Extended Expertise Consultant - VM Series NGFW (Contractor)

This role is a contract assignment at Palo Alto Networks. Contractors will not be employed by Palo Alto Networks but through our preferred payroll provider, Magnit.
Role Description
Palo Alto Networks is looking for an Extended Expertise Consultant (EEC) to partner directly with our end customers to focus on large-scale Prisma Access deployments. The Extended Expertise Consultant will develop, maintain, and leverage expertise on SASE Platforms and the relevant tools that can be used to optimize the deployment and operation of the Platforms. The EEC will serve as a trusted technical advisor, helping organizations protect their networks, applications, and data from emerging threats. This position is a great opportunity for a talented individual who has the desire to associate with a fast-growing company in a truly international environment.
As an EEC, you’ll get into the details of our platform. You will push the buttons, flip the levers, turn the knobs. You do not shy away from difficult challenges as it relates to cybersecurity, implementations, and integrations. You are the technical authority and will interact directly with our customers to help them secure their digital environments. The customers are counting on you to perform this work and train their staff. And while experience on the company’s platform is desired, even more important is having a solid foundation in networking and security technologies combined with excellent communication skills.
In fact, extensive experience with a competitor’s technology can play to your advantage. Many of the opportunities involve a client migrating to our platform for the first time, so understanding the nuances of that technology will enable you to be a better Palo Alto Networks consultant. And don't worry, we will send you to our Professional Services Academy to prepare you for the role, so you are experienced with our suite of services and products before you first meet the customer.
This role is 100% remote.
Your Impact
Configure, implement, and maintain Palo Alto Networks Security Operating Platform.
Optimize and migrate policies and objects from the existing environment to our Next-Gen Firewall.
Communicate with the customer(s), sales teams, peers, engineering, and support teams as appropriate.
Assist customers with their journey into AWS by building and deploying cloud templates.
Understand the customer environment, requirements, and security roadmap to implement the appropriate security solution.
Work with the customer's security and network teams to build confidence across the business units impacted by the change to Palo Alto Networks.
Provide guidance on Palo Alto Networks best practices, code upgrades, and transfer of knowledge to customer networking and security teams.
Facilitate the development of new application and threat signatures.
Interact with our Technical Assistance Center (TAC) to understand and diagnose support cases.
Your Experience
Minimum of 3 years of high-level experience with Panorama and log collectors, NGFW, and Global Protect.
Minimum of 5 years of experience with network/security solutions.
Experience with SCM (Strata Cloud Manager).
Experience with AWS installation, configuration, and administration of security features.
Extensive technical expertise in incorporating automation for enhanced efficiency, including deploying, configuring, and managing sophisticated firewall appliances, with a focus on high-end solutions, specializing in Palo Alto Networks products.
Strong understanding of routing protocols OSPF.
Effectively handle multiple projects and work calmly under high pressure.
Excellent written and strong verbal communication skills, with demonstrable ability to communicate to senior leaders and technical peers.
Key Competencies
Possess the following industry certifications a plus: CISSP, CCNA, CNSE, JNCIE-SEC.
Education
BS in Computer Science, MIS, business, or equivalent education/training/experience or equivalent military experience required.
Compensation
The compensation offered for this position will depend on qualifications, experience, and work location. For candidates who receive an offer, this is the pay range that Magnit reasonably expects to pay for this position: $137k/year - $157k/year. Please note that the compensation information in this posting reflects the hourly wage only and does not include benefits. Magnit offers Medical, Dental, Vision, and 401K. Magnit is not able to provide assistance to candidates requiring sponsorship, visa or C2C for this position.
Information About Palo Alto Networks
At Palo Alto Networks®, everything starts and ends with our mission: Being the cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting our digital way of life. We have the vision of a world where each day is safer and more secure than the one before. These aren’t easy goals to accomplish — but we’re not here for easy. We’re here for better. 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.

Work arrangement
Yes