Sr Technical Support Engineer (Cortex)

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.

Our vision is a world where each day is safer and more secure than the one before. We are a company built on the foundation of challenging and disrupting the way things are done, and we’re looking for innovators who are as committed to shaping the future of cybersecurity as we are.

Our Approach to Work

We lead with personalization and choice in all of our people programs. We have disrupted the traditional view that all employees have the same needs and wants. We offer our employees the opportunity to choose what works best for them as often as possible - from your wellbeing support to your growth and development, and beyond!

Job Description

Your Career

As a Senior Technical Support Engineer, you will engage directly with our valued customers to address intricate post-sales concerns. Your role involves in-depth evaluation of multifaceted scenarios, employing critical thinking to understand methods, techniques, and evaluation criteria for obtaining results. Networking with key contacts beyond your domain of expertise will be routine, and your knack for explaining complex technical issues to both technical and non-technical professionals will be a strong asset.

You will actively contribute to technical discussions within cross-functional teams, fostering transparency that drives product improvement, enriches work environments, and enhances cybersecurity. Your prompt support for our clients ensures swift resolution to keep their environments secure. This requires you to move swiftly and thoughtfully, providing technical assistance even in high-pressure situations.

Your Impact

Offer technical support to customers and partners
Effectively manage support cases from recording to resolution, including timely follow-ups
Conduct fault isolation and root cause analysis for technical issues
Author Technical Support Bulletins and other technical documentation in the Knowledge Base
Review technical content for training, marketing, manuals, and troubleshooting guides
Travel to customer sites for critical situations, expediting resolutions as needed
Provide configurations, troubleshooting, and best practices to customers
Collaborate with the Engineering team to influence product operability
Participate in weekend on-call rotation and provide after-hours support as required
Communicate complex technical issues effectively to internal and external stakeholders

Qualifications

Your Experience

Experience working with EDR tools
Experience with strong communication and customer service skills
Required basic networking knowledge - Ability to independently debug broad, complex, and unique environments with mixed applications and protocols
4+ years of experience as a Support Engineer
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Strong customer advocacy skills and experience, ability to work in difficult customer situations
Proficiency with Windows OS, Linux OS, iOS, Android OS, and macOS applications (Installation, troubleshooting, debugging), along with deployment tools (SCCM, GPO, AD, JAMF).
Analytical troubleshooting skills in Linux, displaying problem-solving abilities
Strong proficiency in software and infrastructure troubleshooting, testing, and debugging
Independent troubleshooting ability in diverse, complex environments with mixed applications and protocols
Familiarity with Internet-based technologies, including DNS, Security, IP Routing, SSH, FTP, HTTP/HTTPS, and Email Routing
Knowledge of IP network technologies and performance monitoring/troubleshooting software tools (Datadog, Cloud Watch - advantageous)
Experience working in a collaborative, 24x7 uptime environment with on-call responsibilities
Comfortable collaborating across diverse cross-functional teams with open communication
Previous experience in a customer-facing technical support role (Support Engineer) - advantageous
Fundamental understanding of Kubernetes, GCP, and AWS for troubleshooting cloud agent deployment and data extraction
Basic scripting knowledge (JS/Python/PowerShell, SQL/XDL/SPL) to troubleshoot playbooks and extract data from various datasets (advantageous)
Knowledge of Cloud infrastructure a plus
Experience in incident response is a plus
Experience with scripting is a plus
Experience with MS Server solutions (SCCM, GPO, AD, MSSQL, IIS, Exchange) is a plus
A bachelor's degree in computer science or related discipline (advantageous) or equivalent military experience required

Additional Information

The Team

Our technical support team is critical to our success and mission. As part of this team, you enable customer success by supporting clients after they have purchased our products. Our dedication to our customers doesn’t stop once they sign – it evolves. As threats and technology change, we stay in step to accomplish our mission. You’ll be involved in implementing new products, transitioning from old products to new, and will fix integrations and critical issues as they are raised – in fact, you’ll seek them out to ensure our clients are safely supported. We fix and identify technical problems with a pointed focus of providing the best customer support in the industry.

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.

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 [email protected].

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.

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Is role eligible for Immigration Sponsorship?: No. Please note that we will not sponsor applicants for work visas for this position.