Sales Engineer - Intern

Our Mission

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.

Who We Are

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.

Job Summary

Your Career As a Sales Engineer Intern, you will get the opportunity to learn about our platform and how to be a successful SE. We approach this with a mixture of instructor-led training, hands-on activities, product demos, group presentations, and other project work. You will work together to complete critical work that supports customers in the pre-sales process. In this role, you will also work with sales on customer engagements and establish relationships with customers with the goal of helping them detect and prevent advanced cyberattacks and breaches. Upon completion of your summer internship, you will be required to do a final presentation on your experience and understanding of our solutions. Our global internship program trains the next generation of cybersecurity talent across a range of specializations, from threat intelligence to information security, engineering, and marketing. Interns and recent graduates can learn about the network security industry from leading thinkers, grow their professional networks, and be part of a career-defining experience. Our Summer Internship Program from May-August or June-September provides you: 1:1 mentorship Fun and engaging events that inspire your intellectual curiosity The opportunity to expand your knowledge and work on challenging projects Connections to other recent grads, and employees across the company as well as our leaders Your Impact Establish yourself as a trusted team member to SE leadership and colleagues and contribute to sales wins throughout the program Architect and propose solutions which address the identified cybersecurity problems in each customer’s unique environment Ensure ongoing customer success, support, and adoption of cybersecurity solutions Act as the customer advocate for any issues that require technical assistance and follow up with the customer until the issue is resolved Continuous self-improvement and learning to maintain technical leadership of applicable technologies (SASE, XDR, public cloud, security, networking, etc.)

Qualifications

Your Experience Understand and effectively present complex concepts to technical and non-technical audiences Strong analytical skills to evaluate complex problems and a systematic approach to create solutions Mature and effective time-management skills Knowledge and desire to learn of modern network threats and malware, network forensics, automation tools and technologies, and endpoint security technologies Requirements – To apply, you must be pursuing a 4-year Undergraduate Degree, a 2-year Master’s Degree or a Doctorate degree and returning to school in the fall

Compensation Disclosure

The compensation offered for this position will depend on qualifications, experience, and work location. For candidates who receive an offer at the posted level, the starting base salary (for non-sales roles) or base salary + commission target (for sales/com-missioned roles) is expected to be the annual range listed below. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found here.

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Our Commitment

We’re trailblazers that dream big, 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.

Is role eligible for Immigration Sponsorship? No. Please note that we will not sponsor applicants for work visas for this position.