Senior Professional Services Pre Sales Systems Engineer

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!

Your Career

As a member of the Palo Alto Networks Sales team, the successful Professional Services Sales Engineer will be responsible for partnering with Services Sales Managers supporting our core and speedboat account teams. They will be responsible for understanding customer requirements, scoping level of effort and recommending services that provide successful outcomes for our customers.

The successful candidate will be able to design and architect implementation and optimization solutions, assist customers with planning for large-scale transformations in technology and recommend the appropriate post sales resource teams to ensure client success. The candidates should be highly competent presenters with experience running virtual and in-person customer discovery workshops. Previous experience to include understanding and translating technical solutions into business value for C level executives. This position reports into the Director of Service Sales.

Location: We are open to remote individuals who are located in the EST time zone. 

Your Impact

• The person in this role will be supporting a large team of sales reps and must work as the services technical resource along with the Service Sales Manager
• Together the team will be responsible for driving services revenue in a specific territory
• Proven experience working as an overlay resource to a core sales organization positioning services to large enterprise companies and creating project plans and detailed statement of works is desired
• Domestic travel is required and International travel may be required as necessary 

Your Experience

• 5+ years in security, infrastructure, or cloud technologies, including 2+ years in a consultative or sales role
• Self-motivated, detail-oriented, with strong organizational and prioritization skills
• Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills
• Proven ability to create technical documentation (SOWs, project timelines, etc.) for sales and delivery teams
• Experience leading discovery workshops and developing multi-year service roadmaps
• Quota-carrying sales experience and channel partner engagement preferred
• Desirable knowledge of security infrastructure, including firewalls, VPNs, proxies, cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP), and SOC environments
• Practical understanding of routing, switching, and adjacent network products
• BS technical degree or equivalent military experience required
• Desirable: Palo Alto Networks Cybersecurity Apprentice and Practitioner certifications

The Team

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

As part of our Sales team, you are empowered with unmatched systems and tools, constantly updated research and sales libraries, and a team built on joint success. You won’t find someone at Palo Alto Networks who isn’t committed to your success — everyone pitches in to assist when it comes to solutions selling, learning, and development. As a member of our Sales team, you are motivated by a solutions-focused sales environment and find fulfillment in working with clients to resolve incredibly complex cyberthreats.

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 $198000 - $273000/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.