Senior Security Operations Solutions Architect

Gridbridge, Inc.; Canberra; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Palo Alto Networks in Canberra is seeking a Senior Domain Consultant to lead security operations transformation across Cortex portfolio, including XDR, SOAR and Incident Response. You will define technical solutions that protect customer business imperatives and evangelize our AI‑driven security solutions, collaborating with account teams and executive stakeholders.

The role requires deep SOC/SIEM expertise, customer engagement skills, and the ability to lead PoV efforts.

Qualifications

• 6+ years experience in Security Operations or pre‑sales/sales engineering within SIEM, SOAR, SOC, and/or XDR/EDR environments.
• IBM QRadar design, deployment, and/or pre‑sales experience highly desirable.
• Experience in working with customers, demonstrating problem‑solving skills and a can‑do attitude.
• Solid understanding of Security Operations Center processes.
• Advanced knowledge of SIEM and/or SOAR solutions.
• Scripting experience is a plus - Python preferred.
• Travel requirements may be needed to support in person customer meetings.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with account teams to recommend and develop customer solutions within your assigned specialization area.
• Present to customers as our expert at all levels in the customer hierarchy, from practitioner to senior leadership.
• As the main technical point of contact for Cortex, assist and collaborate to respond effectively to RFIs/RFPs.
• Lead and support customer demonstrations that showcase our unique value proposition.
• Scope and lead Proof of Value (PoV) projects for prospective customers and partners based on best practices to ensure technical win.
• Drive high technical validation and PoV win rates within your assigned specialization area.
• Responsible for discussing and highlighting product alignment with customer requirements and differentiation.
• Architect solutions that will help our customers strengthen and simplify their security posture.
• Document High‑Level Design and Key Use Cases to ensure proper implementation and value realization of Palo Alto Networks Solutions.
• Help our customers build and develop further their services around Cortex solutions.
• Lead conversations about industry trends and emerging changes to the security landscape.
• Discuss, with credibility, competitive offers in the marketplace and position ours as the best alternative.
• Position Palo Alto Networks or Partner delivered services as appropriate to ensure proper implementation and value realization of Palo Alto Networks solutions.
• Initiate projects to improve individual team's performance.
• Implement organizational policies & help others adopt.
• Act as a conduit for customer feedback to Product Management, Technical Marketing, competitor intelligence, and R&D to create requirements and deliver product features for our customers.

Skills

Security Operations

Pre-sales Engineering

IBM QRadar

Customer Engagement

SOC Processes

SIEM/SOAR

Python Scripting

Travel Ready

Job description

Palo Alto Networks in Canberra is seeking a Senior Domain Consultant to lead security operations transformation across Cortex portfolio, including XDR, SOAR and Incident Response. You will define technical solutions that protect customer business imperatives and evangelize our AI‑driven security solutions, collaborating with account teams and executive stakeholders.

The role requires deep SOC/SIEM expertise, customer engagement skills, and the ability to lead PoV efforts.