Sr. Technical Support Engineer, Focused Services Cortex XSIAM (Security Clearance Requested)

Palo Alto Networks; City Of London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Palo Alto Networks is seeking a highly motivated Support Engineer to join the Cortex XSIAM support team in London. You will handle customer inquiries, triage issues, and perform advanced troubleshooting across Windows, MacOS, and Linux environments, collaborating with developers to implement permanent fixes.

You will work closely with technical account managers to understand customer objectives, mitigate risks, and deliver best-in-class support within defined SLAs, contributing to ongoing

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience as a Support Engineer.
• Experience with Endpoint Security software.
• Strong English communication and customer-facing skills.
• Solid understanding of Windows, MacOS and Linux environments.
• Familiarity with SIEM, EDR tools, and cloud platforms (GCP/AWS).
• Ability to debug complex environments and perform advanced troubleshooting.

Responsibilities

• Respond to customer-reported issues within SLAs.
• Triage issues via ticketing, phone, or remote sessions.
• Perform advanced application and OS troubleshooting.
• Identify fault areas and coordinate fixes with the right teams.
• Provide feedback to development and document actions for customers.

Skills

Endpoint Security

SIEM

EDR tools

Windows OS

MacOS

Linux

Kubernetes

GCP

AWS

Networking knowledge

Communication skills

Incident response

Scripting

MS Server (SCCM/GPO/AD)

Tools

SIEM platforms

EDR tools

Windows

MacOS

Linux

Kubernetes

GCP

AWS

SCCM

GPO

AD

MSSQL

IIS

Exchange

Job description

Your Career

We are looking for a highly motivated and customer-focused professional. As part of the global Cortex XSIAM support team, you will serve our customer base by providing technical support, by answering incoming support inquiries and managing escalations, phone calls, and emails in an effective, efficient, and friendly manner within defined service level agreements. Our methodology is first class support. We've been recognized for it as an industry leader and we're dedicated to continuing this standard. In this role, you will work with our technical account managers to personalize our customer's experience. You will learn your client's business objectives in and out within their technical environment and focus on mitigating risks and resolving any technical issues in their networks. You're close to the deployment of cybersecurity solutions - and we need you to recognize risks before they arise. You get a thrill from seeking out complex issues and finding their resolutions - and you don't wait for those issues to escalation from our clients. Instead, you find them. You'll be working hand in hand with our developers to reproduce the issues you find and develop permanent solutions to prevent them in the future.

Your Impact

• Respond to user-reported issues in adherence to established Service Level Agreements
• Triage customer reported issues and respond to them via ticketing system, phone, or remote sessions
• Perform advanced troubleshooting at the application level and OS level, using your knowledge and relevant expertise
• Identify the area of fault (code, environment, or configuration) and work with the appropriate team(s) implementing the fix
• Provide timely feedback into the development process on customer-reported product problems
• Document actions to effectively communicate information internally and to customers
• Facilitate root cause investigations and manage the implementation of corrective and preventative measures

Previous experience with Endpoint Security software is required

SIEM experience, including -

• Deep understanding of how SIEMs works
• Experience in creating custom collections and data parsing
• Experience in creating complex correlation rules, reports and dashboard
• Experience in integration and implementation of SIEMs

• Experience working with EDR tools
• Experience with strong communication and customer service skills
• Required basic networking knowledge - Ability to independently debug broad, complex, and unique environments with mixed applications and protocols
• Experience with Windows OS, MacOS, and Linux based applications (Installation, troubleshooting, Debugging)
• 4+ years of experience as a Support Engineer
• Fundamental understanding of Kubernetes, GCP, and AWS for troubleshooting cloud agent deployment and data extraction.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong customer advocacy skills and experience, ability to work in difficult customer situations
• Knowledge of Cloud infrastructure a plus
• Experience in incident response a plus
• Experience with scripting a plus
• Experience with MS Server solutions (SCCM, GPO, AD, MSSQL, IIS, Exchange) is a plus.

At Palo Alto Networks® everything starts and ends with our mission:

Being the cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting our digital way of life.

Our vision is a world where each day is safer and more secure than the one before. We are a company built on the foundation of challenging and disrupting the way things are done, and we're looking for innovators who are as committed to shaping the future of cybersecurity as we are.

Who We Are

We take our mission of protecting the digital way of life seriously. We are relentless in protecting our customers and we believe that the unique ideas of every member of our team contributes to our collective success. Our values were crowdsourced by employees and are brought to life through each of us everyday - from disruptive innovation and collaboration, to execution. From showing up for each other with integrity to creating an environment where we all feel included.

As a member of our team, you will be shaping the future of cybersecurity. We work fast, value ongoing learning, and we respect each employee as a unique individual. Knowing we all have different needs, our development and personal wellbeing programs are designed to give you choice in how you are supported. This includes our FLEXBenefits wellbeing spending account with over 1,000 eligible items selected by employees, our mental and financial health resources, and our personalized learning opportunities - just to name a few!, Our technical support team is critical to our success and mission. As part of this team, you enable customer success by providing support to clients after they have purchased our products. Our dedication to our customers doesn't stop once they sign - it evolves. As threats and technology change, we stay in step to accomplish our mission.

You’ll be involved in implementing new products, transitioning from old products to new ones, and will fix integrations and critical issues as they are raised - in fact, you’ll seek them out to ensure our clients are safely supported. We fix and identify technical problems, with a pointed focus on providing the best customer support in the industry.

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 ##### .

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.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

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 $xxx/yr - $xxx/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 #####.

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.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.