Technical Sales Manager, Pre-Sales Systems Engineer – SD-WAN
Location
Arizona + 4 moreAll locations: Arizona | California | Colorado | Nevada | Oregon
Posted
1 day ago
Salary
$198K - $273K / year
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Technical Sales Manager, Pre-Sales Systems Engineer – SD-WAN
Palo Alto Networks
• Establish yourself as a trusted advisor on Palo Alto Networks’ SD-WAN products and capabilities, to prospects and customers, working with your Account Managers and the local partners within your territory • Architect and propose validated solutions which address the identified SD-WAN and security problems in each individual environment • Identify and document specific problems with prospective and current customers which can be solved through the deployment of integrated solutions • Ensure ongoing customer happiness, support and adoption • Pursue continuous self-improvement and learning to maintain technical leadership of applicable technologies (data center, SDN, public cloud, security, networking, etc.) • Understand and effectively differentiate against our top competitors • Act as the customer advocate for any issues that require technical assistance and follow-up with the customer through resolution
Job Requirements
- 5+ years of relevant technical pre-sales systems engineering work experience within the networking field
- Highly advanced experience with SD-WAN architectures/providers, as well as BGP routing
- Additional preferred technical capabilities may include a mix of the following – WAN technologies – MPLS, MetroE, Leased Lines, Broadband Tunneling protocols – SSL/TLS, IPSec, GRE, DMVPN
- IP Routing – BGP, OSPF, Static, Network Address Translation
- Virtualization technologies – ESX, KVM, Xen, Microsoft preferred
- Network security capabilities – IPS/IDS, Zone-Based Firewalls
- Ability to travel up to 50%.
Benefits
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