Sr. Technical Marketing Engineer (CDSS)

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.
Our vision is a world where each day is safer and more secure than the one before. 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.

Who We Are

We believe collaboration thrives in person. That’s why most of our teams work from the office full time, with flexibility when it’s needed. This model supports real-time problem-solving, stronger relationships, and the kind of precision that drives great outcomes.

Job Description

Your Career

As a Sr. Technical Marketing Engineer on the CDSS (Cloud-Delivered Security Services) team, you will lead the Advanced DNS and ADNS Resolver charter, serving as a key driver for our Precision AI-powered Cloud-Delivered Security Solutions. In this high-impact role, you will champion cutting-edge advancements in threat and malware prevention, URL filtering, and DNS-based security to redefine the future of network security. This is an opportunity to work with industry-leading technology, bridging the gap between engineering and the market to deliver world-class, AI-driven cyber security offerings.

You will play a pivotal role in partnering with Product Management, Marketing, and Sales in developing technical product, marketing and enablement strategy for the product line. This includes creating product best practices, competitive reviews, demo environments, and ownership of product betas. A key focus will be on performing technical and competitive analysis, identifying technology gaps, and proposing new use cases that deliver maximum customer impact and drive next-generation innovation. This is a critical, customer-facing role with significant impact potential across the entire organization.

The ideal candidate is a strategic leader who influences our product and technical direction. You will also serve as an industry thought leader, evangelizing our products and technical strategy both internally and externally.

Your Impact

• Develop, constantly refine, and execute the technical marketing plan for products/areas of ownership

• Write and create high-quality customer facing, partner facing, and sales facing collateral and presentations

• Develop technical content including tech notes, publications, solution guides, white papers to ensure our products are well understood and utilized to the greatest extent possible

• Deliver presentations on product updates, launches, best practices, executive briefings in virtual (webinar) or live (seminars, conferences) formats. 

• Work closely with Product Managers and provide product feedback for future development 

• Build out and manage lab environments and demo systems to replicate customer environments and real-world simulations.

• Drive success of customer trials by assisting beta customers with understanding and configuring new product capabilities 

• Collaborate on PRD creation and review engineering specs and test plans

• Help customers, channel partners, and system engineers with product related questions and hands-on technical training

Qualifications

Your Experience 

• technical, customer-facing capacity (e.g., Technical Marketing, Technical Product Management, Domain Consultant, Technical Solutions).

• At least 3 years of experience specifically in a senior technical role within the cybersecurity domain.

• BS/BA in a computer-related field or equivalent experience is required.

• Proven expertise in network and web security technologies, including TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP/HTTPS, TLS/SSL, VPNs, firewalls, web security, IDP/IPS, and DNS-based security.

• Deep knowledge of the modern cyber threat landscape, including core security threats, zero-day vulnerabilities, and the ability to analyze and map contemporary attack vectors and real-world incidents.

• Proven hands-on experience with core security domains: Advanced Threat Prevention, Cloud-based Malware Protection, Advanced URL Filtering, or DNS Security.

• Solid understanding of the competitive landscape for network security solutions.

• Working knowledge of cloud architectures (SaaS, IaaS, PaaS) and major cloud providers (AWS, Azure, GCP).

• Exceptional communication skills: Excellent written and verbal presentation skills, including experience presenting at conferences and trade shows.

• Goal-Oriented Mindset: Highly motivated, fast learner with