Our Mission
At Palo Alto Networks® everything starts and ends with our mission:
Being the cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting our digital way of life.
Our vision is a world where each day is safer and more secure than the one before. 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.
Who We Are
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 DescriptionYour Career
Palo Alto Networks is committed to AI security in the emerging AI era. The AI security cloud service engineering team is the core engineering team to build a solid product to assure the runtime security of our customers when they are using AI, especially LLM services.
Your Impact
Collaborate with product managers, cybersecurity researchers, AI application researchers and infrastructure software engineersDesign and build an innovative and solid products to ensure our customers can use AI service securelyParticipate in all phases of the product development cycle, from definition, design, through implementation and testImplement real-time security services to customersWork with PLM on new feature requirementWork with QA and DevOps on new release deploymentQualificationsYour Experience
Solid golang/python programming skillsSolid knowledge on HTTP 1.1/HTTP2 protocols and gRPCProfound knowledge on web service proxy technology especially on envoy and web assemblyExperience in designing large distributed system and web services in the cloudDeep knowledge in GCP platform is a plusFamiliar with major CSP LLM foundation models is a plusThe candidate should be a good problem solverMaster's degree in computer science or equivalent or equivalent military experience requiredThe Team
To stay ahead of the curve, it’s critical to know where the curve is, and how to anticipate the changes we may be facing. For the fastest growing cybersecurity company, the curve is the evolution of cyberattacks, and the products and services that proactively address them. As a predictive enterprise environment, we analyze petabytes of data that pass through our walls daily and we hire the most talented minds in data science to build creative predictive analytics and data science solutions for our cybersecurity solutions.
We define the industry, instead of waiting for directions. We need individuals who feel comfortable in ambiguity, excited by the prospect of a challenge, and empowered by the unknown risks facing our everyday lives that are only enabled by a secure digital environment.
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/commissioned roles) is expected to be between $147,000/YR - $237,500/YR. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found here.
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.
Is role eligible for Immigration Sponsorship?: Yes
Read LessOur Mission
At Palo Alto Networks® everything starts and ends with our mission:
Being the cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting our digital way of life.
Our vision is a world where each day is safer and more secure than the one before. 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.
Who We Are
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 DescriptionYour Career
Palo Alto Networks is committed to AI security in the emerging AI era. The AI security cloud service engineering team is the core engineering team to build a solid product to assure the runtime security of our customers when they are using AI, especially LLM services.
Your Impact
Collaborate with product managers, cybersecurity researchers, AI application researchers and infrastructure software engineers
Design and build an innovative and solid products to ensure our customers can use AI service securely
Participate in all phases of the product development cycle, from definition, design, through implementation and test
Implement real-time security services to customers
Work with PLM on new feature requirement
Work with QA and DevOps on new release deployment
QualificationsYour Experience
BS/MS or Ph.D. in Computer Science, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
Solid golang/python programming skills
Solid knowledge on HTTP 1.1/HTTP2 protocols and gRPC
Profound knowledge on web service proxy technology especially on envoy and web assembly
Experience in designing large distributed system and web services in the cloud
Deep knowledge in GCP platform is a plus
Familiar with major CSP LLM foundation models is a plus
The candidate should be a good problem solver
The Team
Our Prisma AIRS team is a group of highly motivated and innovative engineers and researchers dedicated to solving the most challenging problems in AI security. We thrive in a collaborative environment where we value creativity, ownership, and a commitment to excellence. You will have the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technology and make a significant impact on the future of cybersecurity.
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/commissioned roles) is expected to be between $147,000/YR - $237,500/YR. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found here.
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.
Is role eligible for Immigration Sponsorship?: Yes
Read LessOur Mission
At Palo Alto Networks® everything starts and ends with our mission:
Being the cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting our digital way of life.
Our vision is a world where each day is safer and more secure than the one before. 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.
Who We Are
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 DescriptionYour Career
We're seeking innovators - engineers who seek to design new products, designing state-of-the-art products that do not exist today. These engineers love to code with a drive to build global products and bring new ideas to develop security disciplines to solve real-world problems. We are looking for talent engineers who take ownership of their areas of focus and who are driven to pursue problems at every level. Collaboration is at the heart of our culture and we need engineers who can communicate at a high level and work well with multi-functional teams towards achieving a common goal.
