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Palo Alto Sr Technical Support Engineer 
United States, California 
145473899

23.09.2024
Description

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

Your Career

This is a Swing Shift Position working Monday through Friday, 12pm to 9pm PT

You will work firsthand with our valued customers to address their complex post-sales concerns where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of many factors. You are a critical thinker in understanding the methods, techniques, and evaluation criteria for obtaining results. You'll enjoy networking with key contacts outside your own area of expertise, with a strong capability of detailing difficult technical issues to both non-technical and technical professionals.

You will regularly participate in technical discussions with multi-functional teams, creating an environment of transparency that ultimately leads to better products, better working environments, and better cybersecurity. Your quick thinking and support to our clients provides the fast assistance they need to keep their environments secure - which means you'll need to move quickly, thoughtfully, and provide technical assistance as needed (often, in high pressure situations).

Your Impact

  • Provide Technical Support to customers, partners and Palo Alto Networks Tier2 engineers by phone, e-mail and in person
  • Work directly with ETAC and Software Engineering to get customer problems resolved
  • Have a thorough understanding of the Software release and bug cycles
  • Able to isolate root cause for product defects and Reproduce customer issues in the lab
  • Works on complex issues where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of variable factors - Exercises judgment in selecting methods, techniques and evaluation criteria for obtaining results
  • Networks with key contacts outside own area of expertise- regularly participate in technical discussions with cross-functional teams
  • Publish Technical Support Bulletins, provide content technical review for Knowledge Base as well as contribute to customer-facing forums and other technical documentation
  • Manage technical escalations & own complex cases
  • Able to conduct multi-vendor troubleshooting
  • Develop into Subject matter expert in at least one area
  • Has visibility across the entire organization - leadership is recognized across the organization
  • Provide coaching and mentoring to Tier 2 engineers

Your Experience

  • Long term experience related to the position is required - typically 5+ years of relevant experience
  • Able to effectively communicate to all levels and stakeholders - internally and externally on complex technical issues
  • In-depth understanding of Networking concepts and experience with multi-vendor networking devices such as routers, switches, firewalls, traffic generators, etc.
  • Experience with Cisco, Checkpoint, Juniper (Netscreen), Fortinet is a plus
  • Expert in Routing and Switching protocols (e.g. OSPF / BGP / VLAN / STP)
  • Strong experience with Security Protocols (e.g. IPSEC / SSL-VPN / NAT / GRE)
  • Experience with Authentication Protocols is a plus
  • Ability to independently debug broad, complex and unique networks with mixed media and protocols is required
  • Industry Certifications a plus
  • Ability to work independently, as well as contributing as a team player

You'll be involved in implementing new products, transitioning from old products to new, 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 of providing the best customer support in the industry.

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 $94000 - $152000/YR. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found .

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