Sr Staff Engineer Customer Success
Palo Alto NetworksOur Mission
At Palo Alto Networks®, we’re united by a shared mission—to protect our digital way of life. We thrive at the intersection of innovation and impact, solving real-world problems with cutting-edge technology and bold thinking. Here, everyone has a voice, and every idea counts. If you’re ready to do the most meaningful work of your career alongside people who are just as passionate as you are, you’re in the right place.
Who We Are
In order to be the cybersecurity partner of choice, we must trailblaze the path and shape the future of our industry. This is something our employees work at each day and is defined by our values: Disruption, Collaboration, Execution, Integrity, and Inclusion. We weave AI into the fabric of everything we do and use it to augment the impact every individual can have. If you are passionate about solving real-world problems and ideating beside the best and the brightest, we invite you to join us!
We believe collaboration thrives in person. That’s why most of our teams work from the office full time, with flexibility when it’s needed. This model supports real-time problem-solving, stronger relationships, and the kind of precision that drives great outcomes.Job Summary
Position Overview The Senior Customer Success Engineer (CSE) for Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) is a high-touch, senior technical role responsible for driving platform adoption, architectural health, and retention across Palo Alto Networks' largest and most complex enterprise accounts based in France. You will serve as a technical "Black-Belt" advisor, working directly with French enterprise stakeholders to align our security stack with their operational, architectural, and compliance requirements.
Key Responsibilities
- Technical Account Management: Own the technical relationship and health scores for a portfolio of 15–20 high-LTV French accounts, ensuring architecture configurations align with Palo Alto Networks best practices.
- Drive Software Currency & Adoption: Lead complex software migration strategies (including PAN-OS 11.x) and maximize deployment depth for Advanced Threat Prevention (ATP), Advanced WildFire (AWF), and Premium AIOps across French enterprise estates.
- Critical Risk Mitigation: Provide advanced root-cause analysis and telemetry reviews to proactively identify vulnerabilities and lead technical recovery for at-risk accounts.
- Execute Parallel Service Models: Deliver on both Focused Services and the new Platinum Success frameworks simultaneously as part of the French theater's Scale & Optimize (S&O) rollout.
- Executive Technical Influence: Manage technical impressions and present complex telemetry data during Strategic Meetings and Quarterly Business Reviews (QBRs) to drive hardware refreshes and expansion.
Qualifications
- Experience: 5+ years in a senior, customer-facing technical engineering role (Professional Services, Technical Account Management, or Senior Customer Success).
- Languages: Native-level fluency in French and professional fluency in English are mandatory.
- Technical Depth: Expert-level knowledge of network security, complex routing/switching, and cloud networking environments.
- Certifications: PCNSE, CCIE, or CISSP (or proven equivalent technical depth) required.
- Location: Must be based in France to accommodate frequent customer onsite requirements.
Qualifications
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.
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Is role eligible for Immigration Sponsorship? No. Please note that we will not sponsor applicants for work visas for this position.