Your Impact
Participate in the design and implementation of Advanced Threat Prevention cloud services for public cloud and private cloud features
Participate in all phases of the product development cycle, from definition, design, through implementation and test
Provide real-time security services to customers
Work with PLM on new feature requirement
Work with QA and DevOps on new release deployment
Work with support to handle customer issues
Work with security researchers and data scientist on a new feature request
QualificationsYour Experience
BS/MS in Computer Science or Computer Engineering
Solid programming skills in GoLang, Python or Java
Solid knowledge and skills on Linux
Solid skills with Kubernetes and Docker
Rich GCP experience is a plus
Solid knowledge of web servers/proxies such as NGINX, envoy
3 years of working experience on data infrastructure platforms
Strong micro-service development experience
Rich Experience with SQL and No-SQL DB technologies such as MySQL, Redis
Hands-on experience with the queuing system such as RabbitMQ, Kafka, experience with Pub/Sub is a plus
Solid skills in multi-threads and multi-processes programming and experience in a distributed system are preferred
DevOps experience a plus
Teamwork, problem-solving and a can-do attitude
The Team
We are the Advanced Threat Prevention Infrastructure team. Our engineering team is at the core of our products – deliver the best of security services on the cloud to prevent cyberattacks. We are constantly innovating – challenging the way we, and the industry, think about cybersecurity. Our engineers don’t shy away from building products to solve problems no one has pursued before.
We define the industry, instead of waiting for directions. We need individuals who feel comfortable in ambiguity, excited by the prospect of a challenge, and empowered by the unknown risks facing our everyday lives that are only enabled by a secure digital environment.
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/commissioned roles) is expected to be between $126,000 - $204,500/YR. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found here.
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.
Read LessOur Mission
At Palo Alto Networks® everything starts and ends with our mission:
Being the cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting our digital way of life.
Our vision is a world where each day is safer and more secure than the one before. 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.
Who We Are
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 DescriptionYour Career
With Prisma AIRS, Palo Alto Networks is building the world's most comprehensive AI security platform. Organizations are increasingly building complex ecosystems of AI models, applications, and agents, creating dynamic new attack surfaces with risks that traditional security approaches cannot address. In response,Prisma AIRS delivers model security, posture management, AI red teaming, and runtime protection. Our customers can confidently deploy AI-driven innovation while ensuring a formidable security posture from development through runtime.
As a Senior Principal Machine Learning Engineer, you will drive research on cutting-edge areas, including AI-Native Security (LLM, AI Agent, Model Supply-Chain, Runtime AI) and the broader LLM ecosystem security. You will leverage this research to identify and bring up new product opportunities. You will collaborate closely with engineering teams to deploy models, ensuring maximum product impact. Furthermore, you will foster cross-functional collaboration and serve as an AI thought leader both within the company and in the security/LLM community. Beyond individual contribution, you will lead complex technical projects, mentor senior engineers, and set the standard for performance, scalability, and engineering excellence across the organization. Your decisions will have a profound and lasting impact on our ability to deliver cutting-edge AI security solutions at a massive scale.
Your Impact
Lead the architectural design of a highly scalable, low-latency, and resilient ML inference platform capable of serving a diverse range of models for real-time security applications.
Define technical approaches to less-defined product requirements, ensuring the best fit between product features and technical implementation. Explore new product opportunities by maintaining a deep understanding of LLM and Generative AI research trends.
Technical Leadership: Provide technical leadership and mentorship to the team, driving best practices in MLOps, software engineering, and system design.
Strategic Optimization: Drive the strategy for model and system performance, guiding research and implementation of advanced optimization techniques like custom kernels, hardware acceleration, and novel serving frameworks.
Set The Standard: Establish and enforce engineering standards for automated model deployment, robust monitoring, and operational excellence for all production ML systems.
Cross-Functional Vision: Act as a key technical liaison to other principal engineers, architects, and product leaders to shape the future of the Prisma AIRS platform and ensure end-to-end system cohesion.
Solve the Hardest Problems: Tackle the most ambiguous and challenging technical problems in large-scale inference, from mitigating novel security threats to achieving unprecedented performance goals.
