Security Solutions Expert

Solutions Consultant Job Description

As a Solutions Consultant, you will play a key role in defining technical solutions that secure your organization's key business imperatives and ensure value realization of their investment with Palo Alto Networks.

You will provide technical leadership and expertise to customers on their security transformation journey, evangelizing industry leadership in on-prem, cloud, and security operations services that establish PANW as the customer's cybersecurity partner of choice.

Your Responsibilities:

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• Meet and exceed sales quotas by building and implementing strategic, technical account plans that target cross-platform solutions.">
• Position, demonstrate, and create high-level designs across the entire PANW portfolio based on customer business needs.">
• Conduct discovery to understand and articulate the key technical, operational, and commercial imperatives of prospects and customers.">
• Work closely with Professional Services, Customer Success, and Specialist teams to ensure overall customer implementation and adoption of solutions.">
• Demonstrate strong communication skills and the ability to influence through effective presentations and customer-specific demos, technical engagements, and workshops.">
• Lead successful technical validation efforts based on best practices to ensure technical win in assigned opportunities.">
• Orchestrate supporting resources (Specialists, Channel Resources, Customer Support) to ensure a one-team approach that demonstrates a cohesive strategy.">
• Promote end-to-end solutions that include PANW and/or partner professional services to ensure customers realize business value sooner.">
• Understand the competitive landscape and effectively differentiate our leadership.">
• Continuously invest 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.">

Your Qualifications:

To be successful in this role, you will need:

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• An understanding of data networking and/or modern application design and cloud architectures.">
• A proven track record of delivering cybersecurity solutions that solve technical challenges and influence new business initiatives.">
• The ability to influence and gain buy-in from key stakeholders, either in a customer-facing or internal role; prior experience in a pre-sales role is ideal.">
• Strong technical presentation, workshop, and technical validation engagement skills.">
• Experience in selling, designing, implementing, or managing one or more of the following solutions: Network Security, SASE, SaaS, CNAPP, and/or SOC Transformation Technologies.">
• The ability to partner with Customer Support functions to ensure successful implementation and adoption of sold solutions.">
• Complex sales involving long sales processes with multiple buying centers and multi-product solutions are preferred.">
• Proficiency in English.">

Benefits:

Our Solutions Consultant team members work hand-in-hand with large organizations around the world to keep their digital environments protected. We educate, inspire, and empower our potential clients in their journey to transform their security architectures.

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.

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