Job Summary
The Solutions Consultant is the evolution of the traditional Sales Engineering role, providing technical leadership and expertise to guide customers on their security transformation journey. You will play a key role in defining technical solutions that secure a customer’s key business imperatives, evangelize our industry leadership across on-prem, cloud, and security operations, and ensure customers realize the full value of their investment with Palo Alto Networks.
Key Responsibilities
Meet and exceed sales quotas by developing and executing strategic, technical account plans that feature cross-platform solutions.
Understand key customer business requirements to position, demonstrate, and create high-level designs for Palo Alto Networks portfolio solutions.
Drive customer adoption of the Palo Alto Networks platform, building relationships to help them achieve increased productivity, operational efficiency, and security efficacy.
Lead discovery sessions to understand and articulate the key technical, operational, and commercial challenges of prospects and customers.
Proactively collaborate with Professional Services, Customer Success, and specialist teams to ensure a cohesive strategy for customer implementation and solution adoption.
Lead successful technical validation efforts using best practices to secure the technical win in assigned opportunities.
Analyze the competitive landscape to effectively differentiate Palo Alto Networks' leadership and value proposition.
Simplify complex ideas and influence various audiences through effective presentations, customer-specific demos, and technical workshops.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications
6+ years of experience in a pre-sales or sales engineering role.
Demonstrated expertise in at least one of the following domains: Networking, Network Security, Cybersecurity, Private/Public Cloud Security, SOC/Endpoint, or SASE.
Proven experience creating and delivering impactful technical presentations, workshops, and technical validation engagements.
Experience selling, designing, implementing, or managing solutions in one or more of the following areas: Network Security, SASE, SaaS, CNAPP, and/or SOC Transformation Technologies.
Ability to travel to support in-person customer meetings as required for the role.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience delivering cybersecurity solutions that solve technical challenges and influence new business initiatives.
Experience influencing and gaining buy-in from key technical and business stakeholders.
Familiarity with complex sales cycles involving long sales processes, multiple buying centers, and multi-product solutions.
Experience partnering with post-sales functions like Customer Support or Professional Services to ensure successful solution adoption.
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, 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. We are also committed to providing required accommodations for all Persons with Disabilities.
Please submit your resumé in English, as we are only able to consider applications received in this language.
We emphasize that this position is open to everyone and Palo Alto Networks welcomes applications from candidates with disabilities or beneficiaries rehabilitated by the INSS (PCD), pursuant to the law.
Ressaltamos que essa vaga é para qualquer pessoa e a Palo Alto Networks incentiva a candidatura de pessoas com deficiência ou beneficiários reabilitados pelo INSS (PCD), nos termos da legislação brasileira.
Is role eligible for Immigration Sponsorship? No. Please note that we will not sponsor applicants for work visas for this position.