QualificationsYour Experience
BS/MS or Ph.D. in Computer Science, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
Extensive professional experience in software engineering with a deep focus on MLOps, ML systems, or productionizing machine learning models at scale.
Expert-level programming skills in Python are required; experience in a systems language like Go, Java, or C++ is nice to have.
Deep, hands-on experience designing and building large-scale distributed systems on a major cloud platform (GCP, AWS, Azure, or OCI).
Proven track record of leading the architecture of complex ML systems and MLOps pipelines using technologies like Kubernetes and Docker.
Mastery of ML frameworks (TensorFlow, PyTorch) and extensive experience with advanced inference optimization tools (ONNX, TensorRT).
A strong understanding of popular model architectures (e.g., Transformers, CNNs, GNNs) is a must. A deeper understanding of attention mechanisms and related knowledge is a plus.
Demonstrated expertise with modern LLM inference engines (e.g., vLLM, SGLang, TensorRT-LLM) is required. Open-source contributions in these areas are a significant plus.
Experience with low-level performance optimization, such as custom CUDA kernel development or using Triton Language, is a plus.
Experience with data infrastructure technologies (e.g., Kafka, Spark, Flink) is great to have.
Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and automation tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI, Tekton) is a plus.
The Team
Our Prisma AIRS team is a group of highly motivated and innovative engineers and researchers dedicated to solving the most challenging problems in AI security. We thrive in a collaborative environment where we value creativity, ownership, and a commitment to excellence. You will have the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technology and make a significant impact on the future of cybersecurity.
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/commissioned roles) is expected to be between $185,200 - $299,450/YR. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found here.
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.
Is role eligible for Immigration Sponsorship?: Yes
Read LessOur Mission
At Palo Alto Networks® everything starts and ends with our mission:
Being the cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting our digital way of life.
Our vision is a world where each day is safer and more secure than the one before. 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.
Who We Are
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 DescriptionYour Career
Strata Logging Service (SLS) powers advanced cybersecurity innovations by providing a unique capability to normalize and correlate data across the entire enterprise. SLS can radically simplify customer security operations by collecting, integrating, and normalizing an enterprise's security data, easily run advanced analytics at cloud scale, supported by the data and compute power you need. Constantly learns from new data sources to evolve customer defenses SLS is built to benefit from public cloud scale and locations ready for elastic scale, eliminating the need for local compute and storage. SLS has strict privacy and security controls in place to prevent unauthorized access to sensitive or identifiable information. Its infrastructure is secured with industry-standard best practices for security and confidentiality, including rigorous technical and organizational security controls.
Your Impact
Tackle new and challenging problems by building a new generation of highly scaled data processing and analytics systems. Contribute in architecture, design and development of features, solve complex problems in pipeline scaling and data storage to facilitate dashboards. Suggest and implement improvements to the development processes. Work with DevOps and Technical Support teams to investigate and resolve critical customer defects.
QualificationsYour Experience
Must have 5+ years of hands-on experience in building large enterprise applications, Must have extensive hands-on programming skills in Java and distributed systems. Deep understanding of design pattern. Good communication skills and ability to work in a fast-paced environment. Nice to have: Strong knowledge of databases SQL, NoSQL, Time series, GraphDB. Experience with one or more cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, their services (DataFlow, BQ, Athena etc) and Kubernetes. Knowledge of Linux fundamentals and networked computing environment concepts.
The Team
Our engineering team is at the core of our products and connected directly to the mission of preventing cyberattacks. We are constantly innovating — challenging the way we, and the industry, think about cybersecurity. Our engineers don't shy away from building products to solve problems no one has pursued before.We define the industry instead of waiting for directions. We need individuals who feel comfortable in ambiguity, excited by the prospect of a challenge, and empowered by the unknown risks facing our everyday lives that are only enabled by a secure digital environment.
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/commissioned roles) is expected to be between $194K - $215K YR. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found here.
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.
Read LessOur Mission
At Palo Alto Networks® everything starts and ends with our mission:
Being the cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting our digital way of life.
Our vision is a world where each day is safer and more secure than the one before. 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.
Who We Are
We take our mission of protecting the digital way of life seriously. We are relentless in protecting our customers and we believe that the unique ideas of every member of our team contributes to our collective success. Our values were crowdsourced by employees and are brought to life through each of us everyday - from disruptive innovation and collaboration, to execution. From showing up for each other with integrity to creating an environment where we all feel included.
