[Hiring] Senior Technical Support Engineer @Palo Alto Networks

Role Description

Are you passionate about driving customer success in the cybersecurity industry? We are looking for a dynamic and proactive Technical Support Engineer to join our team. In this role, you will work closely with our valued customers to address their complex post-sales challenges, where analyzing situations or data requires a deep and comprehensive evaluation of multiple factors.

• Deliver expert-level technical assistance to top-tier customers, ensuring timely resolution of complex security issues through in-depth troubleshooting, configuration guidance, and best practice implementation.
• Take complete ownership of support cases from initiation to resolution, including multi-vendor troubleshooting, fault isolation, and root cause analysis, while ensuring meticulous documentation and timely updates in the ticketing system.
• Act as a trusted advisor, effectively communicating technical solutions to both technical and executive stakeholders to foster trust and credibility.
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams—including Account, Sales, and Marketing—to drive a seamless and positive customer experience while proactively addressing critical challenges.
• Drive continuous customer engagement through Quarterly Business Reviews (QBRs) and Account Case Reviews, providing tailored recommendations, release planning, and proactive risk mitigation strategies to enhance security posture.
• Serve as a subject matter expert on Palo Alto Networks' core technologies, identifying product defects through lab replication, network simulation, and performance testing.
• Work with Engineering and QA teams to file bug reports, develop test plans, and improve software and hardware quality with each release cycle.
• Facilitate hiring and onboarding by conducting technical screenings, training new hires on technical and soft skills, and ensuring readiness through process and tools training.
• Contribute to the organization’s knowledge base by authoring Technical Support Bulletins, training materials, and troubleshooting guides to enhance internal and customer-facing resources.
• Provide rapid, high-quality support in high-pressure situations, traveling to customer sites to expedite critical issue resolution.
• Engage in technical discussions with cross-functional teams to drive transparency, optimize security posture, and enhance cybersecurity resilience.

Qualifications

• Fluent English and also fluent in German or Italian or French.
• Minimum of 7 years of network security experience.
• Expertise in TCP/IP and advanced knowledge of LAN/WAN technologies, expertise with general routing/switching, Routing protocols (e.g., BGP, OSPF, EIGRP), branch, and center architectures.
• Extensive experience with troubleshooting Remote Access VPN solutions including IPSEC, PKI & SSL technologies.
• Ability to independently debug complex networks with mixed media and protocols with an advanced understanding of packet flow across multiple OSI layers.
• In-depth knowledge of networking operations - TCP and UDP, SNMP, IPv6, VLSM, CIDR, and NAT - Static, Dynamic, and PAT.
• Proficiency with network troubleshooting tools - Wireshark, GNS3.
• Strong grasp of authentication protocols - LDAP, TACACS+, Radius.
• The below skills are a plus:
• Virtualization experience (AWS, Azure, VMWare, OpenStack).
• Experience with Windows, MAC OS, and Linux (Debugging, Editing Registries, Plist, etc.).
• Experience with Python or Shell scripting a plus.
• Multi-Vendor Exposure - Cisco Advanced Security Appliances, Palo Alto Next-Generation Firewalls, Prisma Access, Cisco Firepower, Checkpoint Firewalls, Cisco Switches, and Intrusion Detection/Intrusion Prevention Systems.
• Skilled in engaging executive-level stakeholders with clear technical communication.
• Proven track record of effectively communicating technical concepts to diverse audiences, including C-level executives.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills - the ability to clearly articulate technical issues to both technical and non-technical audiences and to explain the impact in business terms.
• Consistently maintains rigorous case management practices, ensuring thorough documentation and timely updates.
• Willingness to work outside of normal business hours (As business needs dictate).
• BS in computer science, information technology, computer architecture, electrical engineering, mathematics, or related experience or equivalent military experience required.

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