Global Solutions Architect - Cloud
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Job Description
This position supports our customers globally. Work from your home office and be near an airport for required travel.
Your Career
The Global Solutions Architect (GSA) for Software NGFW provides a mix of customer-facing architecture and design activities as well as internal solution development and knowledge management.
The GSA is a Public Cloud expert with a strong understanding of network security. It has expert knowledge of cloud hosted technologies and the corresponding integration implementation and operation techniques that optimize PRISMA/STRATA Platforms. The GSA drives the design of new solutions and optimizes them by leading the initial execution of projects.
The GSA is responsible for managing our knowledge and Intellectual Property across the worldwide community of Software NGFW consultants and partners. The GSA also leads efforts to educate the PRISMA/STRATA community in new Software NGFW technologies.
This is a highly technical role. The GSA will be required to develop and maintain expertise on PRISMA/STRATA Platforms and the relevant tools that can be used to optimize the deployment and operation of the Platforms.
The position requires strong leadership skills; the GSA will have to rally the STRATA community to agree on tools and techniques and develop Software NGFW assets.
The position requires strong communication skills; the GSA will have to articulate a clear vision to customers consultants account managers and partners.
Your impact:
Identify target customers and market opportunities where automation can be used to optimize the deployment and operation of Palo Alto Networks PRISMA/STRATA products in on-premise and public cloud models.
Working with the product-line GSAs develop automation services with clear and documented value propositions. Effectively communicate our value propositions to Services Sales Account Management and Customers.
Provide technical support during pre-sales by demonstrating our ability to excel in the delivery of security automation projects.
Engage with customers in the delivery of new services and strategic engagements with a focus on service validation and the development and capture of Intellectual Property.
Refine our services for efficient consumption by the PS organization and partners. Ensure successful completion of projects and share lessons learned.
Manage our Intellectual Property by educating stakeholders on the availability of assets and enlisting the support of contributors. Oversee the development of automation assets and lead the enablement of the PS organization and partners. Monitor utilization and effectiveness of our Intellectual Property.
Collaborate on recommended architectures with Domain Consultants Developer Relations and other internal SMEs.
Collaborate with Product Management and Engineering teams on new products and features to ensure PS technical Readiness.
Portion of your time will be spent delivering customer projects. Youll do this in support of two goals. First this will enable you to measure the fitness of our public cloud and container assets and solutions. Second It will provide you with the opportunity to train our consultants.
Share knowledge with Partners and build mutually beneficial relationships
Regular Presentation in Practice meeting
Develop and coach appropriate practice specialists and practice team members.
Lead Internal and Partner facing workshops.
Qualifications :
Your Experience
BS in Computer Science or equivalent education/training/experience
Minimum 3 years experience with Public Cloud Platforms Architecture and Deployment (Azure AWS and GCP)
Minimum 5 years experience in building/integrating security solutions in large environments
Minimum 10 years of Networking experience
Tunneling protocols such as SSL/TLS IPSec GRE
Next-Generation Firewall capabilities configuration and deployment
Experience deploying and configuring Next-Generation Firewall technologies.
Ability to work within small creative teams as well as cross-functional teams
Strong communication (written and verbal)
Strong presentation skills both internally and externally
Experience working with LLMs NLP or generative AI (e.g. OpenAI GPT Hugging Face Transformers). is plus
Experience in Private Cloud Platforms Architecture and Deployment (NSX-T VMware ESXi KVM and Cisco AC is a plus
Ambitious attitude
Leadership skills being able to generate enthusiasm and commitment
Ability to effectively multi-task on internal initiatives and customer projects
Ability to lead a team on internal investment projects and customer projects
Ability to deliver complex solutions in customer environments individually or as a team leader
Solid development skills in Helm and Python are a plus
Must have deep Experience/Knowledge with ublic Cloud providers like GCP/AWS/Azure
Experince in Oracle Cloud Ali Cloud etc is a plus
Knowledge of Kubernetes is a plus
Experience with CI/CD workflows and Cloud Native best practices
Knowledge in Ansible / Terraform is a big plus
Travel (30-40%) to Palo Alto Networks offices for workshops with the possibility of travel to customer sites to deploy Palo Alto Network solutions as outlined by the statement of work
Additional Information :
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 starting salary of $145000. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found here.
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Remote Work :
Yes
Employment Type :
Full-time
Employment Type
Remote
