SYSTEMS ENGINEER - CORTEX

Company Description Our Mission At 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.
Job Description Your Career As a Systems Engineer, you’ll enable sales engagements for our Cortex portfolio.
You will play a key role in navigating complex accounts in order to generate and deliver winning proposals, contract bids, statements of work, and RFI/RFP responses.
It is business critical to meet and exceed sales quotas by building and implementing strategic account plans targeting enterprise-wide deployments of the Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Security Platform.
Your Impact Establish yourself as a trusted advisor to prospects and customers working with your Account Manager and the local partners within your territory Identify and document specific problems with prospective and current customers which can be solved through the deployment of integrated solutions Architect and propose validated solutions which address the identified cybersecurity problems in each unrivaled environment Ensure ongoing customer happiness, support, and adoption Continuous self-improvement and learning to maintain technical leadership of applicable technologies (data center, SDN, public cloud, security, networking, etc.) Understand and effectively differentiate against our top competitors Act as the customer advocate for any issues that require technical assistance and follow up with the customer until the issue is resolved Qualifications Your Experience 5+ years of experience as a successful Pre-sales Systems Engineer, systems integrator, or equivalent experience BS in Computer Science or equivalent Working knowledge of Palo Alto Networks products, with a focus on Next-Generation Firewall and some comparative technologies; Continuous technical development Experience with systems installation, configuration and administration of routers/switches, UNIX/Linux, and Windows-based systems Experience that emphasizes L2-L4 Networks (L2 switching architectures including Spanning Tree, IP routing that includes OSPF and BGP, and L4 Load balancing) Understand and effectively present our security platform to technical and non-technical audiences Strong analytical skills to evaluate complex multivariate problems and find a systematic approach to gain a quick resolution, often under duress Mature and effective time-management skills Prior experience selling network infrastructure-based security appliances, including but not limited to.
Firewalls, SSL/IPSec VPNs, Security Proxies and Caches Familiarity working with Channel partners and understanding of a channel-centric market approach Previous work in the enterprise networking security space Experience and knowledge of modern network threats and malware, network forensics, automation tools and technologies, and endpoint security technologies Significant industry certifications (SANS, CISSP, CCIE, etc) Additional Information Is role eligible for Immigration Sponsorship?.
No.
Please note that we will not sponsor applicants for work visas for this position.
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