Technical Sales Manager, Pre-Sales Systems Engineer – SD-WAN

Palo Alto Networks

Technical Sales Manager for SD-WAN at Palo Alto Networks solving advanced cyber threats through product solutions. Collaborating with sales partners to serve customers' security needs.

Posted 6/27/2026full-timeRemote • Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, Oregon • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $198,000 - $273,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudFirewalls

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Establish yourself as a trusted advisor on Palo Alto Networks’ SD-WAN products and capabilities, to prospects and customers, working with your Account Managers and the local partners within your territory
Architect and propose validated solutions which address the identified SD-WAN and security problems in each individual environment
Identify and document specific problems with prospective and current customers which can be solved through the deployment of integrated solutions
Ensure ongoing customer happiness, support and adoption
Pursue continuous self-improvement and learning to maintain technical leadership of applicable technologies (data center, SDN, public cloud, security, networking, etc.)
Understand and effectively differentiate against our top competitors
Act as the customer advocate for any issues that require technical assistance and follow-up with the customer through resolution

Requirements

What you’ll need

5+ years of relevant technical pre-sales systems engineering work experience within the networking field
Highly advanced experience with SD-WAN architectures/providers, as well as BGP routing
Additional preferred technical capabilities may include a mix of the following – WAN technologies – MPLS, MetroE, Leased Lines, Broadband Tunneling protocols – SSL/TLS, IPSec, GRE, DMVPN
IP Routing – BGP, OSPF, Static, Network Address Translation
Virtualization technologies – ESX, KVM, Xen, Microsoft preferred
Network security capabilities – IPS/IDS, Zone-Based Firewalls
Ability to travel up to 50%.

Benefits

Comp & perks

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Hard Skills & Tools

SD-WANBGP routingMPLSMetroELeased LinesBroadband Tunneling protocolsSSL/TLSIPSecGREDMVPN

Soft Skills

trusted advisorcustomer happinesssupportadoptiontechnical leadershipcustomer advocate