Extended Expertise Consultant

The Professional Services Consultant is an integral part of our mission within our
Professional Services team. As a Consultant, you will provide onsite and/or
remote deployment and configuration expertise relating to Palo Alto Networks
solutions. You will function as the product's Subject Matter Expert and will
interact directly with the customer's personnel and project teams providing
leadership, technical direction, interpretation, and alternatives to our best
practice deployment methodology. This is a highly technical, hands-on role and
you will develop and maintain expertise level skill sets on our products and
solutions deployed within the customer's environment. As a Professional Services Consultant, youll get into the details of our platform.
You will push the buttons, flip the levers, turn the knobs. You do not shy away
from difficult challenges as it relates to cybersecurity, implementations, and
integrations. You are the technical authority and will interact directly with our
customers to help them secure their digital environments. The customers are
counting on you to perform this work and train their staff. And while experience
on the companys platform is desired, even more important is having a solid
foundation in networking and security technologies. In fact, extensive experience with a competitors technology can play to your
advantage. Many of the opportunities involve a client migrating to our platform
for the first time, so understanding the nuances of that technology will enable
you to be a better Networks consultant. And don't worry, we will send
you to our Professional Services Academy to prepare you for the role, so you are
experienced with our suite of services and products before you first meet the
customer. Your Impact
? Migrate customers from legacy firewall technologies to Palo Alto Networks
platforms
? Build custom security policies and application signatures, configured for
our clients needs
? Take every opportunity to maintain proficiency and increase the level of
knowledge on Palo Alto Networks SASE products, software, and services
? Provide after hours and weekend on-call support as needed to support
maintenance activities
? Analyze logs and events from the solution to perform initial
troubleshooting and issue identification
? Work with our Technical Assistance Center to troubleshoot and diagnose
support cases
? Maintain the Company's solution and provide mentorship on code
upgrades and best practices
? Ensure client needs are met and deliverables produced on time according
to specified project deliverables and scope Qualifications:
Must Have:
? Experience with Prisma Access
? Engineer (4 years experience) in professional services or similar function
with BS/MS in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer
Engineering or a related technical field, or equivalent background
? Detailed technical experience in the installation, configuration, and
operation of high-end firewall appliances
? Strong understanding of LAN and WAN networking protocols and
technologies, including switching, routing, firewalls and security solutions
? Strong TCP/IP networking skills
? Strong dynamic routing skills (BGP, OSPF, etc)
? Experience working with Remote Access VPN solutions, IPSEC, PKI & SSL,
TCP/IP, Authentication Protocols (LDAP, RADIUS, SAML, etc.)
? Experience working with URL filtering
? Experience working with Proxy and SSL Decryption
? Experience working with Windows and MAC OS including(debugging,
editing Windows Registries, Plist, etc.)
? Experience with one or more of these vendors: Palo Alto Networks NGFW,
Cisco, Checkpoint, Juniper (Netscreen), Fortinet products, Symantec/ Blue
Coat, Zscaler
? Good troubleshooting skills and ability to use tools like tcpdump &
Wireshark
? Good written and verbal communication skills with confirmed ability to
communicate to senior leaders and technical peers
? Demonstrate ability to work in a cross functional environment which
involves coordination with different teams such as Sales/Pre
Sales/Product Management/Engineering.
? Attention to details, fast learner and excellent communication skills. Be
able to communicate technical information in a simplified, easy to
understand manner.
? Project leadership experience; ability to drive organizations and resources
to complete required tasks in service of end goals
? Possess one of more of the following industry certifications: PCNSE,
CCNA/CCNP/CCIE
? Application Delivery expertise L7 SLB / Global SLB / Traditional Link LB
? Application Performance Monitoring expertise Response time metrics,
Application identification.
? Packet capture analysis / fault isolation and remediation
? In-depth knowledge and deployment experience of SD-WAN and Remote
Access technologies.
? Network Security expertise (IPS/IDS, ZBFW, NGFW)
? In-depth IP Routing protocol expertise (BGP, OSPF, EIGRP)
? Implementation of Legacy WAN solutions (MPLS, Leased Line, Frame
Relay, Satellite, Internet VPN, ECMP, DMVPN)
? Global-scale network design
? Demonstrable Virtualization experience (VMware/Microsoft/Citrix/Linux
KVM)
? Desire to learn on your feet and thrive on the bleeding edge of networking.

Salary : $65 - $75