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Recent Jobs

Solutions Architect LATAM
Halycon
State
Remote
Remote Elig.
Remote
Seniority
Experienced
Domain
Product
Salary ($K)
-
Not disclosed
Strategic Alliances Business Development Co-op
Security Risk Advisors
State
New York
Remote Elig.
On-site
Seniority
Entry
Domain
GRC
Salary ($K)
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Not disclosed
Regional Sales Manager - Southeast
Xalient
State
Remote
Remote Elig.
Remote
Seniority
Senior
Domain
Sales
Salary ($K)
140.00
-
Not disclosed
150
On-site
State
California
Remote Elig.
On-site
Not disclosed
Seniority
Senior
Domain
Product
Salary ($K)
147
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238
Not disclosed
147

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!

  • This Engineering Escalation role is positioned to intercept and assist or drive technical escalations that come to the executive level in engineering
  • Escalations of this type are extremely critical and are driven by the account teams in the field
  • Talk with executive levels at customers, delivering among other things, discussion about the situation, explaining the root cause or progress toward it, providing status internally and addressing technical questions during customer interactions

Required Qualifications

  • BE /B.tech or equivalent technical graduation is mandatory or equivalent military experience required
  • Career level experience in support service, technical support or similar troubleshooting related role
  • Technical lead in area of expertise related to cyberspace equipment vendor or network security organisation

Preferred Qualifications

  • Advanced certification for network equipment vendors (e.g. JNCIE, JNCP, CCIE, CCNA, CCNP, CCA etc)
  • Cloud deployment for AWS, GCP, Azure or KVM based solutions

Required Technical skills

  • Configuring and troubleshooting dynamic routing protocols (BGP and OSPF primarily)
  • L1-L3 (ISO model) troubleshooting
  • Broad understanding of and ability to analyze and troubleshoot Internet applications and protocols
  • Troubleshooting VPNs (IPSec and SSL tunnels)
  • Pcap analysis (via Wireshark and other tools)
  • Hardware troubleshooting for telecommunications equipment
  • C, C++ and python programming languages(Good to have)

Additional information

  • Able to explain complex technical issues to non-technical people
  • Able to have open discussions on network design, network security and related technical topics

Additional Information

The Team

Our engineering team is at the core of our products – connected directly to the mission of preventing cyberattacks. We are constantly innovating – challenging the way we, and the industry, think about cybersecurity. Our engineers don’t shy away from building products to solve problems no one has pursued before.

We define the industry, instead of waiting for directions. We need individuals who feel comfortable in ambiguity, excited by the prospect of a challenge, and empowered by the unknown risks facing our everyday lives that are only enabled by a secure digital environment.

Compensation Disclosure

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/commissioned roles) is expected to be between $147000 - $237500/YR. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found here.

Our Commitment

We’re problem solvers that take risks and challenge cybersecurity’s status quo. It’s simple: we can’t accomplish our mission without diverse teams innovating, together.

We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for all qualified individuals with a disability. If you require assistance or accommodation due to a disability or special need, please contact us at [email protected]

Palo Alto Networks is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity in our workplace, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or other legally protected characteristics.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

No items found.
On-site
State
California
Remote Elig.
On-site
Not disclosed
Seniority
Senior
Domain
Network Security
Salary ($K)
147
-
238
Not disclosed
Protect and Defend
147

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!

At Palo Alto Networks, we believe in the power of collaboration and value in-person interactions. This is why our employees generally work full time from our office with flexibility offered where needed. This setup fosters casual conversations, problem-solving, and trusted relationships. Our goal is to create an environment where we all win with precision.

  • Work in a small and fast paced team to solve important customer problems and deliver most impactful results
  • Contribute in all phases of end to end product and solution validation
  • Work with different development and quality assurances groups to achieve the best quality
  • Suggest and implement improvements to the QA process
  • Work with DevOps and the Technical Support teams to troubleshoot customer issues
  • Interview, mentor and coach new team members

Required Qualifications

  • Graduate degree (BS or MS) in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or similar technical discipline or equivalent military experience required
  • 10+ years of experience in QA Automation Engineering
  • Strong automation/programming experience in Python
  • Working knowledge and experience with TCP/IP, application layer protocols (HTTP/HTTPS/SMTP etc)
  • Hands on experience testing network and/or other security products
  • Experience with various Linux platform testing & troubleshooting tools
  • Be able to build and maintain complex networking testbeds
  • Excellent problem-solving, debugging/troubleshooting skills
  • Excellent QA skills employing test frameworks, commercial test sets, home grown tools, automated testing

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience with GCP, AWS or other cloud infra, CI/CD tools such as Jenkins

The Team

Our engineering team is at the core of our products – connected directly to the mission of preventing cyberattacks. We are constantly innovating – challenging the way we, and the industry, think about cybersecurity. Our engineers don’t shy away from building products to solve problems no one has pursued before.

