Sr. Technical Support Engineer, SaaS, US Government

Company Description

U.S. Citizenship status is required

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.

We’re changing the nature of work. Palo Alto Networks is evolving 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.

Job Description

Your Career

You will work firsthand with our valued customers to address their complex post-sales concerns where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of many factors. You’re a critical thinker in understanding the methods, techniques, and evaluation criteria for obtaining results. You’ll enjoy networking with key contacts outside your own area of expertise, with a strong capability of detailing difficult technical issues to both non-technical and technical professionals.

You will provide post sales technical support to Palo Alto Networks End User Customers via phone, e-mail and web. You will utilize your fault isolation and root cause analysis skills to diagnose and solve complex technical issues and provide timely solutions to customers in a professional manner. You’ll regularly update support cases to record progress of calls in the call tracking system and document technical solutions and product information in the knowledge base.

Your Impact

• Work with US Government customers to provide Technical Support of complex SaaS architectures and network issues
• Provide Technical Support to customers and partners
• Provide configurations, troubleshooting and best practices to customers
• Manage support cases to ensure issues are recorded, tracked, resolved, and follow-ups are completed in a timely manner
• Provide fault isolation and root cause analysis for technical issues
• Publish Technical Support Bulletins and other technical documentation in the Knowledge Base
• Review of technical documentation for training materials, technical marketing collateral, manuals, troubleshooting guides, etc.
• Travel to customer sites in the event of a critical situation to expedite resolution as required
• Provide on-call support 24x7 on an as-needed basis

Qualifications

Your Experience

• Deep technical knowledge and technical support with a strong customer focus or related experience 
• Willing to work flexible and varying shift times including weekends and evenings
• Able to effectively communicate both verbally and in written form to all levels and stakeholders - internally and externally on complex technical issues
• Possess working knowledge of Palo Alto Networks products and technology
• Shown ability to independently debug broad, complex, and rare networks with mixed media and protocols required
• Ability to work well is a diverse team environment
• Experience with DLP, Data Patterns and data governance
• Experience with Linux and Unix systems
• Required experience with Cloud Security 
• Required experience with AWS, Azure, and/or GCP
• Knowledge of CASB service is a big plus
• Knowledge of scripting languages, preferably Python,  JavaScript and/or Ruby a plus   
• Knowledge of Web Browser based debugging native and 3rd party (e.g., Chrome Developer Tools, Fiddler)
• Working knowledge of database querying
• Working knowledge of leveraging REST API

Additional Information

The Team

Our technical support team is critical to our success and mission. As part of this team, you enable customer success by providing support to clients after they have purchased our products. Our dedication to our customers doesn’t stop once they sign – it evolves. As threats and technology change, we stay in step to accomplish our mission.
You’ll be involved in implementing new products, transitioning from old products to new, and will fix integrations and critical issues as they are raised – in fact, you’ll seek them out to ensure our clients are safely supported. We fix and