Competitive Test Engineer (Performance)

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Job title: Competitive Test Engineer (Performance)

Company: Palo Alto Networks

Job description: Company Description

Our Mission

At Palo Alto Networks® everything starts and ends with our mission: protecting our way of life in the digital age by preventing successful cyber attacks. It’s not a small goal. It isn’t simple either, but we aren’t in this for the easy answer. As a company with a foundation in challenging the way things are done, we’re looking for innovators with a dedication to best. In return, your career will have a tangible impact – one that’s working toward technology that affects every level of society.

Our mission doesn’t happen by treading softly – no, it happens by defining an industry. It means building products that haven’t been thought of. It means selling products with a solutions mindset. It means supporting the infrastructure of a company that moves at an incredible speed – intentionally – to stay ahead of the world’s next cyberthreat.

Disruption is at the core of our technology and on our way of work to meet the needs of our employees now and in the future through FLEXWORK, our approach to how we work. We’re changing the nature of 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

Job Description:

1. Setup and maintain a competitive test lab including a test harness, and competitive products focused on performance testing.

2. Work with marketing to develop collaterals with battle cards, presentations, and white papers.

3. Work with PMs to drive product enhancements based on competitive analysis.

Your Career

As a competitive Test Engineer (Security Services) 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 competitive test lab including test harness, competitive products, automation environment, etc.

Configure and test competitive products for various performance aspects like throughput, capacity, etc.

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 7-10 years of experience testing products in the cybersecurity area.

Excellent knowledge of Performance test gear like Ixia, Spirent, etc.

Experience testing performance and capacity for various form-factors like Hardware Firewalls, Software Firewalls, and a cloud-delivered firewall.

Experience in building automated performance test suites/harnesses is needed.

Experience working with 3rd Party test houses for performance evaluations will be a big plus.

Thorough understanding of general networking and configuring routers, switches, etc.

Experience with writing and editing technical documentation and operational procedures.

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. To learn more about our dedication to inclusion and innovation, visit our Life at Palo Alto Networks and our diversity .

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.

Additionally, we are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for all qualified individuals with a disability. If you require assistance or an accommodation due to a disability or special need, please contact us at

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.

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: Wed, 24 Aug 2022 03:37:26 GMT

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