Firewall Engineer L3 – F5 focus & Palo Alto

Job Description:

About DXC

DXC helps global companies run their mission-critical systems and operations while modernizing IT, optimizing data architectures and ensuring security and scalability across public, private and hybrid clouds. The world's largest companies and public sector organizations trust DXC to deploy services to drive new levels of performance, competitiveness, and customer experience across their IT estates.

Our more than 125,000 people in 70-plus countries are entrusted by our customers to deliver transformative technologies to ensure the success, safety and well-being of businesses and people around the world. By combining strengths and expertise globally, we create solutions and deliver greater outcomes for customers across their entire IT estate. Learn more about how we deliver excellence for our customers and colleagues at DXC.com.

About the Role

We are seeking a highly experienced Network Security Engineer with strong expertise in F5 Load Balancers and Palo Alto Firewalls. The ideal candidate will be responsible for designing, implementing, and managing secure, scalable, and high-availability network infrastructure

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, deploy, and manage F5 BIG-IP (LTM, GTM/DNS, ASM) solutions.
• Configure, monitor, and troubleshoot Palo Alto Firewalls (PAN-OS) including security policies, NAT, VPNs, and threat prevention.
• Perform advanced traffic management, load balancing, and application delivery optimization.
• Manage firewall rule lifecycle, policy reviews, and compliance adherence.
• Handle incident, service request, and change management activities with SLA adherence.
• Troubleshoot complex network and security issues across multi-tier environments.
• Implement and manage SSL offloading, WAF policies, and DDoS protection mechanisms.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams for network design and security improvements.
• Perform regular audits, vulnerability assessments, and security hardening.
• Maintain documentation, network diagrams, and SOPs.

Required Skills & Experience:

• 10+ years of experience in network and security engineering.
• Strong hands-on experience with:
• F5 BIG-IP LTM, GTM (DNS), ASM
• Palo Alto Firewalls (PAN-OS, Panorama)
• Deep understanding of TCP/IP, OSI model, routing & switching protocols.
• Experience with VPN technologies (IPSec, SSL VPN).
• Knowledge of WAF, IDS/IPS, and network security best practices.
• Experience in high availability (HA), clustering, and failover configurations.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (Azure/AWS) is an advantage.
• Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills.

Preferred Certifications:

• F5 Certified (F5-CA / F5-CTS / F5-CSE)
• Palo Alto Certifications (PCNSE / PCNSA)
• Cisco (CCNP/CCIE) – added advantage

Why DXC? / Life at DXC

DXC is an employer of choice with strong values, and fosters a culture of inclusion, belonging and corporate citizenship. We inspire and take care of our people. We work to create a culture of learning, diversity and inclusion and are dedicated to strong ethics and corporate citizenship. DXC is where brilliant people seize opportunities to advance their careers and amplify customer success.

Full-time hires are eligible to participate in the DXC benefit program. DXC offers a comprehensive, flexible, and competitive benefits program which includes, but is not limited to, health, dental, and vision insurance coverage; employee wellness; life and disability insurance; a retirement savings plan, paid holidays, paid time off.

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