As a member of our team, you will be shaping the future of cybersecurity. We work fast, value ongoing learning, and we respect each employee as a unique individual. Knowing we all have different needs, our development and personal wellbeing programs are designed to give you choice in how you are supported. This includes our FLEXBenefits wellbeing spending account with over 1,000 eligible items selected by employees, our mental and financial health resources, and our personalized learning opportunities - just to name a few!
Job DescriptionJob Summary
As a Unit 42 Product Specialist, you will be instrumental in providing product support, configuration, and deployment assistance to drive security transformation for our customers during and after security incidents. You will identify technology and policy gaps that enabled the incident and develop a holistic plan to enhance the customer's security posture. Working directly with contacts from technical experts to executives, you will leverage your expertise in Palo Alto Networks solutions to guide customers through troubleshooting, configuration, and security improvements, ensuring the adoption of best practices to prevent future incidents.
Key Responsibilities
Offer expert, hands-on support with deployment, implementation, and troubleshooting of information technology and security solutions and infrastructure.
Act as a trusted advisor, guiding Unit 42 customers through implementing standards and best practices to address identified security gaps.
Collaborate with account teams to understand customers’ prior investments in PANW offerings and ensure recommendations for expansion are presented cohesively.
Maintain a professional presence while working with diverse customer contacts, including technical administrators, executives, and boards of directors.
Proactively identify and communicate project status, risks, and issues with client contacts and internal engagement leads.
Provide after-hours and weekend on-call coverage as needed to support critical engagement activities.
Travel as needed to customer locations, often with minimal advance notice, up to 50% of the time.
QualificationsRequired Qualifications
Minimum of ten years of experience in information technology, systems administration, or network administration.
Minimum of three years of experience managing security solutions in enterprise environments.
Deep understanding of multiple network and endpoint security technologies (e.g., next-generation firewalls, SASE, SSE, zero trust, identity management, endpoint protection, DLP).
Engineering and design experience within Active Directory (domains, forests, trusts), IP networking (switching, routing protocols), and large-scale network infrastructure.
Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant field, or equivalent professional or military experience.
Preferred Qualifications
Expertise deploying, configuring, and troubleshooting one or more Palo Alto Networks solutions (e.g., NGFW, Prisma Access, Cortex XDR/XSIAM).
Prior experience in consulting or another client-facing role.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to convey complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
Demonstrated ability to remain calm, composed, and articulate in high-pressure situations.
The Team
Unit 42 Consulting is Palo Alto Networks’ security advisory team. Our vision is to create a more secure digital world by providing the highest quality incident response, risk management, and digital forensic services to clients of all sizes. Our team is composed of recognized experts and incident responders with deep technical expertise and experience in investigations, data breach response, digital forensics, and information security. With a highly successful track record of delivering mission-critical cybersecurity solutions, we are experienced in working quickly to provide an effective incident response, attack readiness, and remediation plans with a focus on providing long-term support to improve our clients’ security posture.
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/commissioned roles) is expected to be between $183000/YR - $252000/YR. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found here.
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.
Is role eligible for Immigration Sponsorship? No. Please note that we will not sponsor applicants for work visas for this position.
Read LessOur Mission
At Palo Alto Networks® everything starts and ends with our mission:
Being the cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting our digital way of life.
Our vision is a world where each day is safer and more secure than the one before. 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.
Who We Are
We take our mission of protecting the digital way of life seriously. We are relentless in protecting our customers and we believe that the unique ideas of every member of our team contributes to our collective success. Our values were crowdsourced by employees and are brought to life through each of us everyday - from disruptive innovation and collaboration, to execution. From showing up for each other with integrity to creating an environment where we all feel included.
As a member of our team, you will be shaping the future of cybersecurity. We work fast, value ongoing learning, and we respect each employee as a unique individual. Knowing we all have different needs, our development and personal wellbeing programs are designed to give you choice in how you are supported. This includes our FLEXBenefits wellbeing spending account with over 1,000 eligible items selected by employees, our mental and financial health resources, and our personalized learning opportunities - just to name a few!
