use one of the best Database software tools available to keep our database up to date and very fast to search.
Sabenza iT does not only use job-sites, we headhunt and we use our network to find our clients the right Candidates. We have a strong Facebook presence and we have over 12,000 LinkedIn connections.
For further information, please visit our website www.sabenzait.co.za or call me at any time on Tel: 0330040131.
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