Jobs at Palo Alto in Spain, Madrid

Being the cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting our digital way of life.

Your Career

As a Principal Consultant for SOC Transformation & XSIAM Deployment, you will be a seasoned leader at the forefront of our most strategic customer engagements. You will leverage a rare blend of consultative presence, deep technical mastery, and executive influence to guide our customers through complex Security Operations Center (SOC) transformations. Your primary role is to drive these large-scale programs, ensuring the successful execution of foundational elements like seamless log migration and the development of sophisticated detection strategies, to deliver measurable security outcomes in highly dynamic enterprise environments.

Your Impact

• Serve as the lead strategic advisor and subject matter expert for customers undertaking a full-scale SOC modernization with XSIAM
• Lead multi-national SOC transformation programs, consolidating fragmented detection and response processes into a unified, AI-driven platform
• Direct enterprise-scale XSIAM deployments, guiding customers from initial strategy to full operationalization
• Devise and oversee comprehensive log ingestion strategies to ensure high-quality data fuels the XSIAM platform
• Architect and implement sophisticated detection strategies and correlation rules to fortify customer defenses against advanced threats
• Fine-tune and optimize log sources and correlation rules to maximize system performance and detection efficacy
• Identify opportunities to enhance analyst alert handling and response through automation
• Transform ambiguity into structured action plans, driving accountability at every level of a customer engagement
• Build and mentor high-performing professional services teams that blend consulting, engineering, and change management expertise
• Partner with Product and R&D teams to incorporate field insights into roadmap priorities

Your Experience

• The candidate should have demonstrated experience running a Security Operations Center (SOC), with a proven track record of modernizing operations through automation, AI-driven threat detection, and measurable improvements in Mean Time to Detect (MTTD) and Mean Time to Respond (MTTR)."
• Exceptional executive presence, with strong verbal and written communication skills to engage with stakeholders from the SOC analyst to the CISO
• Experience acting as a trusted advisor to senior security leaders, with the ability to diagnose challenges and deliver strategic recommendations
• 10+ years of hands-on experience in deploying and integrating SIEM/security analytics solutions within large enterprise environments
• 8+ years of experience with Security Operations Center (SOC) tooling, processes, and workflows
• Hands-on technical mastery across SIEM, SOAR, EDR, cloud security, and threat intelligence
• Ability to conceive, architect, and develop effective correlation and detection rules
• Familiarity with a range of SIEM technologies, such as Splunk and IBM QRadar, is a plus
• Strong expertise in Regular Expressions (Regex)
• Relevant bachelor's degree or industry-recognized qualifications (CISSP, GIAC, etc.), is a plus

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

Being the cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting our digital way of life.

Your Career

You are required to exceed your quota, obtain/maintain subject matter expertise, create/update detailed written plans, and regularly present to a variety of audiences (large and small, live and virtual).

Your Impact

• Ability to work in partnership with your respective geography’s leadership to engage the SASE portfolio to customers, partners, and colleagues

• Perform high-level sales planning, leading to accurate forecasting of the business

• Build a fundamental understanding of security threats, solutions, security tools or network technologies

• Bring to bear all cross-functional resources to achieve your quota.

• Stay updated on industry news and trends, and how they affect Palo Alto Networks products and services

• Conduct in-person sessions, webinars and learning materials that can be consumed by the appropriate audience

• Identify cross-selling and up-selling opportunities within accounts

• Educate customers and partners on the modern network security landscape

• Establish relationships with and sell through channel partners

• Travel 50% + throughout the territory and to company-wide meetings

Your Experience

• Consider yourself technical enough to cover some accounts while your SE is busy assisting others

• Above quota sales experience in a high-tempo culture

• Experience selling network infrastructure-based security appliances including, but not limited to - Firewalls, SSL/IPSec VPNs, Security Proxies and Caches, SD-WAN

• Practical experience working with routing and switching products that will be installed adjacent to our appliances

• Strong communication and presentation skills, both written and verbally

• Experience working with Channel partners and understanding of a channel centric go to market approach

• Excellent time management skills, and work with high levels of autonomy and self-direction

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

Being the cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting our digital way of life.

