Cyber Security Architect

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 the one before. These aren’t easy goals to accomplish – but we’re not here for easy. We’re here for better. 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.

You will provide guidance and technical support to clients deploying our security integrations. You’ll act as the technical partner, providing strategic guidance around complex systems to secure a digital environment. Interacting directly with the client, you’ll partner closely with client personnel to guide and suggest integrations to better serve their success.

Your thorough understanding of our product integrations contributes to the development of new principles and concepts – providing detailed analysis around what’s working, what’s not, and what could be better.

You enjoy implementation work, are proactive about resolving potential concerns, and operate well around strict best practices that enable our clients on their road to a more secure digital world. You’re creative, innovative, and you love a challenge – learning how integrations might work better around new products and technologies.

Your Impact

• Work full-time with to support the customer in a hybrid setting
• Communicate with the customer(s), sales teams, peers, engineering and support teams as appropriate
• Understand the customer environment, requirements, and security roadmap to implement the appropriate security solution
• Configure, implement, and maintain Security Operating Platform
• Optimize and migrate policies and objects from the existing environment to Prisma Cloud
• Test and validate the migration environment
• Coordinate and execute cutover to production
• Provide guidance on code upgrades
• Facilitate the development of new application and threat signatures
• Interact with our Technical Assistance Center (TAC) to understand and diagnose support cases
• Some travel may be required, dependent on customer request

Qualifications

• Solutions Architect experience (Dev Ops Engineering background)
• Must be very comfortable with presenting to Leadership and the customer and possess strong consulting skills
• Knowledge of Azure and GCP
• Python Scripting (beginner experience at minimum) in addition to RQL preferably scripting in Prisma Cloud (Formerly known as Redlock/Twistlock)
• Must have mid to advanced experience in Docker and Kubernetes
• BS in Computer Science, MIS, business, or equivalent education/training/experience
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience leading security solutions in large environments)
• You effectively handle multiple projects and work calmly in high pressure
• You’re an excellent writer, with strong verbal communication skills, with demonstrable ability to communicate to senior leaders and technical peers
• Previous experience using and/or managing Prisma Cloud is highly preferred