Palo Alto Networks - Plano, TX

posted 3 months ago

Full-time - Mid Level
Plano, TX
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

As a Sr. Technical Support Engineer at Palo Alto Networks, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring the success of our customers by addressing their complex post-sales concerns. This position requires a deep understanding of cybersecurity and network security, as you will be tasked with analyzing situations and data to provide tailored solutions. You will act as a designated customer advocate under our Focused Services initiative, offering personalized support that includes weekly reviews, root cause analysis for critical issues, and upgrade planning. Your ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders will be crucial in fostering trust and credibility with our clients. In this role, you will be responsible for providing advanced-level technical assistance to our top-tier customers, ensuring prompt resolution of complex issues. You will take ownership of support cases from initiation to resolution, meticulously documenting all troubleshooting steps and ensuring timely updates. Your expertise will be essential in managing critical customer support cases, particularly in multi-vendor environments, and you will work closely with various teams, including Account, Sales, and Marketing, to enhance the overall customer experience. You will also be expected to identify product defects and collaborate with engineering and quality assurance teams to improve software and hardware quality. Additionally, you will facilitate the hiring and onboarding process for new technical support staff, ensuring they are well-equipped with the necessary skills and knowledge. Your contributions will extend to authoring technical documentation and support bulletins, which will serve as valuable resources for both internal teams and customers. This position may require travel to customer sites in critical situations to expedite resolutions, emphasizing the importance of your role in maintaining customer satisfaction and security.

Responsibilities

  • Offer advanced-level technical assistance to top-tier customers, ensuring prompt resolution of complex issues and providing tailored solutions to optimize their security infrastructure.
  • Effectively communicate technical solutions to technical and executive stakeholders, fostering trust and credibility at the highest levels of customers' organizations.
  • Provide tailored troubleshooting, configuration guidance, and best practices.
  • Take ownership of support cases from initiation to resolution, ensuring meticulous documentation of all troubleshooting steps, timely updates, and comprehensive closure summaries in the ticketing system.
  • Effectively manage critical and challenging customer support cases for multi-vendor troubleshooting on complex customer engagements and build positive external customer experience by working closely with Account, Sales, and Marketing teams.
  • Utilize fault isolation and root cause analysis skills to provide post-sales technical support, configuration, troubleshooting, and standard methodologies to customers.
  • Be the subject matter expert on core technologies of Palo Alto Networks product line.
  • Identify product defects (code, environment) via lab replication using network simulation, lab automation, performance testing, and validation tools.
  • File bug reports with the engineering team and develop test plans and best practices with Quality Assurance teams to improve overall software and hardware quality per release cycle.
  • Facilitate the hiring and onboarding process with technical screens, train new hires on technical and soft skills, and enable process and tools knowledge for readiness.
  • Author Technical Support Bulletins and technical documentation in the Knowledge Base for training materials, marketing collateral, manuals, and problem-solving guides.
  • Travel to customer sites in the event of a critical situation to expedite resolution as required.

Requirements

  • Bilingual in Spanish and English with strong written and verbal communication skills.
  • Minimum of 5 years of network security experience.
  • Expertise in TCP/IP and advanced knowledge of LAN/WAN technologies, expertise with general routing/switching, Routing protocols (e.g BGP, OSPF, EIGRP), branch, and center architectures.
  • Advanced understanding of packet flow across multiple OSI layers.
  • Extensive experience with troubleshooting Remote Access VPN solutions including IPSEC, PKI & SSL technologies.
  • Ability to independently debug broad, complex, and unique networks with mixed media and protocols required.
  • In-depth knowledge of networking operations - TCP and UDP, SNMP, IPv6, VLSM, CIDR, and NAT - Static, Dynamic, and PAT.
  • Proficiency with network troubleshooting tools - Wireshark, GNS3.
  • Strong grasp of authentication protocols - LDAP, TACACS+, Radius.
  • Skilled in engaging executive-level stakeholders with clear technical communication.
  • Proven track record of effectively communicating technical concepts to diverse audiences.
  • Consistently maintains rigorous case management practices, ensuring thorough documentation and timely updates.

Nice-to-haves

  • Virtualization experience (AWS, Azure, VMWare, OpenStack).
  • Experience with Windows, MAC OS, and Linux (Debugging, Editing Registries, Plist etc.).
  • Experience with Python or Shell scripting a plus.
  • 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.
  • BS in computer science, information technology, computer architecture, electrical engineering, mathematics or related experience or equivalent military experience required.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • Willingness to work outside of normal business hours (As business needs dictate).

Benefits

  • Health insurance coverage
  • Dental insurance coverage
  • Vision insurance coverage
  • 401k benefit for retirement savings plan
  • 401(k) matching benefit
  • Paid holidays
  • Paid time off
  • Flexible scheduling options
  • Professional development opportunities
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • Employee stock purchase plan
  • Life insurance coverage
  • Disability insurance coverage
  • Mental health days
  • Wellness programs
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