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About Palo Alto Networks
Palo Alto Networks is a global cybersecurity company offering network security, cloud security, and endpoint protection solutions.
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As a Principal Escalations Engineer within the Customer Engineering team, you will serve as an elite technical response point for an AI-driven support ecosystem. You will diagnose complex defects, drive resolutions for customers in crisis, and collaborate with Engineering on hotfixes. Your daily work involves defining autonomous AI troubleshooting workflows, function-calling schemas, and guardrails for customer co-pilots while authoring structured playbooks. You must possess deep expertise in L1–L7 networking, routing, switching, IPSEC, PKI, and SSL technologies. Required skills include packet capture analysis using Wireshark or tcpdump, infrastructure troubleshooting for network security equipment, and cloud-based environments. You will solve systemic technical problems by embedding serviceability into early product design phases and translating complex troubleshooting steps into deterministic tool definitions for AI execution.
Drive top-tier technical escalations through deep technical analysis and defect diagnosis for customers in crisis.
Collaborate with Engineering on hotfixes and represent engineering during critical executive communications.
Identify product serviceability fixes and embed serviceability into early product design phases with QA teams.
Define autonomous AI troubleshooting workflows, function-calling schemas, and guardrails for customer co-pilots.
Author structured playbooks, guides, and tool definitions to empower human support engineers and AI agents.
Translate complex troubleshooting steps into structured markdown guides and deterministic tool definitions for AI execution.
What we're looking for
BS/MS or equivalent technical degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
7+ years of experience in technical support, systems engineering, or top-tier technical escalation roles at a cybersecurity or network security vendor.
Solid hands-on understanding of L1–L7 networking, routing, switching, IPSEC, PKI, and SSL technologies.
Strong debugging and infrastructure troubleshooting skills for network security equipment and cloud-based environments.
Proficient in packet capture (PCAP) analysis using Wireshark, tcpdump, or similar tools.
Ability to translate complex troubleshooting steps into structured markdown guides and deterministic tool definitions for AI execution.
Hands-on proficiency across multi-cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP), SASE, CASB, and SWG technologies (preferred).
CCNA, CCNP, or equivalent vendor networking certifications (preferred).