Your Career

We are seeking an individual who is passionate about cyber security and making a difference. You will be a continuous learner and have a sound knowledge of emerging cybersecurity trends and technologies.

Your Impact

• Oversee the delivery of our proactive consulting services, ensuring their consistency, quality and highest level of customer service
• Provide hands-on, expert-level proactive Security Operations Center (SOC) assessment and transformation services to clients and deliver findings to CxO and/or Board of Directors
• Work with the BDM and CSM to perform pipeline generation activities
• Lead scoping and services overview conversations with clients for prospective engagements in area of expertise, presenting with credibility and authority, clearly articulating various approaches and methodologies to audiences ranging from highly technical to executive personnel
• Partner with the Unit 42 executive team and service line leaders to develop and execute strategy for the Unit 42 proactive services practice
• Drive innovation in Unit 42’s proactive offerings, by leading and managing the consulting team and collaborating with cross-functional teams to bring new capabilities and services to market that leverage Palo Alto Networks products
• Manage the productivity of a team through attainment of utilisation targets
• Collaborate with peers and leaders across Unit 42 to drive operational and practice development goals
• Recruit and onboard world class talent to support our growth goals
• Support the professional growth and development of our consultants through training and technical enablement
• Foster and maintain a culture that attracts and retains smart, kind team members dedicated to executing with excellence
• Identify and execute strategies for service development, enablement, and product adoption
• Cultivate and maintain relationships with key clientele to increase awareness of Unit 42’s’ capabilities and provide on-demand expertise for client needs
• Amplify Unit 42s’ presence and credibility in the marketplace through thought leadership, including via speaking engagements, articles, whitepapers, and media exposure

Your Experience

• 10+ years of hands-on experience delivering a wide range of cybersecurity consulting services, including at least 4 of the following 8 for global enterprise customers
  • Security operations (highly preferred for this position)
  • Application security (including AI)
  • Cloud security
  • Red & purple teaming
  • Cybersecurity risk assessments
  • Cybersecurity strategy & transformations
  • Cyber crisis management
  • Zero Trust
• Experience as a senior-level team leader including overseeing other principal, senior, and mid-level analyst/consultant teams
• Able to split your time across commercial support, client delivery, team leadership, individual mentoring, and technical expertise and skills maintenance activities
• Strong presentation, communication, and presentation skills with verifiable industry experience communicating at CxO and/or Board of Directors level
• Client services mindset and exceptional client management skills
• Public speaking experience, demonstrated writing ability, including technical reports, business communication, and thought leadership pieces
• Bachelor’s Degree in Information Security, Computer Science, Digital Forensics, Cyber Security, or equivalent years of professional experience or equivalent relevant experience or equivalent military experience to meet job requirements and expectations
• Professional industry certifications such as CISSP, CISM, and other leading industry certifications in line with our services portfolio
• Expert level of knowledge of applicable laws, compliance regulations, and industry standards as it relates to privacy, security, and compliance

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

Being the cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting our digital way of life.

Your Impact

• Develop and execute targeted sales and go-to-market (GTM) strategies focused on pipeline generation, technically winning, and closing new customers for Palo Alto Networks Next Generation Software Firewall solutions (VM Series, Cloud Firewall, and AIRS solutions)

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including your extended sales teams, GTM, product, marketing, and channel to align Sales Plays to targeted customers in your sales territory within the EMEA region.

• Execute Next Generation/Software Firewall sales plays to build software firewall pipeline in your region in collaboration with your extended sales teams.

• Collaborate with your extended Palo Alto Networks sales teams to identify, conduct discovery, and qualify new Software Firewall opportunities with customers.

• Work with the technical solutions team to technically validate and win Software Firewall opportunities with customers.

