Palo Alto Networks · 13 hours ago
Senior Technical Marketing Engineer (AIOPs and NextGen Firewalls)
Santa Clara, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
3+ years expPalo Alto Networks is dedicated to being the cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting our digital way of life. As a Senior Technical Marketing Engineer, you will provide detailed technical information and support product management by performing competitive analysis and developing technical marketing strategies.
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Responsibilities
Develop, constantly refine, and execute the technical marketing plan
Be responsible for the creation, maintenance, and delivery of effective technical tools, whitepapers, demos, videos and technical training for sales, customers, and partners
Lead the automation within and across the cross-functional teams and strive to achieve technical and operational excellence in every step of the releases
Lead the competitive research and testing to identify key competitive advantages of our product lines and deliver them to sales, customers, and partners
Be a key technical evangelist for Palo Alto Networks, speaking at seminars, conferences, customer briefings, and with other groups within the company
Work with engineering in identifying product gaps based on competitive analysis and work with the PM to drive enhancements to bridge them
Be the domain authority on Palo Alto Networks products to help Systems Engineers with information on competitive questions
Identify Sales challenges based on any competitive situations and provide solutions
Document technical concepts to ensure our products are well understood and utilized to the greatest extent possible
Setup and maintain a competitive test lab including test harness, competitive products, automation environment, etc
Configure and test competitive products, evaluate product strengths for security efficacy, product features, etc
Work with marketing to develop collaterals with battle cards, presentations, and white papers
Qualification
Required
3+ years of experience as a Technical Marketing Engineer for network/cybersecurity area or a DevOps/Solution Architect, preferably for networking or security products
Experience and Good domain knowledge with cloud-based deployments (AWS/Azure/GCP at least one of the public cloud experience preferred)
Good understanding of KVM, VMware, and other Virtualization technologies and Container security
Experience with scripting languages such as python, CFT, and Terraform is highly desired
Experience to setup lab environment
Knowledge in building and maintaining POC & Demo environments
Excellent written and verbal communication skills with strong presentation skills and trade show experience
Eagerness to learn new technologies, experiment with products and collaborate cross-functionally
Strong customer advocacy skills and experience, ability to work in difficult customer situations
Work towards getting things done, Fast learner with strong initiative and sense of ownership
Experience using vulnerability scanning tools, crafting attacks with tools like Metasploit, Burpsuite, etc
Deep understanding of network and application security threats, attack techniques, and mitigation options
Experience in automation tools, building dashboards, etc
Thorough understanding of general networking and configuring routers, switches, etc
Experience with writing and editing technical documentation and operational procedures
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Benefits
Restricted stock units
Bonus
Company
Palo Alto Networks
Palo Alto Networks is a cybersecurity company that offers cybersecurity solutions for organizations.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$65MKey Investors
Icon VenturesLehman HoldingsGlobespan Capital Partners
2012-07-20IPO
2008-11-03Series C· $10M
2008-08-18Series C· $27M
Leadership Team
Helmut Reisinger
CEO EMEA
Nikesh Arora
Chairman CEO
Recent News
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