Palo Alto Networks

Solutions Consultant - Public Sector - Central Government

In short

This is a pre-sales technical role at Palo Alto Networks focused on the UK Central Government sector, acting as the technical counterpart to sales by guiding customers through their cybersecurity transformation journey. The hiring company is a major cybersecurity vendor, and the position sits in a hybrid team working closely with Professional Services, Customer Success and Specialist teams. It demands deep cybersecurity experience, familiarity with Network Security, SASE, SaaS, CNAPP or SOC Transformation technologies, prior pre-sales or customer-facing experience, and a track record working within or alongside Central Government and Systems Integrators. No visa sponsorship is offered for this position.

Job Summary
Your Career as a Solutions Consultant in our Central Government team will leverage your extensive experience in Cyber Security and your deep understanding of the unique challenges and requirements of the Central Government sector.
We are seeking a professional who can translate complex technical solutions into strategic business value for our clients with a proven track record of working within the Central Government industry and has experience of working with or for Systems Integrators.
The Solutions Consultant is the evolution of the traditional Sales Engineering role, aligning how we best serve our customers in understanding their environment, providing solution guidance and ensuring value realisation in their investment with Palo Alto Networks.
As a Solutions Consultant you provide technical leadership and expertise and guidance in your customer's security transformation journey. You will play a key role in defining technical solutions that secure a customer's key business imperatives and ensuring value realization of their investment with Palo Alto Networks. You evangelize our industry leadership in on-prem, cloud, and security operations services that establish PANW as your customer's cybersecurity partner of choice.
Your Impact
•Meeting and exceeding sales quotas by building and implementing strategic, technical account plans that target cross-platform solutions
•Your ability to position, demonstrate and create high level designs across the entire PANW portfolio based on customer business needs
•Conducting discovery to understand and articulate the key technical, operational, and commercial imperatives of your prospects and customers
•Working closely with Professional Services, Customer Success and Specialist teams to ensure overall customer implementation and adoption of solutions
•Demonstrating strong communication skills and the ability to influence through effective presentations and customer-specific demos, technical engagements, and workshops
•Leading successful technical validation efforts based on best practices to ensure technical win in assigned opportunities
•Orchestrating supporting resources (Specialists, Channel Resources, Customer Support) to ensure a one-team approach that demonstrates a cohesive strategy
•Promoting end-to-end solutions that include PANW and/or partner professional services to ensure customers realise business value sooner
•Understanding the competitive landscape and effectively differentiating our leadership
•Continuously investing in yourself to develop technical and professional skills that drive your ever-increasing contributions to success of our customers while actively participating within the Solutions Consultant community and at industry events
•Identifying technical stakeholders and cultivating relationships with key personas to build and drive a security architecture transformation roadmap
Qualifications
Your Experience:
•Understanding of data networking and/or modern application design and cloud architectures
•Delivering cybersecurity solutions that solve technical challenges and influence new business initiatives
•Influencing and gaining buy-in from key stakeholders, either in a customer-facing or internal role; prior experience in a pre-sales role is ideal
•Creating and delivering technical presentations, workshops, or technical validation engagements
•Experience in selling, designing, implementing, or managing one or more of the following solutions: Network Security, SASE, SaaS, CNAPP and/or SOC Transformation Technologies
•Partnering with Customer Support functions to ensure successful implementation and adoption of sold solutions
•Complex sales involving long sales processes with multiple buying centers and multi-product solutions are preferred
•Proficient in English
Is role eligible for Immigration Sponsorship? No. Palo Alto Networks will not sponsor applicants for work visas for this position.

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