Senior QA Automation Engineer (Cortex Cloud)

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 top–notch Senior software automation engineer to drive our test efforts across the company. As our engineer you will be in charge of, first and foremost, product quality, design and plan required quality assurance tests, you will develop automation tests and needed infrastructure together with deployment to all known cloud providers using python, and working closely with a development team to address issues that were discovered. The job is deeply hands–on and requires a deep understanding of the product, the environments it runs.

Your Impact

• Work closely with our engineering teams to understand business requirements
• Create detailed and well–structured test plans based on requirements and features crew meetings
• Design and writing the infrastructure and progression tests for new features
• Use your knowledge to perform thorough regression testing
• Identifying, reporting, documenting and tracking defect/bug issues
• Investigate, analyze and find the root causes for failed systems and software
• Ability to effectively communicate with all levels of the organization
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong focus on customer satisfaction
  
  

Qualifications

Your Experience

• At least 4 years of experience as a QA automation
• Experience with cloud–native technologies like Docker, Kubernetes, etc – Must
• Experience with Linux- Advantage
• Experience in one of the following languages – Python /Java/ Go – Advantage
• Experience with UI/Web manual/automation testing – Advantage
• Ability to learn new technologies superfast
• A strong passion for product quality and continuous willingness to improve the product
  
  

Additional Information

The Team

Our QA engineers are a part of the engineering team. 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.

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.

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.