Palo Alto Networks

Principal Technical Product Engineer

Palo Alto Networks$159K — $255K *
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • BS/MS in computer science or equivalent experience
  • 7+ years of customer-facing technology expertise with strong customer advocacy skills
  • Adaptable to emerging trends in identity security focusing on machine and agentic identity
  • Self-starter with a builder mindset and commitment to continuous learning
  • Proven ability to manage challenging customer situations and multitask effectively
  • Excellent written and verbal communication and strong presentation abilities

Responsibilities

  • Define and validate enterprise architectures for machine identity and secrets governance
  • Develop internal and external assets such as blogs and whitepapers
  • Partner with technical solutions teams to support high-impact opportunities
  • Engage in customer environments to integrate identity security in modern deployments
  • Support revenue growth by influencing deal outcomes and accelerating strategic deals
  • Create reference architectures and demos to aid customer adoption and best practices
  • Transform emerging identity solutions into repeatable field motions via workshops

Benefits

  • Work remotely from anywhere in the United States
  • Opportunities for professional development through workshops and enablement programs
  • Engage in leadership activities such as executive briefings and industry conferences
  • Contribute to impactful technical publications and community discussions
  • Participate in market education initiatives around identity-first security
Full Job Description
Job Summary

* THIS ROLE CAN BE FILLED ANYWHERE IN THE UNITED STATES *

Define and validate enterprise architectures for machine identity, secrets governance, and agentic identity management across diverse environments.

Own and develop internal and external facing assets, such as blogs, whitepapers, tech enablement and deep dive decks.

Partner with specialist sellers and technical solutions teams to support high-impact opportunities involving secrets modernization, machine identity governance and securing AI agents.

Engage in complex customer environments to ensure that identity security platform is a core part of the conversation for deploying modern workloads, including machine and AI.

Support revenue growth by influencing deal outcomes and supporting strategic deal acceleration where expertise beyond what is available in the field is needed

Build reference architectures and impactful demos to support customer adoption, partner integration, and industry best practices.

Help scale the global technical solutions team by transforming emerging identity solutions into repeatable field motions through technical workshops, enablement programs and reusable architecture frameworks.

Feed actionable insights to product by continuously learning from customers and external sources about the challenges of modern identity, specifically as it relates to machines and AI.

Establish leadership in machine and AI Identity security through executive briefings, industry conference presentations, technical publications, media engagements

Drive community discussions and market education showing how organizations should approach identity-first security for machines, workloads and AI agents.

Qualifications

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  • BS/MS in computer science or equivalent experience


  • 7+ years experience working closely with customers as a technology expert, paired with strong customer advocacy skills and experience.


  • Ability to adapt to emerging technology trends, particularly in identity security, specifically concerning machine and agentic identity.


  • A self-starter who brings a "builder mindset" and has a strong desire to continuously learn and experience with new technologies.


  • Proven ability to work in challenging customer situations and successfully manage multiple tasks / projects simultaneously


  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills with strong presentation skills.


Compensation Disclosure

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/com-missioned roles) is expected to be the annual range listed below. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found here.

$159,000.00 - $255,000.00/yr

About Palo Alto Networks

Palo Alto Networks, Inc. is an American multinational cybersecurity company with headquarters in Santa Clara, California. Its core products are a platform that includes advanced firewalls and cloud-based offerings that extend those firewalls to cover other aspects of security. The company serves over 70,000 organizations in over 150 countries, including 85 of the Fortune 100. It is home to the Unit 42 threat research team and hosts the Ignite cybersecurity conference.
Learn more about Palo Alto Networks
Size
11,870 employees
Market Cap
$42.6 billion
Industry
Net Income
-$368.2 million
Founded
2005
5 Year Trend
+25.7%
Revenue
$3.7 billion
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