[Hiring] Domain Consultant 2 - Network Security @Palo Alto Networks

Role Description

As a Network Security Domain Consultant / Pre-Sales Engineer, you will provide deep technical expertise and strategic guidance to customers as they modernize their network security architecture and adopt Zero Trust principles.

• Define and position technical solutions that protect users, applications, branches, cloud environments, SaaS platforms, and data.
• Help customers simplify operations, improve user experience, and strengthen their overall security posture.
• Act as a trusted advisor to customers, partners, and internal teams, evangelizing our leadership in SASE, SSE, Zero Trust Network Access, Secure Web Gateway, CASB, DLP, SD-WAN, and cloud-delivered security services.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate with sales teams to identify, qualify, recommend, and develop customer solutions within the SASE, SSE, and Zero Trust security domains.
• Engage with customers at all levels, from technical practitioners and architects to CISOs, CTOs, and senior leadership.
• Lead and support customer demonstrations, workshops, architecture sessions, and technical deep dives.
• Own and drive Technical Validation projects, Proofs of Value, and customer evaluations based on best practices.
• Architect solutions that help customers secure hybrid workforces, branch offices, cloud environments, SaaS applications, private applications, and internet access.
• Document high-level designs, key use cases, success criteria, technical assumptions, and implementation considerations.
• Lead technical conversations around industry trends, including SASE, SSE, Zero Trust, cloud security, SaaS security, data protection, hybrid work, digital experience monitoring, and network transformation.
• Map customer requirements to product capabilities, clearly articulating technical fit, value, differentiation, limitations, and recommended implementation approaches.
• Serve as the primary technical point of contact for SASE and SSE opportunities.
• Position Palo Alto Networks professional services, partner-delivered services, and customer success resources when needed.
• Discuss competitive offerings with credibility and professionalism.
• Provide specialized knowledge in SASE, SSE, cloud-delivered security, network transformation, and Zero Trust architectures.
• Collaborate with product management, technical marketing, customer success, support, and engineering teams.

Qualifications

• 3+ years experience in pre-sales/sales engineering within Zero Trust, Networking, Network Security, SaaS Security or SSE/SASE.
• Experience with L2-L4 Networking (L2 Switching architectures including Spanning Tree, VLANs/trunking, IP routing including static routes, OSPF and BGP, route re-distribution, L4 Load-balancing).
• Outstanding customer communication and problem-solving skills.
• Experience in working with customers, demonstrating problem-solving skills and a can-do attitude.
• Solid understanding of NGFW, Network Security, SASE, SD-WAN, CASB, Proxy, DLP and BYOD Solutions.
• Advanced knowledge of On-Premise and Cloud-Delivered Network Security Technologies.
• Proficient in English.

Requirements

• This is a field sales position where travel requirements may be required to support in person customer meetings.

Our Commitment

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

• Palo Alto Networks is an equal opportunity employer.
• We celebrate diversity in our workplace.
• All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to legally protected characteristics.
• We are also committed to providing required accommodations for all Persons with Disabilities.