Systems Engineer - Public Sector

Palo Alto Networks ,
London, Greater London
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**Our Mission** At Palo Alto Networks everything starts and ends with our mission: protecting our way of life in the digital age by preventing successful cyberattacks. It's not a small goal. It isn't simple either, but we aren't in this for the easy answer. As a company with a foundation in challenging the way things are done, we're looking for innovators with a dedication to best. In return, your career will have a tangible impact - one that's working toward technology that affects every level of society. Our mission doesn't happen by treading softly - no, it happens by defining an industry. It means building products that haven't been thought of. It means selling products with a solutions mindset. It means supporting the infrastructure of a company that moves at an incredible speed - intentionally - to stay ahead of the world's next cyberthreat. **Your Career** You will work with your sales partner to establish relationships with customers with the goal of helping them detect and prevent advanced cyberattacks and breaches by advising them on what applications to deploy from the Palo Alto Networks platform. Our systems engineers have a deep technical understanding of cybersecurity products, integrations, and the critical cyberthreats facing our potential customer's environments. We need these technical experts to work with our sales teams, providing training and technical support. You build trust with our clients and teams, establishing strong rapport as a trusted advisor, and build an environment where our clients feel (and are) secure. Additionally, you'll be called upon to offer feedback to our product management team on new feature requests and product improvements based on what you learn from your customer base. **Your Impact** + Establish yourself as a trusted advisor to prospects and customers working with your Account Manager and the local partners within your territory + Identify and document specific problems with prospective and current customers which can be solved through the deployment of integrated solutions + Architect and propose validated solutions which address the identified cybersecurity problems in each unique environment + Ensure ongoing customer happiness, support, and adoption + Continuous self-improvement and learning to maintain technical leadership of applicable technologies (data center, SDN, public cloud, security, networking, etc.) + Understand and effectively differentiate against our top competitors + Act as the customer advocate for any issues that require technical assistance and follow up with the customer until the issue is resolved **Your Experience** + BSCS or equivalent and 8+ years of experience as an Systems/ Sales Engineer. + Demonstrable experience with systems installation, configuration and administration of routers/switches, UNIX/Linux and Windows-based systems (prior Active Directory/LDAP experience desirable) + Experience that emphasizes L2-L4 Networking (L2 Switching architectures including Spanning Tree, IP routing including OSPF and BGP ,L4 Load balancing ) + Experience selling, demonstrating, installing and problem solving network infrastructure security products + SC/DV Clearance + Good communication (written and verbal) and presentation skills, both internally and externally + Ability to analyze complex multivariate problems and use a systematic approach to gain quick resolution, often under duress + Ambitious attitude and motivation to assist in closing a deal in a timely manner + Experience working with Channel partners and understanding of a channel centric go to market approach + Experience from companies in the enterprise networking security space **The Team** Palo Alto Networks has brought technology to market that is reshaping the cybersecurity threat and protection landscape. Our ability to protect digital transactions is limited only by our ability to establish relationships with our potential customers and help them understand how our products can protect their environments. This is where our systems engineer (SE) teams come in. Our SE team members work hand-in-hand with large organizations to keep their digital information safe. Our passionate systems engineering teams educate, inspire, and empower our potential clients. As part of our SE team, you help support the sales team with technical expertise and guidance when establishing trust with key clients. You won't find someone at Palo Alto Networks that isn't committed to your success - with everyone pitching in to assist when it comes to solutions selling, learning, and development. As a member of our systems engineer team, you are driven by a solutions-focused sales environment and find fulfillment in working with clients to resolve incredible complex cyberthreats. **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. To learn more about our dedicat

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