Palo Alto Networks Hiring for Senior Technical Support Engineer (Prisma Access) at Bangalore, India Full Time

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 flexibility 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 personalization and 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!

At Palo Alto Networks, we believe in the power of collaboration and value in-person interactions. This is why our employees generally work from the office three days per week, leaving two days for choice and flexibility to work where you feel most effective. This setup fosters casual conversations, problem-solving, and trusted relationships. While details may evolve, our goal is to create an environment where innovation thrives, with office-based teams coming together three days a week to collaborate and thrive, together!

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 Tier-3 Technical Support to customers and partners across JAPAC

• 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

Minimum Qualifications (Must Have)

• Minimum 5 years of experience in a Technical Support environment

• 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.

• Flexibility to work shifts including afternoons, evenings, weekends, and public holidays.

Preferred Qualifications (Nice to Have)

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Attention to detail, 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

• Virtualization experience (AWS, Azure, VMWare, OpenStack)

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

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

• Experience working with Firewall Central Management Systems

• Experience with Windows and MAC OS (Debugging, Editing Registries, Plist, etc.)

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.

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 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.

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