Job Description

Your Career We are looking for new candidates to join our Systems Engineering Academy. This would be for positions based in Bangalore, Delhi, and Mumbai starting in January 2024. As an Associate Systems Engineer you will join a cohort of recent technical college graduates for an intense immersion into cybersecurity, Palo Alto Networks technologies, automation, and on-the-job learning. This program includes up to 12 months of formal technical instruction with hands-on lab work, both group and individual projects, technical study, and professional skills development. As you advance through the program you will be placed for up to 6 months with various Systems Engineering (SE) teams to learn how to support customers in the presales process. While ramping up on the Academy development track, you will work alongside other SE teams to learn and support the other critical work with customers within the presales process. As part of your development, you will work as a technical advisor in tandem with our sales and channel partners on customer engagements, establishing relationships with customers with the goal of helping them ensure each day is more secure than the one before. Upon completion of the program, you will have gained proven technical and professional skills, shown qualification across multiple certifications, and rotations with senior SEs. With this experience, our intent is to place you into a field SE position or positions within other departments at Palo Alto Networks based on business needs. Regardless of the opportunities that may be available at the end of the program, our focus will be for you to work with best-in-class cybersecurity experts to develop a deep technical understanding of cybersecurity products, integrations, and the critical cyber threats facing our potential customer\'s environments. We expect office-based employees to be in the office four days per week, with one day working from where they choose. We believe being together facilitates casual conversations and those magic moments where we can work on issues and ideas informally. These moments build capability and deepen trusted relationships and allow our people to feel safe in taking risks and being disruptive. Like so many companies, we are working through the details and things could change . but in general if a role is deemed office-based we want our teams to be together four days per week. Your Impact Learn the technical aspects and business value of Palo Alto Networks products Develop the skills necessary to propose cybersecurity solutions comprised of Palo Alto Networks products Establish yourself as a trusted team member to SE leadership and colleagues while contributing to sales wins throughout the program Architect and propose solutions that address the identified cybersecurity problems in each customer\'s unique environment Develop presentation skills and understanding of business and technical delivery methods Ensure ongoing customer happiness, support, and adoption of cybersecurity solutions Understand and effectively differentiate against our top competitors Identify and document specific problems with prospective and current customers which can be solved through the deployment of integrated solutions Act as the customer advocate for any issues that require technical assistance and follow up with the customer until the issue is resolved Continuous self-improvement and learning to maintain technical leadership of applicable technologies (data center, SDN, public cloud, security, networking, etc.) Your Experience Postgraduate or recent graduate preferably in MBA, MTech/MEng, or MCA with up to 3 years of professional work experience Prior work experience in cybersecurity or networking preferred Possess a technical Bachelor\'s degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Engineering, IT Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Information Technology, or a related program or equivalent technical experience required Proficiency in scripting or coding with Python, JavaScript, REST or XML General understanding of Cyber Security Fundamentals, Networking Fundamentals of wide-area networks (WAN), local area networks (LAN), virtual networks, or Public Cloud networks such as Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and/or Google Cloud Platform Demonstrates ability to understand and effectively present complex technical concepts to technical and non-technical audiences Strong analytical skills to evaluate complex problems and a systematic approach to create solutions Self-motivated and able to work in situations with changing or conflicting priorities Strong passion towards Cybersecurity and acts as an evangelist or advocate in this space Demonstrates a desire to learn modern network threats and malware, network forensics, automation tools and technologies, endpoint security technologies Available to start work in January 2024 The Team Being part of the SE Academy means you will be part of our broader Systems Engineering (SE) team, and you\'ll support the sales team with technical expertise and establish trust with key clients. 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.

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