At Palo Alto Networks, we believe in the power of collaboration and value in-person interactions. This is why our employees generally work full time from our office with flexibility offered where needed. This setup fosters casual conversations, problem-solving, and trusted relationships. Our goal is to create an environment where we all win with precision.
Job DescriptionYour Career
Palo Alto Networks NGFW (Next Generation Firewall) group is looking for a seasoned and accomplished QA/Automation engineer with experience in validating core networking & security features in the QA team.
You will be part of a world-class software test engineering team that works on various ground-breaking technologies (Cloud Identity, Data Loss Prevention, Post quantum cryptography, IoT Security etc) in the Layer 4-7 domain. You will work with a multi- functional team of engineers solving interesting problems in the area of L4-7 security.
We are looking for highly motivated engineers who have intellectual curiosity, love the challenge of solving complex problems with variable factors and creativity in obtaining solutions. We are looking for leaders who take ownership of their areas of focus and who are driven to pursue problems at every level. Collaboration is at the heart of our culture and we need engineers who can communicate at a high level and work well with multi-functional teams towards achieving a common goal.
Your Impact
Working in a small and fast-paced team, you will solve important customer problems and deliver the most impactful results. Your contributions will span all phases of end-to-end product and solution validation.
Lead end-to-end validation for critical networking and security features, solving key customer problems.
Drive quality initiatives by collaborating with development, QA, and DevOps teams to achieve the best quality and to troubleshoot and resolve complex customer issues.
Innovate by suggesting and implementing improvements to the QA process and automation frameworks.
Mentor and coach new team members, including participating in interviews to help grow the team's capabilities.
Adapt by staying updated with advancements and the usage of AI (for coding, quality processes, etc.), evaluating their relevance, and incorporating them to enhance systems.
Qualifications
Your Experience
Graduate degree (BS or MS) in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or similar technical discipline or equivalent military experience required
8+ years of experience in QA and automation specifically in networking, security products or services
Strong automation skills in Python
Deep working knowledge in TCP/IP, application layer protocols (HTTP/HTTPS/SMTP etc)
Exceptional skills in problem-solving, debugging, and root cause analysis.
Good understanding of Enterprise and SaaS products, with the ability to participate in the design, code review, and deployment of scalable software systems.
Experience with customer engagements (both proactive and reactive) and driving root cause analysis and corrective actions.
Ability to leverage AI tools to improve testing efficiency and code quality.
Experience with public cloud platforms (GCP, AWS) and CI/CD tools (Jenkins) is highly prefer
The Team
Our engineering team is at the core of our products – connected directly to the mission of preventing cyberattacks. We are constantly innovating – challenging the way we, and the industry, think about cybersecurity. Our engineers don’t shy away from building products to solve problems no one has pursued before. We define the industry, instead of waiting for directions. We need individuals who feel comfortable in ambiguity, excited by the prospect of a challenge, and empowered by the unknown risks facing our everyday lives that are only enabled by a secure digital environment.
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/commissioned roles) is expected to be between $147000 - $220000/YR. 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 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.
Read LessOur Mission
At Palo Alto Networks® everything starts and ends with our mission:
Being the cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting our digital way of life.
Our vision is a world where each day is safer and more secure than the one before. 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.
Who We Are
We take our mission of protecting the digital way of life seriously. We are relentless in protecting our customers and we believe that the unique ideas of every member of our team contributes to our collective success. Our values were crowdsourced by employees and are brought to life through each of us everyday - from disruptive innovation and collaboration, to execution. From showing up for each other with integrity to creating an environment where we all feel included.
As a member of our team, you will be shaping the future of cybersecurity. We work fast, value ongoing learning, and we respect each employee as a unique individual. Knowing we all have different needs, our development and personal wellbeing programs are designed to give you choice in how you are supported. This includes our FLEXBenefits wellbeing spending account with over 1,000 eligible items selected by employees, our mental and financial health resources, and our personalized learning opportunities - just to name a few!
At Palo Alto Networks, we believe in the power of collaboration and value in-person interactions. This is why our employees generally work full time from our office with flexibility offered where needed. This setup fosters casual conversations, problem-solving, and trusted relationships. Our goal is to create an environment where we all win with precision.