We define the industry, instead of waiting for directions. We need individuals who feel comfortable in ambiguity, excited by the prospect of a challenge, and empowered by the unknown risks facing our everyday lives that are only enabled by a secure digital environment.

Compensation Disclosure

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/commissioned roles) is expected to be between $147,000/yr to $237,500/yr. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found here.

Our Commitment

We’re problem solvers that take risks and challenge cybersecurity’s status quo. It’s simple: we can’t accomplish our mission without diverse teams innovating, together.

We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for all qualified individuals with a disability. If you require assistance or accommodation due to a disability or special need, please contact us at [email protected].

Palo Alto Networks is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity in our workplace, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or other legally protected characteristics.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

No items found.
On-site
State
California
Remote Elig.
On-site
Not disclosed
Seniority
Experienced
Domain
Sec ops
Salary ($K)
198
-
273
Not disclosed
Protect and Defend
198

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!

  • Collaborate with account teams to recommend and develop customer solutions within your assigned specialization area
  • 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
  • Scope and Lead Proof of Value (PoV) projects for prospective customers based on best practices to ensure technical win in your assigned opportunities
  • Drive high technical validation and PoV win rates within your assigned specialization area
  • Architect solutions that will help our customers strengthen and simplify their security posture
  • Accelerate technical validation of proposed solutions within your specialization
  • Document High-Level Design and Key Use Cases to ensure proper implementation and value realization of Palo Alto Networks Solutions
  • Help our customers build and develop further their services around Cortex solutions
  • Lead conversations about industry trends and emerging changes to the security landscape
  • Discuss, with credibility, competitive offers in the marketplace and position ours as the best alternative
  • Assist account solutions consultants to respond effectively to RFIs/RFPs while serving as the main technical point of contact for Cortex
  • Position Palo Alto Networks or Partner delivered services as appropriate to ensure proper implementation and value realization of Palo Alto Networks solutions

Your Experience

  • 3+ years experience in Security Operations or pre-sales/sales engineering within SIEM, SOAR, SOC, and/or endpoint environments
  • Experience in working with customers, demonstrating problem-solving skills and a can-do attitude
  • Solid understanding of Security Operations Center processes
  • Advanced knowledge of SIEM and/or SOAR solutions
  • Scripting experience is a plus - Python preferred

The Team

Our Domain Consultant team members work hand-in-hand with organizations around the world to keep their digital environments protected. We educate, inspire, and empower our potential clients in their journey to security.

You are empowered with unmatched systems and tools and a team built on joint success. You won’t find someone at Palo Alto Networks that isn’t committed to your success – with everyone pitching in to assist when it comes to solutions selling, learning, and development. Our Solutions Consulting community is driven by the mission to be our customers’ cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting their digital way of life.

Compensation Disclosure

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/commissioned roles) is expected to be between $198,000/yr to $273,000/yr. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found here.

Our Commitment

We’re problem solvers that take risks and challenge cybersecurity’s status quo. It’s simple: we can’t accomplish our mission without diverse teams innovating, together.

We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for all qualified individuals with a disability. If you require assistance or accommodation due to a disability or special need, please contact us at  support@example.com.

Palo Alto Networks is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity in our workplace, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or other legally protected characteristics.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

No items found.
Solutions Architect LATAM
Halycon
State
Remote
Remote Elig.
Remote
Seniority
Experienced
Domain
Product
Salary ($K)
-
Not disclosed
Strategic Alliances Business Development Co-op
Security Risk Advisors
State
New York
Remote Elig.
On-site
Seniority
Entry
Domain
GRC
Salary ($K)
-
Not disclosed
Regional Sales Manager - Southeast
Xalient
State
Remote
Remote Elig.
Remote
Seniority
Senior
Domain
Sales
Salary ($K)
140.00
-
Not disclosed
150