Job title: Competitive Test Engineer (Benchmarking)
Company: Palo Alto Networks
Job description: Company Description
Our Mission
At Palo Alto Networks® everything starts and ends with our mission:
Being the cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting our digital way of life.
We have the vision of a world where each day is safer and more secure than the one before. These aren’t easy goals to accomplish – but we’re not here for easy. We’re here for better. We are a company built on the foundation of challenging and disrupting the way things are done, and we’re looking for innovators who are as committed to shaping the future of cybersecurity as we are.
We’re changing the nature of work. Palo Alto Networks is evolving to meet the needs of our employees now and in the future through FLEXWORK, our approach to how we work. From benefits to learning, location to leadership, we’ve rethought and recreated every aspect of the employee experience at Palo Alto Networks. And because it FLEXes around each individual employee based on their individual choices, employees are empowered to push boundaries and help us all evolve, together.
Job Description
Your Career
As a Competitive Test Engineer (Benchmarking) at Palo Alto Networks, you will play a key role in providing detailed technical information to our partners, customers, and our employees. You will work with cutting-edge technology, redefining the future of network security. You will perform competitive analysis, perform technical gap analysis and support the product management in identifying next-generation innovations.
Your Impact
- Setup and maintain a competitive test lab including test harness, competitive products, and automation environment
- Configure and test competitive products, evaluate product strengths for security efficacy, and product features
- Work with marketing to develop collaterals with battle cards, presentations, and white papers
- Work with engineering in identifying product gaps based on competitive analysis and work with the PM to drive enhancements to bridge them
- Be the domain authority on Palo Alto Networks products to help Systems Engineers with information on competitive questions
- Identify Sales challenges based on any competitive situations and provide solutions
- Document technical concepts to ensure our products are well understood and utilized to the greatest extent possible
Qualifications
Your Experience
- Minimum 7+ years of experience testing products in the cybersecurity area
- Excellent knowledge of various NGFWs, IDS/IPS systems, and test tools
- Experience using testing tools, like BreakingPoint, Cyberflood, Picus, Metasploit etc.
- Deep understanding of network and application security threats, attack techniques, and mitigation options
- Experience in automation tools, building dashboards, etc.
- Thorough understanding of general networking and configuring routers, switches, etc.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Additional Information
Our Commitment
We’re trailblazers that dream big, take risks, and challenge cybersecurity’s status quo. It’s simple: we can’t accomplish our mission without diverse teams innovating, together.
We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for all qualified individuals with a disability. If you require assistance or accommodation due to a disability or special need, please contact us at .
Palo Alto Networks is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity in our workplace, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or other legally protected characteristics.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
Covid-19 Vaccination Information for Palo Alto Networks Jobs
- Vaccine requirements and disclosure obligations vary by country.
- Unless applicable law requires otherwise, you must be vaccinated for COVID or qualify for a reasonable accommodation if:
- The job requires accessing a company worksite
- The job requires in-person customer contact and the customer has implemented such requirements
- You choose to access a Palo Alto Networks worksite
- If you have questions about the vaccine requirements of this particular position based on your location or job requirements, please inquire with the recruiter.
Expected salary:
Location: Bangalore, Karnataka
Job date: Tue, 18 Oct 2022 22:26:30 GMT
Apply for the job now!