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
Palo Alto Networks NGFW (Next Generation Firewall) group is looking for a seasoned and accomplished Customer Profile Test (CPT) engineer with experience in validating customer use cases and solutions.
You will be part of a world-class engineering team that works on various ground-breaking security (On-Prem and Cloud) technologies & use cases.
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. Our organization thrives on collaborative synergy, requiring engineers who excel in high-level communication and cross-functional teamwork. We seek individuals adept at aligning diverse talents towards shared objectives, fostering an environment of innovation and collective achievement.

You will play a pivotal role in shaping our future direction by participating in requirements and design discussions. Your responsibilities will extend beyond the development sphere, involving direct engagement with our top-tier customers, account managers, customer success and sales teams. This multifaceted role will require close collaboration with development and product management teams, as well as key stakeholders across the organization.

In this position, you'll craft and execute comprehensive test plans based on customer use case requirements and design specifications. Your expertise will be crucial in designing and maintaining complex end-to-end topologies that simulate real-world deployment scenarios, ensuring robust validation of our designs. This role offers a unique opportunity to influence product development while also contributing to customer satisfaction and sales initiatives.
You will drive the efficiency and reliability of our products by validating them thoroughly to understand potential risks, bugs, or issues, providing an exemplary customer experience for our end users. You strive for the best in everything you do-meaning you won't rest until the products you work on are of the highest quality. You love hunting for problems within the code, seeking issues to correct, and enjoy the challenge of a code-based scavenger hunt that includes testing, providing feedback, and identifying alternative suggestions for our product's environment.

• Your Impact
• Design, develop and validate customer focused use cases on our next-generation security platform & cloud security services
• Ownership of end to end workflow for major components of the service in its first release
• Leadership opportunity to drive collaboration with internal/external cross-functional efforts to deliver best in quality software
• Open Engineering environment to suggest and improve the development process for an agile team
• Collaboratively work with DevOps and the Technical Support teams to troubleshoot customer issues and build better customer experiences
• Interview, mentor and coach new team members as part of the growing team

Qualifications:

• Your Experience
• Detailed understanding of modern network design, implementation, and troubleshooting Involve with analyzing, testing, and modeling Palo Alto Networks platforms in complex deployment scenarios
• Experience testing network security products, preferably with firewalls and security services
• Experience with GNU tools and good to have experience with typical test tools from Spirent and Ixia
• Experience with Python and similar scripting language, and strong ability to develop, maintain, and monitor automated processes is must
• Experience testing L4-L7 Network layers
• L3 network testing experience with knowledge of most common switching and routing protocols
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills are a must
• Experience with testing in a Virtualization environment, including cloud platforms AWS, Azure, GCP etc. is plus
• Past experience with technical presentations, customer interfacing, and requirements interpretation is plus
• BS/MS degree with minimum 8+ years of experience in the networking security industry, or equivalent experience or equivalent military experience required

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.

$147,000.00 - $237,500.00/yr

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?: Yes