Senior Technical Marketing Engineer (SASE)

Your Career

Palo Alto Networks is building a world-class product management organization and continues to look for top-notch technical marketing engineers to expand the team. As a Senior Technical Marketing Engineer at Palo Alto Networks you will play a key role in providing detailed technical information to our partners customers and our employees.

In this role you will work with cutting edge technology redefining the future of Cloud network security. 

The individual will be responsible for products that protect data workloads and infrastructure for some of the largest enterprise customers in the world. Help the customers journey to the Hybrid cloud by ensuring they have the best in class protection. Develop and execute the Palo Alto Networks plan for Software Firewalls including outbound technical communication product best practices competitive reviews POC demo environments and automation while working closely with internal stakeholders. Review PRDs and engineering specs and provide feedback. Document technical concepts to ensure our products are well understood and utilized to the greatest extent possible.

You are a self-starter keen to learn and experiment with new technologies. You work well independently and excel at identifying the potential sales needs of our clients and shaping the direction of the companys products. You arent afraid of ambiguity - instead you like the challenge of defining new products as they come to market.

Your Impact

• Technical Marketing Strategy: Develop continuously refine and execute the technical marketing plan for critical accounts to drive engagement and sales
• Content Creation: Create maintain and deliver effective technical tools whitepapers demos videos and technical training for sales teams customers and partners
• Automation Leadership: Lead automation initiatives within and across cross-functional teams striving to achieve technical and operational excellence throughout the release process
• Competitive Analysis: Conduct competitive research and testing to identify key advantages of our product lines and effectively communicate them to sales customers and partners
• Technical Evangelism: Act as a key technical evangelist for Palo Alto Networks speaking at seminars conferences customer briefings and internal meetings
• Product Enhancement: Collaborate with engineering to identify product gaps based on competitive analysis and work with Product Management (PM) to drive enhancements
• Domain Authority: Serve as the domain authority on Palo Alto Networks products providing Systems Engineers with information on competitive questions
• Sales Support: Identify sales challenges arising from competitive situations and provide viable solutions
• Technical Documentation: Document technical concepts to ensure our products are well understood and utilized to their fullest potential
• Competitive Lab Setup: Set-up and maintain a competitive test lab including test harness competitive products and automation environment
• Product Testing: Configure and test competitive products evaluating their strengths in security efficacy and product features
• Customer Focus: Maintain a passion for the customer journey user experience and usability with a knack for simplicity

Qualifications :

Your Experience 

• Experience: 5 years of experience as a Technical Marketing Engineer in the network/cybersecurity field or as a DevOps/Solution Architect preferably for networking SD-WAN or cyber security products 
• Technical Proficiency: Automation experience working with APIs AI tools Virtualization Cloud Infrastructure knowledge: GCP AWS Azure OCI is a big plus
• Agility: Ability to deliver high-quality work in an agile fast-paced environment
• Networking Knowledge: Prior experience with networking; cloud security experience is an added advantage
• Track Record: Proven track record of creating products from concept to market success.
• User Experience Focus: Strong focus on end-user experience and data visualization tools and technologies
• Communication Skills: Excellent written and verbal communication skills strong presentation skills and trade show experience. Capable of communicating at both business and technical levels with internal teams customers partners and executives
• Customer Advocacy: Strong customer advocacy skills with experience in handling difficult customer situations
• Initiative: Fast learner with strong initiative and a sense of ownership committed to getting things done
• Automation Expertise: Experience with automation tools building dashboards etc.
• Documentation Skills: Experience in writing and editing technical documentation and operational procedures
• Knowledge in building and maintaining POC and Demo environments.
• Excellent communication collaboration and presentation skills.

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 to be between $134000/YR - $215500/YR. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found here.

Our Commitment

Were problem solvers that take risks and challenge cybersecuritys status quo. Its simple: we cant 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  .

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.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Is role eligible for Immigration Sponsorship: Yes

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time