Partner Solution Architect

Who you are

• 10+ years designing and implementing enterprise Identity Security solutions
• Strong experience with modern Privileged Access Management (PAM)
• Experience working for an Identity Security vendor such as BeyondTrust, Delinea, Saviynt, SailPoint, Okta or Microsoft
• Experience working with or within: Global Systems Integrator, Managed Service Providers, Large consulting companies

What the job involves

• The Partner Solution Architect IDIRA is a senior technical architect within the Identity Ecosystem team responsible for helping strategic partners build successful Identity Security businesses around the Palo Alto Networks Identity Security portfolio
• Working closely with Global Systems Integrators, Managed Service Providers and Technology Partners, this role combines deep technical expertise with business strategy to help partners develop modern Identity Security architectures, repeatable implementation blueprints and differentiated managed services
• Rather than focusing on individual customer opportunities, this role creates scalable technical assets and partner capabilities that accelerate adoption of the IDIRA portfolio across Human, Machine and AI Identity
• Help partners define and evolve their Identity Security practice strategy
• Design modern Identity Security architectures based on cloud-first and platform approaches
• Develop reusable reference architectures and implementation blueprints
• Guide partners on building scalable managed Identity Security services
• Serve as the technical authority for the Identity Security portfolio across strategic ecosystem partners
• Provide architectural guidance across Privileged Access Management, Identity Governance, Machine Identity and AI Identity
• Advise partners on cloud-native Identity Security architectures spanning AWS, Azure and GCP
• Deliver architecture workshops with partner technical leaders
• Help partners develop repeatable managed services and consulting offerings
• Support lighthouse customers where partner architecture is critical to long-term success

Benefits

• Healthcare: We value your health and provide options so you can choose what best supports your lifestyle and personal health goals. Various nationwide plans — including Blue Shield of California, Kaiser Permanente, Delta Dental, VSP, and more — are available to you and your family. Our providers offer the flexibility you want and the coverage you need
• Wellness: With a large on-site gym and daily, instructor-led exercise classes at HQ in Santa Clara, Palo Alto Networks actively supports employee fitness. Our juice bar, Gym & Juice, features fresh juice blends, a quick and nutritious option pre- or post-workout. And our ongoing wellness speaker series highlights the latest trends in health and wellness
• Development: Professional development is serious business at Palo Alto Networks, where the Talent Development team offers 25+ courses to help employees boost their careers and develop leadership capability
• Financial: Most roles are eligible for equity grants, and we now offer new hires a quarterly vesting schedule right away. We want you to be fairly compensated and rewarded as soon as you make an impact – on our team, that happens immediately! And because we consider every employee a stakeholder in our long-term success, we offer an Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) with a 24-month lookback. From life insurance to health savings accounts, we provide ways to help you protect and grow your wealth. Palo Alto Networks offers both traditional and Roth 401(k) options, along with a company match of 50% to a max annual amount of $1,000
• Time Off: In addition to paid corporate holidays, Flexible Time Off programs empower our employees to balance their work schedules with personal time off. We offer 12 weeks of full pay for medical leave and 6 weeks of full pay for parental leave. As a company with strong ties to the military and veterans, we also offer 26 weeks of full pay for military leave
• Perks: Our corporate discount program provides employees with significant discounts on merchandise, travel and entertainment. We offer many on-site perks at headquarters, including cafeterias, fuel service, dry cleaning service, EV charging stations, and a company store. We also provide complimentary drinks, fresh fruit, and snacks in break rooms across our campus to help everyone power through the day.

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