• Serve as a trusted advisor to strategic customers and partners, driving consultative sales cycles from initial engagement to close as needed

• Identify and understand customer requirements and articulate the value proposition of Palo Alto Networks’ AI security and Software and Cloud Firewall offerings and use cases to meet those requirements.

• Evangelize the importance and value of securing AI across industry events, executive briefings, and thought leadership opportunities

• Track and report performance metrics, pipeline health, and market insights to support forecasting and strategy refinement in your area.

• Build close partnerships with the sales team and cloud service providers in the Region to identify new opportunities and close business.

Your Experience

• 8+ years of experience in a sales or sales specialist role in the cybersecurity, cloud, or AI space

• Proven track record of meeting or exceeding sales targets and driving net-new revenue growth

• Understanding of AI technologies, including generative AI tools, machine learning, and large language models (LLMs)

• Strong grasp of firewall fundamentals, including the ability to discuss how modern software firewalls help customers secure traffic in the cloud, prevent advanced threats from spreading across their network, gain visibility and control over applications, and enable a secure hybrid workforce.

• Deep understanding of cybersecurity fundamentals, including data security, network security, and cloud security

• Demonstrated ability to lead complex sales engagements

• Extensive experience cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP

• Excellent interpersonal, communication, and presentation skills, with the ability to influence senior stakeholders

• Self-starter who thrives in a fast-paced, collaborative environment with minimal direction

• Bachelor’s degree in business, computer science, engineering, or a related field; advanced degrees a plus

• Experience selling to CISOs, CIOs, and data science/security teams

• Experience working in a high-growth or scale-up environment

• Background in working with or through VARs, cloud marketplaces, or CSP partnerships
  

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

Being the cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting our digital way of life.

Your Career

Our methodology is first class support. We’ve been recognized for it as an industry leader and we’re dedicated to continuing this standard. In this role, you will work with our technical account managers to personalize our customer’s experience. You will learn your client’s business objectives in and out within their technical environment and focus on mitigating risks and resolving any technical issues in their networks. You’re close to the deployment of cybersecurity solutions – and we need you to recognize risks before they arise. You get a thrill from seeking out complex issues and finding their resolutions – and you don’t wait for those issues to escalate from our clients. Instead, you find them. You’ll be working hand in hand with our developers to reproduce the issues you find and develop permanent solutions to prevent them in the future.

Your Impact

• Respond to user-reported issues in adherence to established Service Level Agreements

• Triage customer reported issues and respond to them via ticketing system, phone, or remote sessions

• Perform advanced troubleshooting at the application level and OS level, using your knowledge and relevant expertise

• Identify the area of fault (code, environment, or configuration) and work with the appropriate team(s) implementing the fix

• Provide timely feedback into the development process on customer-reported product problems

• Document actions to effectively communicate information internally and to customers

• Facilitate root cause investigations and manage the implementation of corrective and preventative measures

Your Experience

• Previous experience with Endpoint Security software is required
• SIEM experience, including -
• Deep understanding of how SIEMs works
• Experience in creating custom collections and data parsing
• Experience in creating complex correlation rules, reports and dashboard
• Experience in integration and implementation of SIEMs
• Experience working with EDR tools
• Experience with strong communication and customer service skills
• Required basic networking knowledge - Ability to independently debug broad, complex, and unique environments with mixed applications and protocols
• Experience with Windows OS, MacOS, and Linux based applications (Installation, troubleshooting, Debugging)
• 4+ years of experience as a Support Engineer
• Fundamental understanding of Kubernetes, GCP, and AWS for troubleshooting cloud agent deployment and data extraction.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong customer advocacy skills and experience, ability to work in difficult customer situations
• Knowledge of Cloud infrastructure a plus
• Experience in incident response a plus
• Experience with scripting a plus
• Experience with MS Server solutions (SCCM, GPO, AD, MSSQL, IIS, Exchange) is a plus
• Fluent English is mandatory / Spanish or French or German are an advantage

You’ll be involved in implementing new products, transitioning from old products to new ones, and will fix integrations and critical issues as they are raised – in fact, you’ll seek them out to ensure our clients are safely supported. We fix and identify technical problems, with a pointed focus on providing the best customer support in the industry.

