Palo Alto Networks

Technical Support Engineer

Palo Alto Networks • $91K — $147K *
Technical Services
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 2-4 years of experience in customer-facing technical support, network operations, or network security.
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field, or equivalent experience.
  • Strong knowledge of TCP/IP, LAN/WAN, and routing/switching operations.
  • Hands-on experience with packet analysis tools like Wireshark and tcpdump.
  • Practical experience with Remote Access VPN solutions, including IPsec and SSL.
  • Understanding of enterprise authentication frameworks (e.g., RADIUS, TACACS+, LDAP).
  • Ability to manage a fluctuating queue of support cases effectively.

Responsibilities

  • Deliver high-quality technical assistance to resolve networking and security issues.
  • Take ownership of support cases from initiation to resolution, documenting all steps.
  • Replicate customer network issues in a lab environment for validation.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to report product defects and track updates.
  • Document new technical findings and troubleshooting techniques in the knowledge base.
  • Leverage AI-powered tools to optimize case troubleshooting and reduce resolution time.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance.
  • 401(k) plan with company match.
  • Generous paid time off and holiday schedule.
  • Professional development opportunities and training programs.
  • Flexible work arrangements and remote work options.
Full Job Description
Job Summary

Are you passionate about driving customer success in the cybersecurity industry? We are looking for a dynamic and proactive Technical Support Engineer to join our team. In this role, you will work closely with our valued customers to diagnose and address post-sales technical challenges. As a critical thinker, you will apply standard troubleshooting frameworks, diagnostic tools, and technical criteria to drive effective resolutions. Your ability to clearly articulate technical issues will enable you to collaborate effectively with both customers and internal engineering teams. You will develop a strong practical understanding of each customer's technical environment, helping them maintain a stable and secure posture. Your problem-solving agility and resilience will be crucial in providing high-quality assistance during familiar technical challenges and customer escalations.

Key Responsibilities
  • Customer Problem Resolution: Deliver high-quality technical assistance to customers, performing troubleshooting, configuration verification, and diagnostics to ensure timely resolution of networking and security issues.
  • Case Management Ownership: Take practical ownership of support cases from initiation to resolution, isolating faults and executing root-cause analysis while maintaining consistent documentation in the ticketing system.
  • Product Infrastructure & Lab Simulation: Replicate customer network issues and validate configurations by systematically simulating network topologies in a lab environment.
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with cross-functional support teams, Account teams, and QA/Engineering to report product defects, file clean bug reports, and track issue updates.
  • Knowledge Contribution: Contribute to the collective expertise of the organization by documenting new technical findings, configuration steps, and troubleshooting techniques in the internal knowledge base.
  • Drive AI Efficacy: Actively leverage internal AI-powered diagnostic utilities, automated log analyzers, and machine learning search tools to expedite knowledge retrieval, optimize case troubleshooting, and decrease time-to-resolution.


Qualifications
Required Qualifications
  • 2-4 years of experience in a customer-facing technical support, network operations, or network security environment.
  • Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related technical field, or equivalent practical/military experience.
  • Network Analysis Capabilities: Strong practical knowledge of the TCP/IP suite, local/wide area networks (LAN/WAN), general routing/switching operations, and core protocol functions (such as VLSM, CIDR, DHCP, and NAT).
  • Packet-Level Diagnostics: Hands-on experience capturing, analyzing, and interpreting packet traces using standard network diagnostic tools (e.g., Wireshark, tcpdump) to isolate performance or connectivity anomalies.
  • Security & VPN Infrastructure: Practical experience diagnosing and support-executing Remote Access VPN solutions, including IPsec and SSL technologies.
  • Authentication Protocols: Foundational understanding of enterprise authentication frameworks and directory protocols (e.g., RADIUS, TACACS+, LDAP).
  • Time & Workload Management: Proven ability to balance a fluctuating queue of incoming support cases, prioritizing tasks effectively based on customer severity levels and established SLAs.
Preferred Qualification:
  • CompTIA Security+ or an introductory Cybersecurity Fundamentals certification.
  • Familiarity with virtualization, hypervisors, or cloud computing fundamentals (AWS, Azure, or VMware architectures).
  • Basic familiarity with Unix/Linux and Windows operating system environments.
  • Exposure to Multi-Vendor security infrastructure appliances, Firewalls, or Intrusion Detection/Prevention Systems (IDS/IPS).


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.

$91,100.00 - $147,400.00/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
NASDAQ

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