Principal Architect

Company Description

Our Mission:
At Palo Alto Networks®, everything starts and ends with our mission:
Being the cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting our digital way of life.

We have the vision of a world where each day is safer and more secure than one before. These aren’t easy goals to accomplish - but we’re not here for easy. We’re here for the better. We are a company built on the foundation of challenging and disrupting the way things are done. We’re looking for innovators who are as committed to shaping the future of cybersecurity as we are.

Disruption is at the core of our technology and our way of working to meet the needs of our employees now and in the future through FLEXWORK, our approach to how we work. We’re changing the nature of work from benefits to learning, location to leadership; we’ve rethought and recreated every aspect of the employee experience at Palo Alto Networks. And because it FLEXes around each individual employee based on their individual choices, employees are empowered to push boundaries and help us all evolve together.

**Job Description**:
Your Role:
To support our rapidly expanding business, we have an incredible opportunity to standardize GTM systems to improve delivery velocity, quality, and user and customer experience. The Principal GTM Architect is responsible for setting the Technology Strategy for the Company’s GTM IT Systems and delivering critical solutions. This role will collaborate with Business, IT Applications, Data and Analytics, and IT Infrastructure and InfoSec teams to ensure the GTM Technology strategy and implementations add value to the business.

This role will report to the Vice President of IT Enterprise Architecture.

Your impact:

- Focus on leveraging the Salesforce platform for GTM and touch points with downstream SAP ERP and other business systems
- Research and lead proof of concept to assess and build new capabilities on the Salesforce platform
- Work closely with Business process architects, IT Product managers, Business System Analysis, and delivery teams to architect technology solutions to meet business requirements.
- Define the Salesforce domain strategy, governance, and critical development process
- Partner with onsite and offshore IT teams and business teams to support and adoption of the strategy and vision
- Establish effective CICD practices to drive delivery quality and velocity
- Provide support to the project teams

**Qualifications**:

- BE/Btech degree or equivalent in computer science, mathematics, engineering, or information technology; Master’s degree a plus
- 15 years of progressive experience in Enterprise IT; 10 years experience in designing and implementing Salesforce modules like Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Salesforce CPQ, and Billing
- Experience as a Technical SME in the strategic initiates to grow the Salesforce platform
- TOGAF Certified or Equivalent. Certified Data Management Professional or Equivalent is desirable.

Additional Information

The Team

Working at a high-tech cybersecurity company within Information Technology is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. You’ll join the brightest minds in technology, creating, building, and supporting tools and enabling our global teams on the front line of defense against cyberattacks.

We’re connected by one mission but driven by the impact of that mission and what it means to protect our way of life in the digital age. Join a dynamic and fast-paced team of people who feel excited by the prospect of a challenge and feel a thrill at resolving technical gaps that inhibit productivity.

Our Commitment

We’re trailblazers that dream big, take risks, and challenge cybersecurity’s status quo. It’s simple: we can’t accomplish our mission without diverse teams innovating together.

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