Full-Time Systems Engineer
Palo Alto Networks is hiring a remote Full-Time Systems Engineer. The career level for this job opening is Experienced and is accepting New York, New York based applicants remotely. Read complete job description before applying.
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Your CareerThe District Systems Engineer, Commercial, is a vital part of our sales team, serving as a trusted technical advisor to customers. You will provide pre-sales technical support to our commercial sales teams, aligning security solutions with customer needs and ensuring successful deployments.
Your Impact
- Partnering with sales teams to meet and exceed sales quotas by building and implementing strategic technical account plans.
- Positioning, demonstrating, and designing security architectures across the Palo Alto Networks portfolio based on customer business needs.
- Driving customer adoption of the Palo Alto Networks security platform by helping customers achieve enhanced security, operational efficiency, and business flexibility.
- Conducting technical discovery to understand customer requirements and aligning solutions to their specific needs.
- Leading proof-of-concept (PoC) engagements, technical workshops, and product demonstrations.
- Collaborating with Professional Services, Customer Success, and Specialist teams to ensure seamless implementation.
- Effectively communicating complex security concepts to a variety of stakeholders.
- Orchestrating supporting resources to drive a unified strategy for customer success.
- Promoting end-to-end security solutions, including Palo Alto Networks and partner professional services, to maximize customer security posture and business value.
- Staying ahead of industry trends, competitive landscapes, and emerging security threats.
- Continuously investing in personal development to enhance technical expertise and professional skills.
- Demonstrating diversity in technical knowledge (SOC, Cloud, Networking, NetSec).
- Becoming a technical leader with the desire to grow into a Palo Alto Networks portfolio architect.
- Balancing technical acumen with strategic thinking.
- Building and maintaining strong relationships.
- Understanding the competitive landscape deeply.
- Designing and architecting large, complex environments.
- Developing strong business acumen.
- Willingness to travel up to 50% within the assigned district.
- Serving as a role model and mentor.
Your Experience
- 6+ years of experience in pre-sales, sales engineering, or a similar technical role.
- Strong understanding of data networking, security architectures, and modern cloud computing environments.
- Experience delivering cybersecurity solutions.
- Ability to influence and gain buy-in from key stakeholders.
- Strong technical presentation, workshop, and proof-of-concept delivery skills.
- Expertise in designing, implementing, or managing security solutions (e.g., Network Security, SASE).
- Experience collaborating with Customer Support teams.
- Background in complex sales cycles.