Systems Engineering Specialist, Cortex

**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** Your Career**

As a Palo Alto Networks Specialist Cortex Systems Engineer, a Next-Gen AI-powered security operations platform, you will be the expert for the broader Cortex portfolio within our offerings.

Your portfolio includes Cortex XSIAM (Extended Security Intelligence and Automation Management), Cortex XDR (Extended Detection and Response platform across endpoints, network and cloud), Cortex XSOAR (Security Orchestration, Automation, Response & Threat Intel Management), and Cortex Xpanse (Attack Surface Management).

The Cortex Specialist Systems Engineer is the interface between business and technology. Working closely both internally - with product and engineering to share feedback from the field, and externally - with our prospects and customers to understand their business needs and to design technical solutions that take the best advantage of the Cortex platform. With your colleagues, you will displace competing technologies and build market share - most importantly, help your client sleep at night as our product integrates to build secure digital transactions.

**Your Impact**
- Drive complex deals in the pre-sale stage, alongside sales engineers and sales reps
- Present to customers as our expert at all levels in the customer hierarchy from technician to manager
- Support the technical field sales engineer on POCs (proof of concept) - assist with the pre-sales process by answering technical questions, conducting POC evaluations, and working with engineering to bridge any gaps
- Work closely with product and engineering to debug and correct challenges encountered during POCs
- Training of the field sales engineers to present new features, product roadmap, new improvements, and sprint summary
- Create new demo scenarios and use cases
- Discuss complex platform architectures to prospects
- Respond effectively to RFIs/RFPs while serving as the main technical point of contact

**Qualifications** Your Experience**
- Deep experience with security incident response (IR), both IR tools and IR workflow process, in a Security Operations Center (SOC)
- Strong technical hands-on experience (3-7 years) with SIEM/EDR/XDR
- Industry recognized certification with one or more solutions like Splunk, Microsoft Sentinel, Google Chronicle
- Industry recognised certification with one or more operating systems (Unix/Linux/Windows)
- Industry recognized certification in one or more scripting languages such as Python/JavaScript/PowerShell
- Industry recognized certification in one or more cloud technologies from AWS, Google and Microsoft
- Strong practical experiences with threat hunting, malware, exploits and being able to demonstrate simulation of cyber attacks. Certified ethical hacker certification is an advantage
- Experience installing, configuring and integrating a complex Security environment
- Strong problem finding and solving skills, ability to analyze complex multivariate problems and use a systematic approach to gain quick resolution
- 3+ years of experience in a customer facing role, preferably in the Systems/Sales Engineering capacity
- Strong English language skills, both oral and written - Ability to confidently present with impact to an audience in person and remotely
- A team player - ability to share knowledge openly, interact with integrity, embrace diversity
- A Self-Starter, self-motivated and a quick learner with the ability to embrace change - the Cortex portfolio is always evolving and as a technical Specialist your expertise must be at the leading edge

**Additional Information** 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.

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 engineering team,