Job DescriptionPrisma Access™ combines the Internet connectivity/security you need - and delivers it everywhere you need it. Using cutting-edge public and private cloud technologies, it extends the next-generation security protection to all cloud services and to its customers regardless of whether they are on-premise, on remote networks or mobile users.
One part of Prisma Access™ is our GlobalProtect team, which is responsible for securing the network traffic from Customer devices to Prisma Access™ Cloud. We are seeking an experienced Software Engineer to design, develop and deliver next-generation technologies within our GlobalProtect team. We want passionate engineers who love to code and build great products and who bring new ideas in all facets of software development. We are looking for leaders who take ownership of their areas of focus and who are driven to solve problems at every level. Collaboration and teamwork are at the foundation of our culture and we need engineers who can communicate at a high level and work well with others towards achieving a common goal.
QualificationsExperience:
5+ years of software development experience building system-level software across macOS and Windows.2+ years of hands-on experience with system internals (for both Windows and macOS), including low-level programming, performance tuning, debugging, networking and system-level APIs.Proficient in C and C++ programming with strong emphasis on system-level code.Strong experience with Rust development – you’ll help shape how Rust is adopted and used in our cross-platform systems.Familiarity with Windows system APIs such as WFP, ETW, WMI (or equivalent on macOS), drivers or kernel-mode components on Windows, and equivalent (or analogous) macOS system-level frameworks.Understanding of networking internals (TCP/IP, DNS, VPN, etc.) and experience with debugging tools (WinDbg/Sysinternals on Windows; relevant tools on macOS).Excellent collaborative and communication skills; able to work well across teams and influence product design and execution.B.S./M.S. in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent military or industry experience.Preferred:
Experience designing and developing cross-platform networking/security solutions that run on both Windows and macOS.Deep dive knowledge of kernel or driver-level programming on either/both platforms.Prior experience integrating Rust into legacy C/C++ codebases, or leading migration efforts to Rust.Experience within cybersecurity, VPN, cloud-edge security, or enterprise networking environments.The Team
Our engineering team is at the core of our products – connected directly to the mission of preventing cyberattacks. We are constantly innovating – challenging the way we, and the industry, think about cybersecurity. Our engineers don’t shy away from building products to solve problems no one has pursued before.
We define the industry, instead of waiting for directions. We need individuals who feel comfortable in ambiguity, excited by the prospect of a challenge, and empowered by the unknown risks facing our everyday lives that are only enabled by a secure digital environment.
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/commissioned roles) is expected to be between $104000/YR - $169500/YR The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found here
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.
Is role eligible for Immigration Sponsorship?: Yes
Read LessOur Mission
At Palo Alto Networks® everything starts and ends with our mission:
Being the cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting our digital way of life.
Our vision is a world where each day is safer and more secure than the one before. 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.
Who We Are
We take our mission of protecting the digital way of life seriously. We are relentless in protecting our customers and we believe that the unique ideas of every member of our team contributes to our collective success. Our values were crowdsourced by employees and are brought to life through each of us everyday - from disruptive innovation and collaboration, to execution. From showing up for each other with integrity to creating an environment where we all feel included.
As a member of our team, you will be shaping the future of cybersecurity. We work fast, value ongoing learning, and we respect each employee as a unique individual. Knowing we all have different needs, our development and personal wellbeing programs are designed to give you choice in how you are supported. This includes our FLEXBenefits wellbeing spending account with over 1,000 eligible items selected by employees, our mental and financial health resources, and our personalized learning opportunities - just to name a few!
Job DescriptionJob Summary
As a Senior Technical Product Engineer, you will be a strategic adviser to the business, providing detailed technical information and feedback to partners, customers, and internal teams. You will work across product teams to drive valuable insights back into Palo Alto Networks, helping to shape our world-class product offerings. This role requires a self-starter who is eager to learn, can work both independently and collaboratively, and can identify and address sales challenges with effective solutions.
