Indian GSI Systems Engineer

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 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!

Job Description

As a Palo Alto Networks GSI Systems Engineer for the Americas, you will be responsible for helping to drive go-to-market (GTM) development and outcomes with Palo Alto Networks’ most strategic and impactful GSI partners. 

As a member of our Palo Alto Networks GSI team, our SE will develop a localized technical partner plan that sets the table for how we will interlock our global and regional partner plan priorities and partner enablement objectives.  You will align with the Palo Alto Network GSI Channel Business Managers as well as Core SE and Account Sales teams to drive partner awareness and enablement around joint solution offerings, sales plays and GTM campaigns and providing support and access to deep technical training and enablement programs. This role will work closely with the Partner Practice Leads to determine the best approach to positioning our security offerings within their projects and client discussions. 

This role will encompass a wide range of activities including, establishing technical relationships, building partner awareness, preference and competency for Palo Alto Networks across technical partner personas.  In this role, you will help drive Palo Alto Networks Next Generation security platforms & technology solutions adoption, deliver ad-hoc training, replicate best practices and demonstrate Palo Alto Networks products to partner technical personas and augment technical account team leads as and when it will help us establish a beach-head win for the Alliance. In this role, you will deliver and promote enablement pathways to the partner that will ultimately enable them to establish Palo Alto Networks product, sales and implementation competencies. You will also be expected to coordinate within the regional Channel SE organization, our Partner Program and Enablement Teams to resource specific regional partner meetings or activities, where local resources are required.

The ideal candidate will have prior experience of working across security domains, including network infrastructure, end point and cloud, within a large, strategic partner community.

Qualifications

Your Experience

• BS CS or equivalent and 8+ years of experience as an SE, Channel SE or solutions architecture

• Experience selling, demonstrating, installing and troubleshooting network infrastructure security products

• Self-motivated, able to work alone and maintain focus but also work as part of a team

• Strong communication (written and verbal) and presentation skills, both internally and externally

• Strong problem-solving skills, ability to analyze complex problems and use a systematic approach to gain quick resolution, often under time demands

• Ability to understand business outcomes and lead technical discussions

• Superb organizational skills

• "Whatever it takes" attitude and motivation

• Experience of service based offering development, potentially as part of a large Systems Integrator, Managed Service partner or Consulting firm

• Experience working with Channel partners and understanding of a channel centric go to market approach

• Experience from companies in the enterprise networking security industry

Additional Information

The Team 

Our Palo Alto Networks Systems Integrator GTM Partner team is a  group of hand-selected individuals that are focused on driving our technical relationship across GSIs. This focused and experienced team works directly with the GSIs, as well as internally and externally key stakeholders and constituents to operationalize and achieve our desired business plan outcomes.  This role will be critical to ensuring we execute on time and on plan.

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.

The compensation offered for this position will depend on qualifications, experience, and work location. For candidates who receive an offer at the posted level, the starting base salary (for non-sales roles) or base salary + commission target (for sales/commissioned roles) is expected to be between $194,000/yr to $264,000/yr. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found here.