Solutions Consultant - Ireland - Services
Overview
This Solutions Consultant role is focused on the Services vertical, a diverse group of Ireland's most prominent commercial enterprises spanning private healthcare, national transport, retail, pharmaceuticals, and investment. This sector presents a unique set of challenges, from protecting critical national infrastructure and securing sensitive patient and consumer data to safeguarding complex supply chains and high‑volume retail operations. The ideal candidate will address multifaceted technology environments, including both legacy systems and modern cloud deployments, to deliver robust security solutions that ensure business continuity, protect brand reputation, and enable secure growth across these varied and vital Irish industries.
Your Impact
Role
* Curiosity is core to the Solutions Consultant role, and you see complex problems as opportunities to learn and deliver innovative solutions. You define your impact by meeting and exceeding sales quotas by building and implementing strategic, technical account plans that target cross‑platform solutions.
* Your ability to position, demonstrate and create high level designs across the entire PANW portfolio based on customer business needs.
* Conducting discovery to understand and articulate the key technical, operational, and commercial imperatives of your prospects and customers.
* Working closely with Professional Services, Customer Success and Specialist teams to ensure overall customer implementation and adoption of solutions.
* Demonstrating strong communication skills and the ability to influence through effective presentations and customer‑specific demos, technical engagements, and workshops.
* Leading successful technical validation efforts based on best practices to ensure technical win in assigned opportunities.
* Orchestrating supporting resources (Specialists, Channel Resources, Customer Support) to ensure a one‑team approach that demonstrates a cohesive strategy.
* Promoting end‑to‑end solutions that include PANW and/or partner professional services to ensure customers realize business value sooner.
* Understanding the competitive landscape and effectively differentiating our leadership.
* Continuously investing in yourself to develop technical and professional skills that drive your ever‑increasing contributions to the success of our customers while actively participating within the Solutions Consultant community and at industry events.
* Identifying technical stakeholders and cultivating relationships with key personas to build and drive a security architecture transformation roadmap.
Qualifications
Your Experience
* Understanding of data networking and/or modern application design and cloud architectures.
* Delivering cybersecurity solutions that solve technical challenges and influence new business initiatives.
* Influencing and gaining buy‑in from key stakeholders, either in a customer‑facing or internal role; prior experience in a pre‑sales role is ideal.
* Creating and delivering technical presentations, workshops, or technical validation engagements.
* Experience in selling, designing, implementing, or managing one or more of the following solutions: Network Security, SASE, SaaS, CNAPP and/or SOC Transformation Technologies.
* Partnering with Customer Support functions to ensure successful implementation and adoption of sold solutions.
* Complex sales involving long sales processes with multiple buying centers and multi‑product solutions are preferred.
* Proficient in English.
Additional Information
The Team
Our Solutions Consultant team members work hand‑in‑hand with large organizations around the world to keep their digital environments protected. We educate, inspire, and empower our potential clients in their journey to transform their security architectures. You are empowered with unmatched systems and tools and a team built on joint success. Our Solutions Consulting community is driven by the mission to be our customers’ cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting their digital way of life.
Is role eligible for Immigration Sponsorship? No. Please note that we will not sponsor applicants for work visas for this position.
Our Commitment
We’re problem solvers that take risks and challenge cybersecurity’s status quo. It’s simple: we can’t accomplish our mission without diverse teams innovating, together. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for all qualified individuals with a disability. If you require assistance or accommodation due to a disability or special need, please contact us at accommodations@paloaltonetworks.com.
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. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
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