Key Responsibilities
Collaborate with Legal, Sales, Product Management, and customers to drive innovation and ensure secure, scalable adoption of cloud-native security solutions.Lead complex, cross-functional projects that shape the product roadmap and align with field-driven priorities.Provide actionable feedback to Product Managers to influence development in areas such as cloud posture, workload protection, and identity management.Design and deliver automation content, playbooks, and integrations that address real-world SOC use cases and cloud security risks.Contribute to the evolution of Cortex product capabilities by enhancing visibility, risk prioritization, and policy enforcement across multi-cloud environments.Advocate for best practices in securing modern application architectures using automation, contextual risk insights, and scalable cloud-native controls.QualificationsRequired Qualifications
Minimum of 2 years of experience with one or more major cloud infrastructure providers (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP).Minimum of 2 years of experience with security orchestration, automation, and response (SOAR) technology.Proven experience managing cross-functional programs in a fast-paced environment.Strong technical knowledge of cloud platforms, modern application architectures, and cloud-native security operations use cases.Excellent written and verbal communication skills with strong presentation abilities.Preferred Qualifications
Experience with Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) tools like Prisma Cloud to detect and remediate cloud misconfigurations.Understanding of Cloud Infrastructure Entitlement Management (CIEM) principles with hands-on experience managing cloud entitlements.Experience in building Security Operations Center (SOC) workflows, incident response playbooks, and SIEM integrations.Proficiency in cloud-native programming, scripting, and automation.The Team
Product Management - To stay ahead of the curve, it’s critical to know where the curve is and how to anticipate the changes we’re facing. For the fastest-growing cybersecurity company, the curve is the evolution of cyberattacks and the products and services that proactively address them. Our Product Management team helps us do just that. This team provides the behind-the-scenes support for our products by being a source of information for our Systems Engineers, staying on top of the environment we sell in and helping to implement technical solutions based on our clients' feedback and needs. As threats and technology evolve, we stay ahead to accomplish our mission.
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/commissioned roles) is expected to be between $134000/YR - $215500/YR. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found here.
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.
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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.
Is role eligible for Immigration Sponsorship?: Yes
Read LessOur 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 DescriptionThe Team
Engineering - Our engineering team is at the core of our products – connected directly to the mission of preventing cyberattacks. We are constantly innovating – challenging the way we, and the industry, think about cybersecurity. Our engineers don’t shy away from building products to solve problems no one has pursued before.
Job Summary
We are seeking an experienced Software Engineer to design, develop, and deliver next-generation technologies within our Prisma Access team. In this role, you will take ownership of your focus areas to solve complex problems at every level. You will be instrumental in designing and building great products, bringing new ideas in all facets of software development while collaborating with a high-performing team to achieve common goals.
Key Responsibilities
Design, develop, and implement highly scalable software features and infrastructure for our next-generation security platform, ensuring readiness for cloud-native deployment.
Proactively collaborate with development and quality assurance groups to achieve the highest quality standards by creating tools, processes, and systems that promote transparency and alignment.
Profile, optimize, and tune systems software, including management, control, and data planes, for efficient and high-performance cloud operation.
Work closely with DevOps and Technical Support teams to troubleshoot and resolve complex customer issues in a timely manner.
Partner with other software development teams to integrate and apply PanOS features effectively on the Prisma Access platform.
Contribute to team growth by interviewing, mentoring, and coaching new team members, fostering a culture of continuous learning and excellence.
QualificationsRequired Qualifications
M.S./B.S. degree in Computer Science or equivalent military experience.
5+ years of experience in developing and troubleshooting dataplane applications.
Hands-on programming experience in Python and Go.
In-depth understanding of Operating System principles (e.g., Linux/Unix) and networking concepts, including the TCP/IP stack and TLS.
Solid foundation in design, data structures, and algorithms, with strong analytical and debugging skills.
Preferred Qualifications
Programming experience in C/C++.
Experience with building and deploying applications in a cloud environment.
Exposure to building Microservices-based architectures.
Experience with LLMs, GenAI applications, or Machine Learning/Data Science (ETL, dataset curation, running evaluations).
The Team
Our engineering team is at the core of our products – connected directly to the mission of preventing cyberattacks. We are constantly innovating – challenging the way we, and the industry, think about cybersecurity. Our engineers don’t shy away from building products to solve problems no one has pursued before.
We define the industry, instead of waiting for directions. We need individuals who feel comfortable in ambiguity, excited by the prospect of a challenge, and empowered by the unknown risks facing our everyday lives that are only enabled by a secure digital environment.
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/commissioned roles) is expected to be between $170,000 - $190,000/YR. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found here.
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.
Is role eligible for Immigration Sponsorship?: Yes
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