Job Description
Your Career
Elevate your career as a Principal Solutions Architect at Palo Alto Networks. Dive into a role where you'll redefine sales productivity, shape the narrative of cybersecurity, and be the trusted advisor our clients seek by name. Join us in a senior technical customer-facing position to drive meaningful change in the world of security solutions.
The Principal Solutions Architect is responsible for partnering with Worldwide Sales and Sales Engineering leadership, Product Management, and Palo Alto’s strategic customers, prospects and partners. The Principal Architect develops a technical strategy that drives customer value and demonstrates how Palo Alto Networks solutions address the customers business requirements.
The Principal Solutions Architect is a network security expert, a leader, is able to navigate complex customer organizations, communicates to influence, puts themselves in the seat of the customer to see the problem through their eyes, and develops solutions that are easy to understand and consume.
The Principal Architect delivers architectural workshops and industry point of view presentations that emphasize Palo Alto Networks unique ability to strengthen customer, prospects, and partners business operations and demonstrate how the Palo Alto Networks platform enables a more effective, agile, and effective cyber security program.
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Additional Information
The Team
The Worldwide Shared Services team is dedicated to empowering Palo Alto Networks’ go-to-market teams through innovative solutions and strategic guidance to drive superior outcomes. We strive to equip our teams with the expertise and resources needed to make a meaningful and lasting impact with the customers we serve while achieving sales excellence. We are committed to fostering an environment where our team members can thrive, creating a culture of collaboration and knowledge sharing to drive collective growth and success.
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/commissioned roles) is expected to be between $239000 - $278500/YR. 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 problem solvers that 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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