• Lead end‑to‑end migrations from legacy firewall platforms to Palo Alto Strata NGFW. • Perform pre‑migration assessments, rule analysis, and configuration transformations using tools such as Expedition. • Design and implement clean, optimized Palo Alto configurations. • Execute cutovers, validate traffic flows, and provide post‑migration stabilization support. • Analyze and rationalize existing firewall rulebases to eliminate redundancies, unused rules, and excessive access. • Tune Threat Prevention, URL filtering, and WildFire to improve detection and reduce risk. • Troubleshoot complex network and security issues across Layers 3–7. • Support firewall upgrades, best‑practice checks, and ongoing optimization initiatives. • Develop and maintain deployment documentation, runbooks, and standardized Methods of Procedure (MOPs).