Domain Consultant 2 - NGFW

Palo Alto Networks
Chicago, IL, United States
3 months ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Experience required
6 years minimum
Working hours
Regular working hours
Job source

Tech stack

Border Gateway Protocol Spanning Tree Protocols Cloud Computing Cloud Computing Security Trunking IP Routing Network Security Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) Zero Trust Network Access Virtual Local Area Networks Wide Area Networks Load Balancing
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Palo Alto Networks

Job description

As a domain consultant for network security transformation, you provide technical expertise and guidance in customers’ network security and zero trust journey. You will be key in defining technical solutions that secure a customer’s key business imperatives. You evangelize our industry leadership in on-prem, cloud, and security services that establish Palo Alto Networks as a customer’s cybersecurity partner.

Your Impact

Collaborate with sales teams to recommend and develop customer solutions within your assigned specialization.

Present to customers as our expert at all levels in the customer hierarchy, from practitioner to senior leadership.

Lead and support customer demonstrations that showcase our unique value proposition.

Responsible for prospective customers and partners’ Technical Validation projects based on best practices to ensure technical win in assigned opportunities.

Architect solutions that will help our customers strengthen and simplify their security posture

Document high-level design and key use cases to ensure proper implementation and value realization of Palo Alto Networks solutions

Lead conversations about industry trends and emerging changes to the security landscape.

Responsible for discussing and highlighting product alignment with customer requirements and differentiation

As the main technical point of contact for Network Security, you will assist and collaborate to respond effectively to RFIs/RFPs.

Position Palo Alto Networks or Partner delivered services as appropriate to ensure proper implementation and value realization of Palo Alto Networks solutions

Discuss, with credibility, competitive offers in the marketplace and position ours as the best alternative

Requirements

Your Experience

6+ years experience in pre-sales/sales engineering within Zero Trust, Networking, Network Security, SaaS Security or SSE/SASE

Experience with L2-L4 Networking (L2 Switching architectures including Spanning Tree, VLANs/trunking, IP routing including static routes, OSPF and BGP, route re-distribution, L4 Load-balancing)

Outstanding customer communication and problem-solving skills

Experience in working with customers, demonstrating problem-solving skills and a can-do attitude

Solid understanding of NGFW, Network Security, SASE, SD-WAN, CASB, Proxy, DLP and BYOD Solutions

Advanced knowledge of On-Premise and Cloud-Delivered Network Security Technologies

This is a field sales position where travel requirements may be required to support in person customer meetings, please discuss with the recruiter on the specifics for this position.

Benefits & conditions

The compensation offered for this position will depend on qualifications, experience, and work location. For candidates who receive an offer at the posted level, the starting base salary (for non-sales roles) or base salary + commission target (for sales/com-missioned roles) is expected to be the annual range listed below. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found here (https://benefits.paloaltonetworks.com/) .

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Our Commitment

We’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.

About the company

At Palo Alto Networks®, we’re united by a shared mission-to protect our digital way of life. We thrive at the intersection of innovation and impact, solving real-world problems with cutting-edge technology and bold thinking. Here, everyone has a voice, and every idea counts. If you’re ready to do the most meaningful work of your career alongside people who are just as passionate as you are, you’re in the right place.

Who We Are

In order to be the cybersecurity partner of choice, we must trailblaze the path and shape the future of our industry. This is something our employees work at each day and is defined by our values: Disruption, Collaboration, Execution, Integrity, and Inclusion. We weave AI into the fabric of everything we do and use it to augment the impact every individual can have. If you are passionate about solving real-world problems and ideating beside the best and the brightest, we invite you to join us!

This role is remote, but distance is no barrier to impact. Our hybrid teams collaborate across geographies to solve big problems, stay close to our customers, and grow together. You will be part of a culture that values trust, accountability, and shared success where your work truly matters.

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