Senior Technical Support Engineer, SASE - NAM

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.

Who We Are

We take our mission of protecting the digital way of life seriously. We are relentless in protecting our customers and we believe that the unique ideas of every member of our team contributes to our collective success. Our values were crowdsourced by employees and are brought to life through each of us everyday - from disruptive innovation and collaboration, to execution. From showing up for each other with integrity to creating an environment where we all feel included.

As a member of our team, you will be shaping the future of cybersecurity. We work fast, value ongoing learning, and we respect each employee as a unique individual. Knowing we all have different needs, our development and personal wellbeing programs are designed to give you choice in how you are supported. This includes our FLEXBenefits wellbeing spending account with over 1,000 eligible items selected by employees, our mental and financial health resources, and our personalized learning opportunities - just to name a few!

At Palo Alto Networks, we believe in the power of collaboration and value in-person interactions. This is why our employees generally work full time from our office with flexibility offered where needed. This setup fosters casual conversations, problem-solving, and trusted relationships. Our goal is to create an environment where we all win with precision.

Job Description

Your Career

You will work firsthand with our valued customers to address their complex post-sales concerns where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of many factors. You’re a critical thinker in understanding the methods, techniques, and evaluation criteria for obtaining results. You’ll enjoy networking with key contacts outside your own area of expertise, with a strong capability of detailing difficult technical issues to both non-technical and technical professionals.

You will regularly participate in technical discussions with multi-functional teams, creating an environment of transparency that ultimately leads to better products, better working environments, and better cybersecurity. Your quick thinking and support to our clients provides the fast assistance they need to keep their environments secure – which means you’ll need to move quickly, thoughtfully, and provide technical assistance as needed (often, in high pressure situations).

Your Impact

Provide Technical Support to customers and partners

Provide configurations, troubleshooting and best practices to customers

Manage support cases to ensure issues are recorded, tracked, resolved, and follow-ups are completed in a timely manner

Provide fault isolation and root cause analysis for technical issues

Publish Technical Support Bulletins and other technical documentation in the Knowledge Base

Review of technical documentation for training materials, technical marketing collateral, manuals, troubleshooting guides, etc

Travel to customer sites in the event of a critical situation to expedite resolution as required

Provide on-call support 24×7 on an as-needed basis

Qualifications

Your Experience

Previous experience in a Technical Support environment is required

Excellent written and verbal communication skills - Fluent in Japanese and Business level in English

Expertise with Network Protocols and Technologies, such as TCP / IP, DNS, IP routing, HTTP / HTTPS, Remote Access VPN solutions, IPSEC, PKI & SSL, Authentication Protocols (LDAP, RADIUS, etc.)

Strong ability to independently debug broad, complex, and unique networks with mixed media and protocols required

Ability to work well in a diverse team environment

Attention to details, fast learner and excellent communication skills - Be able to communicate technical information in a simplified, easy to understand manner

Demonstrate ability to work in a cross functional environment which involves coordination with different teams such as Sales / Pre Sales / Product Management / Engineering

Preferred

Experience working with Firewall Central Management Systems

Experience working with a multi-factor authentication security system (tokens, certificates, CAC cards, and similar)

Virtualization experience (AWS, Azure, VMWare, OpenStack)

Experience with Windows and MAC OS is a plus (Debugging, Editing Registries, Plist, etc.)

Experience with Cisco, Checkpoint, Juniper (Netscreen), and Fortinet products a plus

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 providing support to 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.

We are a fast-growing, immensely successful organization because of our people and products (built and supported by our people). We work the frontlines against cyberthreats and attacks, protecting everyday transactions in the digital environment. It means we are good at scaling quickly to new threats, get fulfillment from resolving new problems, and think about things just plain differently.

Our Commitment

We’re problem solvers that 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 accommodations@paloaltonetworks.com.

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.