Staff Technical Support Engineer, Threat

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.

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.

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 the 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. Your Career You will work firsthand with our valued customers to address their complex post-sales concerns where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of many factors. You’re a critical thinker in understanding the methods, techniques, and evaluation criteria for obtaining results. You’ll enjoy networking with key contacts outside your own area of expertise, with a strong capability of detailing difficult technical issues to both non-technical and technical professionals. You will regularly participate in technical discussions with multi-functional teams, creating an environment of transparency that ultimately leads to better products, better working environments, and better cybersecurity. Your quick thinking and support to our clients provides the fast assistance they need to keep their environments secure – which means you’ll need to move quickly, thoughtfully, and provide technical assistance as needed (often, in high-pressure situations).

Provide Technical Support to customers & partners by phone, e-mail in both Japanese and English Support our customers & partners with soft skills such as setting right expectations, building rapports, and choosing the best communication methods to resolve their issues faster and to boost customer satisfaction Manage and prioritize backlogs Troubleshoot using the best methods and techniques to solve complex problems Work directly with cross-functional teams outside their own area of expertise to get customer problems resolved Regularly participate in technical discussions with the engineering teams Publish Knowledge Base articles, provide content technical review for Knowledge Base as well as contribute to customer-facing forums and other technical documentation Assume technical support responsibilities for the following threat-related issues Overall WildFire functional issues including WildFire verdict issues Antivirus signature detection issues Anti-Spyware signature detection issues DNS signature detection issues URL Filtering categorization issues Platform related vulnerabilities and inquiries Vulnerability signature coverage requests File Type Identification issues Application Identification