GSI Senior Solution Architect - Accenture
Palo Alto Networks28 days ago
Remote, United States +2 moreSenior
Responsibilities
- Lead technical solution building from strategy discussions through service playbooks and technical guides.
- Represent Accenture technical resources globally and develop joint offerings with Accenture and Palo Alto Networks.
- Drive technical go-to-market strategies with business development, sales, offer creation, and engineering teams.
- Design and implement security architectures focused primarily on Network Security, SASE, NGFW, and Zero Trust.
- Support hands-on technical configuration, prototyping, and lab development as needed.
- Manage Accenture enablement activities and evangelize Palo Alto Networks enterprise security solutions.
- Collaborate with sales engineers, channel managers, and account teams to drive solution adoption and revenue growth.
- Build relationships with Accenture stakeholders and lead partner peering sessions.
- Identify emerging security challenges and contribute to future solution strategies.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or an equivalent relevant field.
- 10+ years of technical experience working with systems integrators and enterprise customers.
- Hands-on architecture, design, and implementation expertise in Network Security, NGFW, SASE, and Zero Trust.
- Foundational knowledge and some hands-on experience with SOC, SIEM, EDR, and cloud security solutions.
- Experience selling, demonstrating, and/or deploying enterprise security solutions, potentially including log management and SIEM.
- Strong experience creating solutions and developing joint offerings with product teams and partners.
- Deep understanding of enterprise security trends, competitive solutions, and business drivers.
- Experience collaborating with sales, engineering, and marketing teams.
- Ability to present complex security solutions to technical and executive audiences.
- Understanding of technical partnerships and go-to-market strategies with Global System Integrators.
- Prior experience with Accenture and Palo Alto Networks is a plus.
Benefits
- Remote role with hybrid collaboration across geographies.
- Employee benefits are referenced in the posting.
- Work visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
Categories
Solutions Engineering
About Palo Alto Networks
Palo Alto Networks builds cybersecurity products for enterprises and governments, including next-generation firewalls, cloud security (Prisma Cloud/Prisma Access), and SOC tools (Cortex). It sells subscriptions and appliances with cloud-delivered threat intelligence, securing networks, endpoints, and applications across data centers and public clouds. Founded in 2005 and headquartered in Santa Clara, California, the company is publicly traded on the NYSE under the ticker PANW.