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 Your Career The Solutions Consultant is the evolution of the traditional Sales Engineering role, aligning how we best serve our customers in understanding their environment, providing solution guidance and ensuring value realization in their investment with Palo Alto Networks. As a Solutions Consultant you provide technical leadership and expertise and guidance in your customer’s security transformation journey. You will play a key role in defining technical solutions that secure a customer’s key business imperatives and ensuring value realization of their investment with Palo Alto Networks. You evangelize our industry leadership in on-prem, cloud, and security operations services that establish PANW as your customer’s cybersecurity partner of choice. You will play an important role in understanding BFSI vertical, technology landscape, business challenges etc & then mapping it with Palo Alto Networks solutions. Your Impact Become a Domain Expert: Develop a deep understanding of the BFSI vertical's operational nuances, including its core products, processes, and regulatory landscape Stay Ahead of the Curve: Continuously track and understand emerging trends, technological shifts, and security threats within the BFSI industry Translate Challenges into Solutions: Partner with customers to understand their unique business challenges and security imperatives. Then, strategically align Palo Alto Networks' solutions to deliver tangible business value, helping them achieve their security transformation goals Serve as a Trusted Advisor: Act as the primary technical point of contact, providing expert guidance and technical leadership throughout the customer's journey. You'll ensure they fully realize the value of their investment with Palo Alto Networks Curiosity is core to the Solutions Consultant role, and you see complex problems as opportunities to learn and deliver innovative solutions! You define your impact by: Meeting and exceeding sales quotas by building and implementing strategic, technical account plans that target cross-platform solutions Your ability to position, demonstrate and create high level designs across the entire PANW portfolio based on customer business needs Conducting discovery to understand and articulate the key technical, operational, and commercial imperatives of your prospects and customers Working closely with Professional Services, Customer Success and Specialist teams to ensure overall customer implementation and adoption of solutions Demonstrating strong communication skills and the ability to influence through effective presentations and customer-specific demos, technical engagements, and workshops Leading successful technical validation efforts based on best practices to ensure technical win in assigned opportunities Orchestrating supporting resources (Specialists, Channel Resources, Customer Support) to ensure a one-team approach that demonstrates a cohesive strategy Promoting end-to-end solutions that include PANW and/or partner professional services to ensure customers realize business value sooner Understanding the competitive landscape and effectively differentiating our leadership Continuously investing in yourself to develop technical and professional skills that drive your ever-increasing contributions to success of our customers while actively participating within the Solutions Consultant community and at industry events (OT) - Identifying technical stakeholders and cultivating relationships with key personas to build and drive a security architecture transformation roadmap
Qualifications Your Experience Understanding of Network Security, SecOps (SIEM, SOAR, XDR etc), Public Cloud Infrastructure, Private Cloud Infrastructure, Data Centers, Application Modernization, SASE & Cyber Security related technologies 10+ years experience doing presales role and solid exposure to key large BFSI accounts in the West Delivering cybersecurity solutions that solve technical challenges and influence new business initiatives Influencing and gaining buy-in from key stakeholders, either in a customer-facing or internal role; prior experience in a pre-sales role is ideal Creating and delivering technical presentations, workshops, or technical validation engagements Continuous Collaboration across multiple functions internally & externally to achieve the sales objectives Experience in selling, designing, competing, implementing, or managing one or more of the following solutions: Network Security, SASE, SaaS, CNAPP and/or SOC Transformation Technologies Partnering with system integrators & professional services functions to ensure successful implementation and adoption of sold solutions Partnering with Customer success function to ensure continuous consumption & improved adoption for the contract period. Complex sales involving long sales processes with multiple buying centers and multi-product solutions are preferred Global & Independent Cybersecurity Certifications Proficient in English
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.
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 accommodations@paloaltonetworks.com.
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.
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Is role eligible for Immigration Sponsorship? No. Please note that we will not sponsor applicants for work visas for this position.
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