Principal QA Engineer - Back End Team (Cortex Cloud)

Company Description

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 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 Description

Your Career

We are looking for a motivated Principal QA Engineer to join our Tel Aviv R&D center.

The team is a critical part of the Cortex Platform - a shared infrastructure for all Cortex Products (XDR, XSIAM, XSOAR, Platform) that combines full case management, scoring, dashboards, and many more.

In this role, you will need to quickly grasp the underlying logic and strategic goals of our cyber products, understand both the technical and business context, analyze and test new features and bug fixes, and you need to be passionate about improving the quality of the product you test.

All this will happen in a fast-paced, agile-based development, testing, and release process.

Your Impact

Be a part of highly motivated and skilled engineering team

Be the QA owner of relevant user stories, from inception to delivery within a development team

Collaborate closely with dev teams, ux designers, and product managers.

Design and execute tests for new features and enhancements to existing ones.

Effectively design and implement QA cycles that align with our frequent release schedules, ensuring top-notch product quality and reliability

Aim to become a Subject Matter Expert in our products

Your expertise will not only enhance your professional growth but also elevate the value you bring to our team

Reproduce and debug issues found during and after software release

Qualifications

Your Experience

6+ years of software testing experience

Self-motivated learner with a strong ability to adapt to new technologies and methodologies quickly.

Experience with UI and Server testing of cloud-base web applications.

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills in both Hebrew and English

Experience with Agile development process.

Experience writing testing documents (STDs/ATPs) and knowledge of various testing methodologies.

Experience with GCP, MySQL, REST API

Expirence with security testing tools - an advantage

Knowledge of other programming languages - an advantage

Academic degree(s) in Computer Science or equivalent or equivalent military experience– an advantage

Experience with automation testing – an advantage

SOC background in general and SOAR knowledge in particular – an advantage

Additional Information

The Team

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 team helps us do just that.

The team will be highly technical and will build enablement material that will be consumed by multiple teams in and outside of Palo Alto Networks. It includes, but is not limited to, demo environments, deep technical presentations, webinars, guides, and more. The team will work closely with product and engineering as the products are being developed and will build content that will align with our release cadences to ensure that the various teams in the company have everything they need to succeed.

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 [email protected].

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.

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 [email protected].

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.