Senior Technical Support Engineer
Palo Alto Networks · Posted Oct 5
Network security, cloud security, AI threat defense, and security operations platforms
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About the role
Palo Alto Networks' Technical Support team supports customers after they purchase the company's cybersecurity products, implementing new products, migrating off legacy ones, and resolving integrations and critical issues. The role is a post-sales customer-facing engineering position focused on network security, covering troubleshooting, root cause analysis, upgrade planning, and quarterly business reviews. As a Senior Technical Support Engineer, you will own complex support cases, act as a customer advocate and subject matter expert on Palo Alto Networks core technologies, and work with Engineering and QA to improve product quality.
What you will do
- Deliver expert-level technical assistance to top-tier customers, ensuring timely resolution of complex security issues through in-depth troubleshooting, configuration guidance, and best practice implementation.
- Take complete ownership of support cases from initiation to resolution, including multi-vendor troubleshooting, fault isolation, and root cause analysis, while ensuring meticulous documentation and timely updates in the ticketing system.
- Act as a trusted advisor, effectively communicating technical solutions to both technical and executive stakeholders to foster trust and credibility.
- Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams—including Account, Sales, and Marketing—to drive a seamless and positive customer experience while proactively addressing critical challenges.
- Drive continuous customer engagement through Quarterly Business Reviews (QBRs) and Account Case Reviews, providing tailored recommendations, release planning, and proactive risk mitigation strategies to enhance security posture.
- Serve as a subject matter expert on Palo Alto Networks' core technologies, identifying product defects through lab replication, network simulation, and performance testing.
- Work with Engineering and QA teams to file bug reports, develop test plans, and improve software and hardware quality with each release cycle.
- Facilitate hiring and onboarding by conducting technical screenings, training new hires on technical and soft skills, and ensuring readiness through process and tools training.
- Contribute to the organization's knowledge base by authoring Technical Support Bulletins, training materials, and troubleshooting guides to enhance internal and customer-facing resources.
- Provide rapid, high-quality support in high-pressure situations, traveling to customer sites to expedite critical issue resolution.
- Engage in technical discussions with cross-functional teams to drive transparency, optimize security posture, and enhance cybersecurity resilience.
- Leverage internal AI-powered diagnostic utilities, automated log analyzers, and machine learning tools to accelerate root-cause analysis, optimize multi-vendor troubleshooting workflows, and decrease time-to-resolution for complex network security events.
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- Minimum of 5 years of network security experience.
- BS in computer science, information technology, computer architecture, electrical engineering, mathematics, or related experience or equivalent military experience required.
- Expertise in TCP/IP, LAN/WAN technologies, routing protocols (e.g, BGP, OSPF, EIGRP), and branch/center architectures.
- Extensive experience with troubleshooting Remote Access VPN solutions including IPSEC, PKI & SSL technologies.
- Ability to independently debug complex networks with an advanced understanding of packet flow across multiple OSI layers.
- In-depth knowledge of networking operations (TCP/UDP, SNMP, IPv6, VLSM, CIDR, NAT) and authentication protocols (LDAP, TACACS+, Radius).
- Proficiency with network troubleshooting tools such as Wireshark and GNS3.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with a proven track record of communicating technical concepts to diverse audiences, including C-level executives.
- Willingness to work outside of normal business hours as business needs dictate.
Preferred qualifications
- Virtualization experience (AWS, Azure, VMWare, OpenStack).
- Experience with Windows, MAC OS, and Linux (Debugging, Editing Registries, Plist, etc.).
- Experience with Python or Shell scripting.
- Multi-Vendor Exposure - Cisco Advanced Security Appliances, Palo Alto Next-Generation Firewalls, Prisma Access, Cisco Firepower, Checkpoint Firewalls, Cisco Switches, and Intrusion Detection/ Intrusion Prevention Systems
Benefits and support
- Compensation and benefits are detailed in the job posting
About Palo Alto Networks
Palo Alto Networks is a global cybersecurity leader that delivers integrated platforms and services across network security, cloud security, and security operations. Leveraging advanced artificial intelligence and threat intelligence through Unit 42, the company helps tens of thousands of enterprise and government customers worldwide protect against sophisticated cyber threats.
- Industry
- Cybersecurity
- Company size
- 16000+ employees
- Founded
- 2005
- Location
- Santa Clara, California, USA
- Funding stage
- Public Company
Funding
Public Company · $65.7M raised
- 2008-11-01Series C$40M
Leadership
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Chief Product and Technology Officer
Chief Financial Officer
Chief Information Officer
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