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

Being the cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting our digital way of life.

Your Career

This role is client-facing and requires the Principal Consultant to lead and produce deliverables based on proactive services engagements. The Principal Consultant will work directly with multiple customers and key stakeholders (security teams, system and network administrators and owners, C-Suite, etc.) to manage and deliver proactive incident preparedness engagements, as well as wider proactive assessments and services.

Your Impact

• Lead proactive incident preparedness projects, including but not limited to TableTop Exercises (TTX), Incident Response Plans and Response Maturity Assessments
• Review Crisis Management, Incident Response, Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Plans, and other relevant documents that support holistic business resilience
• Plan and deliver a range of TTXs, including writing post exercise reports that provide detailed analysis and recommendations on areas for improvement
• Manage and contribute incident preparedness and other cyber security engagements from initial scoping through to delivery
• Ability to perform travel requirements as needed to meet business demands (on average 20%)

Your Experience

• 8+ years of incident preparedness and/or incident response related consulting experience with a passion for cyber security
• Experience with leading and delivering complicated engagements including scoping, interfacing with the client, and have executed incident preparedness or IR related projects
• Incident response consulting experience required. Incident preparedness experience is a must as it will be a core focus of the position
• Bachelor’s Degree in Information Security, Computer Science, Cyber Security or related field or equivalent experience required

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

Being the cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting our digital way of life.

Your Impact

• Recruit and hire new Solutions Consultants into the territory, hiring the best talent in the industry
• Responsible for training, mentoring, and reviewing employees on your team, keeping them engaged and successful in their careers
• Support field Solutions Consultant team in complex evaluations, problem-solving and challenging customer environments
• Leads and coaches team on successful technical validation efforts based on best practices to ensure technical win in assigned opportunities.
• Define, create and monitor individual development plans for your team
• Works closely with Professional Services, Customer Success and Specialist teams to ensure overall customer implementation and adoption of solutions.
• Provide effective technical leadership in customer interactions to include sharing security trends and standard methodologies employed by other customers to actively be part of the selling process
• Drive Palo Alto Networks Platformization efforts within your accounts.
• Work closely with the Domain Specialist Manager to ensure optimal use of resources and align the required resources to the projects you are handling
• Act as an escalation point to collaborate with pre-sales and post-sales teams for any issues that arise
• Build and maintain relationships with key customers to solidify reference accounts and to assist the account teams with defining plans to drive more business
• Present to customers as our expert in your area at all levels in the customer hierarchy from technician to CIO
• Discuss competitor products in the marketplace and positions ours as the best alternative
• Working with Product Management, Technical Marketing, and R&D to build requirements and product features for our large customers and provide feedback from customers
• Up to 30% travel within the region (mostly Spain)
• Work with your sales counterpart (DSM) to develop a technical strategy that accelerates growth. Identify key verticals, markets, use cases, and solutions to focus on, and devise a comprehensive strategy and engagement model tailored to your region or district.

Your Experience

• Minimum 5 years as a pre-sales System Engineer Manager with direct people management responsibility
• Experience as a Senior System Engineer/Specialist
• Industry knowledge of security product market trends and directional awareness of our roadmap and technology development efforts, knowledge of competitor offerings and products
• Knowledge of how to deliver comprehensive security solutions to Palo Alto Networks customer base
• Experience in selling, designing, implementing or managing one or more of the following solutions: Network Security, SASE, SaaS, CNAPP and/or SOC Transformation Technologies
• Partnering with Customer Support functions to ensure successful implementation and adoption of sold solutions
• Strong communication (written and verbal) and presentation skills
• Quota driven attitude focused on client's best solution by being a trusted advisor
• Proficient in English and Spanish
• Madrid as the target location

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