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Our MissionAt Palo Alto Networks® everything starts and ends with our mission:Being the cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting our digital way of life.We have the vision of a world where each day is safer and more secure than the one before. These aren’t easy goals to accomplish – but we’re not here for easy. We’re here for better. We are a company built on the foundation of challenging and disrupting the way things are done, and we’re looking for innovators who are as committed to shaping the future of cybersecurity as we are.Disruption is at the core of our technology and on our way of work to meet the needs of our employees now and in the future through FLEXWORK, our approach to how we work. We’re changing the nature of work from benefits to learning, location to leadership, we’ve rethought and recreated every aspect of the employee experience at Palo Alto Networks. And because it FLEXes around each individual employee based on their individual choices, employees are empowered to push boundaries and help us all evolve, together.Your CareerAs a Palo Alto Networks Pre-Sales Systems Engineer, you are a meaningful member of the technical sales team, identifying complex security challenges in your customers’ networks and clouds then driving solutions with Palo Alto Networks’ market-leading security products and services.You are the technical sales representative of the company and must ensure full customer satisfaction with all that you do. You and your sales partner are responsible for the customer relationship and your goal is to help them detect confirmed advanced cyber attacks and breaches while safely enabling applications by deploying the full Palo Alto Networks platform suite so that they can confidently pursue network, cloud, and mobile technology initiatives.Your ImpactEffectively lead conversations about our security platform and solutions
Create and deliver compelling demonstrations of our products and solutions that clearly differentiates us from competitors or legacy security solutions
Educate customers and partners on the modern network and cloud security landscape
Identify and qualify new opportunities, and support technical pre-sales activities to opportunity closure
Dedicate and expand our install base within existing accounts
Maintain key partner technical relationships and effectively enable and use channel partners
Create evaluation test plans with customers that highlight the strengths of our platform and clearly differentiate from competitors, and lead the evaluation process to a successful conclusion
Gather customer technical requirements and identify product and technology gaps
Understand and effectively differentiate from competitive technologies and solutions
Understand and assist customers through the support escalation process, helping manage support escalations with the customer to closure, if necessary
Continuous self-improvement and learning to maintain current technical knowledge, and actively share knowledge and technical experience with the broader team
Actively participates in technical communities of interest and focus on certain technologies
Effectively adapts Palo Alto Networks value proposition and vision for network security based on customer requirements
Proficient in identifying problems in customer environments and leading conversations in Palo Alto Networks solutions
Maintains good relationships with customers at the field and technical management levels, and effectively engage at senior technical and management levels
Consistently meet all expectations in customer-facing engagement, and in writing, presentation, and creative problem-solving skills
Consistently take responsibility for own actions; self-motivated and dedicated in all engagements; consistently exhibits a positive attitude
Work well with the immediate team and channel partners and can coordinate productive engagement with the product, marketing, and other members of the extended team; A consummate teammate
Be willing to travel up to 60%+ to serve the customer
US DOD Security Clearance
Your ExperienceBSCS or equivalent experience
Vendor, Integrator or prior member of the Special Forces/COCOM community is HIGHLY preferred
5+ years of experience as an SE, Systems Integrator, or military operator
Experience and established success as a System Engineer, or demonstrable equivalent industry or client experience
Experience selling network infrastructure based security appliances including, but not limited to: Firewalls, SSL/IPSec VPNs, Security Proxies and Caches
Experience working with routing and switching products that will be installed adjacent to our appliances
Strong problem-solving skills, ability to analyze complex multivariate problems and use a systematic approach to gain quick resolution, often under duress
Mature and effective organizational and time-management skills
Demonstrable experience with systems installation, configuration, and administration of routers/switches, UNIX/Linux and Windows-based systems (prior Active Directory/LDAP experience desirable)
Experience that emphasizes L2-L4 Networking (L2 Switching architectures including Spanning Tree, IP routing including OSPF and BGP, L4 Load-balancing)
Experience selling, demonstrating, installing and/or troubleshooting network infrastructure security products
Knowledge of, modern datacenter and cloud infrastructure and technology
Experience with, or knowledge of, modern network threats and malware
Experience with, or knowledge of, network forensics and incident response
Experience with, or knowledge of, automation and orchestration tools and technologies
Experience with, or knowledge of leading Cloud Environments (AWS, Azure, GCP)
Palo Alto Networks certification – PCNSE, PSE, ACE, etc. is preferred
Industry certifications – SANS, CISSP, CCIE, etc. is preferred
Clearance - Top Secret is preferred
The TeamAs part of our Systems Engineering team, you’ll support the sales team with technical expertise and guidance when establishing trust with key SLED/K-12/higher education clients. You won’t find someone at Palo Alto Networks that isn’t committed to your success – with everyone pitching in to assist when it comes to solutions selling, learning, and development. As a member of our systems engineer team, you are driven by a solutions-focused sales environment and find fulfillment in working with clients to resolve incredible complex cyberthreats.Our CommitmentWe’re trailblazers that dream big, take risks, and challenge cybersecurity’s status quo. It’s simple: we can’t accomplish our mission without diverse teams innovating, together.Palo Alto Networks is evolving and changing the nature of work to meet the needs of our employees now and in the future through FLEXWORK, our approach to how we work. From benefits to learning, location to leadership, we’ve rethought and recreated every aspect of the employee experience at Palo Alto Networks. And because it FLEXes around each individual employee based on their individual choices, employees are empowered to push boundaries and help us all evolve, together.We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for all qualified individuals with a disability. If you require assistance or accommodation due to a disability or special need, please contact us at accommodations@paloaltonetworks.com .Palo Alto Networks is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity in our workplace, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or other legally protected characteristics.Disclosure required by sb19-085 (8-5-20) of the minimum compensation (includes on-target earnings = base + on target incentives for sales roles) for this role to be located in the state of Colorado. If hired in Colorado, this position starts at $175,000/yr. Depending on the position offered, restricted stock units and incentive or bonus pay may be provided as part of this compensation package. Additional benefits may be found here.Covid-19 Vaccination Information for Palo Alto Networks JobsVaccine requirements and disclosure obligations vary by country.
Unless applicable law requires otherwise, you must be vaccinated for COVID or qualify for a reasonable accommodation if:
The job requires accessing a company worksite
The job requires in-person customer contact and the customer has implemented such requirements
You choose to access a Palo Alto Networks worksite
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