Solutions Engineer, Enterprise Accounts - Central

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Who We Are

In order to be the cybersecurity partner of choice, we must trailblaze the path and shape the future of our industry. This is something our employees work at each day and is defined by our values: Disruption, Collaboration, Execution, Integrity, and Inclusion. We weave AI into the fabric of everything we do and use it to augment the impact every individual can have. If you are passionate about solving real-world problems and ideating beside the best and the brightest, we invite you to join us!

Job Summary

Responsibilities: 

• Act as technical pre-sales support on Idira’s Identity Security solutions, delivering technical guidance and business-value demonstrations to Enterprise customers and partners.

• Proactively seek out new sales opportunities by developing new and existing technical relationships within prospective accounts, partners, and current active customers.
• Lead Proof of Concept (POC) evaluations to showcase Idira’s security solutions to Enterprise customers and prospects.
• Support RFP/RFI responses, ensuring Idira’s solutions meet enterprise requirements.
• Foster long-term relationships with technical teams and executives to ensure customer success with Idira solutions.
• Support and enable Idira’s partner network, ensuring they can effectively communicate the value of Idira to their Enterprise clients.
• Represent Idira by engaging in public speaking, webinars, or trade shows to educate and influence customers and partners.
• Serve as the customer advocate, relaying key requirements to internal teams.
• Actively engage and contribute to the internal teams, serving as a resource and mentor to others when appropriate.
• Convey customer requirements to Product Management teams  

 Qualifications: 

·        Education: MIS, Computer Science degree, or equivalent experience. 

·        Experience: 3-5 years in pre-sales, ideally in identity or security, or equivalent technical experience. 

·        Technical Expertise: 

o   Hands-on administration of AWS, Azure, or GCP (IaaS/PaaS). 

o   Practical experience in Windows Server, Active Directory, LDAP, and federation services. 

o   Understanding of authentication, authorization, federation, SSO, MFA, RBAC, and JIT/ZSP models. 

o   Familiarity with Terraform, CloudFormation, or ARM templates. 

o   Exposure to endpoint management and least privilege tools. 

o   Proficiency in UNIX/Linux, database security, network security, scripting, and DevOps practices. 

·        Integration Skills: Proven ability to integrate third-party solutions seamlessly within complex enterprise environments. 

·        Automation: Experience scripting for automation of repetitive tasks or demo workflows. 

·        Idira (preferred): Prior experience with Idira solutions. 

·        Certifications (one or more): CISSP, CCSP, CEH, Security +, AWS Security, Google Cloud Security, Azure Security. 

·        Soft Skills: 

o   Strong presentation skills; ability to deliver high-quality demos to technical and executive audiences. 

o   Excellent communication and interpersonal skills; adept at building relationships across multiple levels. 

o   Excellent leadership and consensus-building skills. 

·        Travel: Ability to travel up to 50% for client meetings and industry events. 

Idira is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected Veteran status. 

Palo Alto Networks may, if required by applicable law, implement a mandatory vaccination policy as a condition of employment, subject to reasonable accommodation where required by law.

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Qualifications

Compensation Disclosure

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/com-missioned roles) is expected to be the annual range listed below. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found here.

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.

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