Technical Support Engineer
Palo Alto Networks
Role Description
- Work firsthand with customers to address complex post-sales concerns, requiring in-depth evaluation of situations or data.
- Critical thinker in understanding methods, techniques, and evaluation criteria for obtaining results.
- Network with key contacts outside your area of expertise.
- Detail difficult technical issues to both non-technical and technical professionals.
- Regularly participate in technical discussions with multi-functional teams to create transparency and improve products, working environments, and cybersecurity.
- Provide quick, thoughtful, and technical assistance to clients, often in high-pressure situations.
Your Impact
- Respond to user-reported issues in adherence to established Service Level Agreements.
- Triage customer-reported issues and respond via ticketing system, phone, or remote sessions.
- Identify the area of fault (code, environment, or configuration) and work with appropriate teams to implement fixes.
- Provide timely feedback on the development process regarding customer-reported product problems.
- Document actions to effectively communicate information internally and to customers.
- Facilitate root cause investigations and manage the implementation of corrective and preventative measures.
Requirements & Tech Stack
- Experience of 0-2 years supporting endpoint security software products, EDR, and MDM technologies is a plus.
- Familiarity with software supply chain security, public registries (NPM, PyPI, Chrome Web Store), and emerging AI architectures (Hugging Face, MCP servers, AI models/agents, and plugins).
- Troubleshooting and system-level debugging expertise across Windows, Linux, and macOS platforms.
- Understanding of Secure Web Gateways (SWG), Proxy Auto-Config (PAC Files), TLS/SSL decryption to diagnose agent connectivity issues.
- Demonstrated analytical mindset with an interest or experience in improving support processes, utilizing dashboards, and tracking performance metrics.
- Ability or academic exposure to working cross-functionally with Engineering/R&D teams is a plus.
- Excellent customer-facing written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to remain organized and proactive in fast-paced environments.
- Foundational background in cybersecurity, including an understanding of malware, exploits, and operating system structure/behavior.
Qualifications
- BS/MS or equivalent experience required.
- Critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to work under pressure and in fast-paced environments.
- Strong communication and collaboration abilities.
- Technical expertise in endpoint security and related technologies.