Sr. Professional Services Consultant, Prisma Access/ SASE

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 take our mission of protecting the digital way of life seriously. We are relentless in protecting our customers and we believe that the unique ideas of every member of our team contributes to our collective success. Our values were crowdsourced by employees and are brought to life through each of us everyday - from disruptive innovation and collaboration, to execution. From showing up for each other with integrity to creating an environment where we all feel included.

As a member of our team, you will be shaping the future of cybersecurity. We work fast, value ongoing learning, and we respect each employee as a unique individual. Knowing we all have different needs, our development and personal wellbeing programs are designed to give you choice in how you are supported. This includes our FLEXBenefits wellbeing spending account with over 1,000 eligible items selected by employees, our mental and financial health resources, and our personalized learning opportunities - just to name a few!

Job Description

Your Career 

As a Professional Services Consultant (SASE), you’ll get into the details of our platform. You will push the buttons, flip the levers, turn the knobs. You do not shy away from difficult challenges as it relates to cybersecurity, implementations, and integrations. You are the technical authority and will interact directly with our customers to help them secure their digital environments. The customers are counting on you to perform this work and train their staff. And while experience on the company’s platform is desired, even more important is having a solid foundation in networking and security technologies combined with excellent communication skills. 

In fact, extensive experience with a competitor’s technology can play to your advantage. Many of the opportunities involve a client migrating to our platform for the first time, so understanding the nuances of that technology will enable you to be a better Palo Alto Networks consultant. And don't worry, we will send you to our Professional Services Academy to prepare you for the role, so you are experienced with our suite of services and products before you first meet the customer. 

Your Impact

As a Principal Professional Services Consultant (SASE) at Palo Alto Networks, you will serve as the highest-level technical authority and strategic driver for our Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) solutions, including Prisma Access, Prisma Access Browser and SDWAN. You will be instrumental in leading technical initiatives, mentoring engineering teams, ensuring successful customer outcomes, and supporting the evolution of our next-generation security services.

Key Responsibilities 

• Provide technical oversight, direction and expertise for all SASE projects 

• Establish and promote Palo Alto Networks engineering best practices across deployments and engagements.

• Drive customer satisfaction through adoption and by partnering closely with Project Management and other teams.

• Ensure the highest levels of client satisfaction by delivering consistent, high-quality technical results setting the standard.
   

Technical Execution and Problem Solving

• Troubleshoot and resolve complex SASE-related issues, including advanced security, networking, and cloud architecture problems.

• Identify, design, and implement solutions to improve performance, reliability, and security of Prisma Access and Prisma Access Browser deployments.

• Provide technical leadership in migrating customers from legacy remote access solutions to Palo Alto Networks SASE platforms.

• Build custom security policies and application signatures tailored to individual client needs.

• Provide after hours and weekend on-call support, as needed, to support maintenance activities

• Work with our Technical Assistance Center to troubleshoot and diagnose support cases

• Assist pre-sales team with assessment and scoping

Qualifications

Your Experience

• 8+ years of industry hands-on experience with deep expertise in network security, cloud infrastructure, and related technologies

• Proven expertise