Our Mission
At Palo Alto Networks®, we’re united by a shared mission—to protect our digital way of life. We thrive at the intersection of innovation and impact, solving real-world problems with cutting-edge technology and bold thinking. Here, everyone has a voice, and every idea counts. If you’re ready to do the most meaningful work of your career alongside people who are just as passionate as you are, you’re in the right place.
Who We Are
In order to be the cybersecurity partner of choice, we must trailblaze the path and shape the future of our industry. This is something our employees work at each day and is defined by our values: Disruption, Collaboration, Execution, Integrity, and Inclusion. We weave AI into the fabric of everything we do and use it to augment the impact every individual can have. If you are passionate about solving real-world problems and ideating beside the best and the brightest, we invite you to join us!
We believe collaboration thrives in person. That’s why most of our teams work from the office full time, with flexibility when it’s needed. This model supports real-time problem-solving, stronger relationships, and the kind of precision that drives great outcomes.
Job Summary
As an Associate Systems Engineer, you will join a cohort of recent college graduates for an immersion into Palo Alto Networks platform, automation, and cybersecurity across network, endpoint, and cloud. This program includes up to 24 months of formal technical instruction with hands-on labs, both group and individual projects, technical study, and professional skills development. As you advance through the program, you will be placed with various sales engineering teams to learn how to support customers during the pre-sales process. While ramping on the Academy development track you will work alongside other SE teams to learn and support the other critical work with customers within the presales process. As part of your development, you will work as a technical advisor in tandem with our sales and channel partners on customer engagements, establishing relationships with customers with the goal of helping them ensure each day is more secure than the one before. Upon completion of the program, you will have gained proven technical and professional skills, shown qualification across multiple certifications, and rotations with senior SEs to take on a field SE position in any number of cities across the US based on business needs. Our SEs are among the best in the cybersecurity industry, with a deep technical understanding of cybersecurity products, integrations, and the critical cyber threats facing our potential customers' environments. Your Impact Learn the technical aspects and business value of Palo Alto Networks products
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Develop the skills necessary to propose cybersecurity solutions comprised of Palo Alto Networks products
Establish yourself as a trusted team member to Technical Solutions leadership and colleagues while contributing to sales wins throughout the program
Architect and propose solutions that address the identified cybersecurity problems in each customer’s unique environment
Develop presentation skills and understanding of business and technical discovery methods
Ensure ongoing customer success, support, and adoption of cybersecurity solutions
Understand and effectively differentiate against our top competitors
Identify and document specific problems with prospective and current customers which can be solved through the deployment of integrated solutions
Act as the customer advocate for any issues that require technical assistance and follow up with the customer until the issue is resolved
Continuous self-improvement and learning to maintain technical leadership of applicable technologies (SASE, XDR, public cloud, security, networking, etc.)
Qualifications
- Your Experience
- 4-year undergraduate degree, preferably in a business or technical field of study
Understand and effectively present complex concepts to technical and non-technical audiences
Strong analytical skills to evaluate complex problems and a systematic approach to creating solutions
Effective time-management skills and study habits
Awareness and desire to learn modern cybersecurity prevention utilizing automation, cloud, endpoint, and network technologies
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/com-missioned roles) is expected to be the annual range listed below. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found here.
$98,000.00 - $134,000.00/yr
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.
