Required Skills Networking & SD-WAN Must know Palo Alto Prisma SD-WAN (ION)- on prime and AWS Strata Cloud Manager (SCM)Prisma Access BGP| OSPF| Static Routing| ECMPIPSec VPN| GRE Tunnels SD-WAN High Availability (HA)MPLS| DIA| Broadband Connectivity Traffic Engineering and Application-Aware Routing Cloud AWS VPC| Transit Gateway| Direct Connect Route Tables| Security Groups| NACLs AWS Networking Design Hybrid Cloud Connectivity Security Palo Alto NGFW Zero Trust Architecture SASE/SSE Segmentation and Security Policies Identity and Access Management_
Roles & Responsibilities
Design end-to-end Palo Alto Prisma SD-WAN architecture for AWS| branch locations| data centers| and cloud environments. Develop HLD and LLD documentation for SD-WAN deployments. Design AWS-hosted ION Virtual Appliance architecture including HA clusters and multi-region resiliency.
Define routing strategies using BGP| static routes| route redistribution| and cloud connectivity models. Deploy and onboard Prisma SD-WAN ION Virtual Appliances in AWS. Integrate AWS VPCs| Transit Gateway| and Direct Connect with Prisma SD-WAN fabric.
Configure cloud-to-branch and branch-to-cloud connectivity.
Design secure connectivity for applications hosted in AWS.SD-WAN Implementation Configure ION devices| sites| WAN circuits| and VPN fabrics. Implement application-aware policies| QoS| and path selection.
Configure WAN overlays and service links. Execute greenfield and brownfield migrations. Design active/active and active/standby ION HA clusters. Plan failover| redundancy| and disaster recovery scenarios.
Validate AWS availability zone resilience and WAN failover mechanisms.
Integrate Prisma
Access and Palo Alto SD-WAN & NGF Implement segmentation| secure zones| and security policies. Ensure compliance with enterprise security standards Lead migration from traditional WAN or third-party SD-WAN solutions to Prisma SD-WAN. Execute cloud migration and data center exit initiatives. Perform pilot deployments and production cutovers. Diagnose routing| tunnel| and application performance issues. Work with Palo Alto TAC for critical incidents and platform bugs. Optimize application experience and network performance. Provide L3/L4 engineering support. Prepare HLD| LLD| MOP| migration runbooks| rollback plans| and SOPs. Participate in architecture reviews and customer workshops. Present technical solutions to customers and stakeholders.________________________________________