Domain Consultant

paloaltonetworks; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Palo Alto Networks is seeking a field-based pre-sales engineer to guide customers through network security transformation, including zero trust. In this customer-facing role, you will translate business and technical needs into secure architectures, collaborating with sales teams and customers from practitioners to senior leaders.

You will present technical recommendations, lead product demonstrations, plan validation projects, and help ensure successful implementation and realized value for

Qualifications

• At least six years of pre-sales or sales engineering experience in areas such as zero trust, networking, network security, SaaS security, or SSE/SASE.
• Strong understanding of L2-L4 networking, including switching, VLANs, spanning tree, routing protocols, route redistribution, and load balancing.
• Knowledge of next-generation firewalls, network security, SASE, SD-WAN, CASB, proxy, DLP, and BYOD solutions.
• Advanced familiarity with on-premises and cloud-delivered network security technologies.
• Strong customer communication, problem-solving, and relationship skills; able to work with both technical and senior audiences.
• Professional proficiency in English.

Responsibilities

• Work with sales teams to develop network security solutions tailored to customer needs.
• Present technical recommendations and lead product demonstrations for customer and partner audiences.
• Plan and support technical validation projects, using sound practices to demonstrate solution fit.
• Design architectures and document high-level designs and use cases to support implementation and value realization.
• Explain product alignment, industry developments, and competitive considerations; contribute technical input to RFI and RFP responses.
• Recommend partner or provider services where needed to support effective implementation.

Skills

Pre-sales experience

Network security

Zero Trust

SASE

Customer communication

Problem solving

English proficiency

Job description

Role overview

Guide customers through network security transformation, including zero trust, by translating business and technical needs into secure architectures. This customer-facing, field sales role partners with sales teams and customers from practitioners to senior leaders, helping shape solutions and demonstrate how they meet requirements.

Responsibilities

• Work with sales teams to develop network security solutions tailored to customer needs.
• Present technical recommendations and lead product demonstrations for customer and partner audiences.
• Plan and support technical validation projects, using sound practices to demonstrate solution fit.
• Design architectures and document high-level designs and use cases to support implementation and value realization.
• Explain product alignment, industry developments, and competitive considerations; contribute technical input to RFI and RFP responses.
• Recommend partner or provider services where needed to support effective implementation.

Requirements

• At least six years of pre-sales or sales engineering experience in areas such as zero trust, networking, network security, SaaS security, or SSE/SASE.
• Strong understanding of L2-L4 networking, including switching, VLANs, spanning tree, routing protocols, route redistribution, and load balancing.
• Knowledge of next-generation firewalls, network security, SASE, SD-WAN, CASB, proxy, DLP, and BYOD solutions.
• Advanced familiarity with on-premises and cloud-delivered network security technologies.
• Strong customer communication, problem-solving, and relationship skills; able to work with both technical and senior audiences.
• Professional proficiency in English.

Benefits and work setup

This is a field sales position. Travel may be required for in-person customer meetings; the specific travel expectations are to be discussed during recruiting.