Senior AI Engineer, Security Research & Automation (Cortex)

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 Description

The Team

Our AI & Data Security Innovation team at the Tel-Aviv R&D center. This team is a specialized unit within the Quality group, focused on creating production-grade AI Innovations that revolutionize our security assurance and development processes. We build the platform and services that power our company's internal AI and Security validation capabilities, enabling our colleagues and customers to work smarter and faster.

Job Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled AI Engineer to join our AI & Data Security Innovation team at the Tel-Aviv R&D center. This team is a specialized unit within the Quality group, focused on creating production-grade AI Innovations that revolutionize our security assurance and development processes. We build the platform and services that power our company's internal AI and Security validation capabilities, enabling our colleagues and customers to work smarter and faster.

We need an experienced engineer with a passion for building, deploying, and scaling our Security AI systems and environment. This is a hands-on role that combines research, devops and data science. The role requires a constant creative trailblazing mindset and novel non-linear thinking. You will develop and enhance complex agentic AI products, architect for scale, and optimize for performance. Additionally, you will be responsible for turning innovative AI concepts into robust, efficient, and reliable services for multiple teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Research, Evaluate and leverage the power of AI and LLMs in cybersecurity
• Perform complex AI evaluations on LLM based cybersecurity features and products
• Implement and optimize advanced AI/LLM systems, including complex RAG pipelines and efficient multi-tool agentic workflows
• Develop and contribute to AI frameworks and services that provide game-changing capabilities
• Transform strategic vision into production-grade reality
• Perform Data-driven research on big data platforms
  
  

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• 3+ years experience as an engineer / researcher
• Expert-level proficiency in Python
• Hands-on experience with AI systems and agentic AI workflows
• Hands-on LLM experience: AI best practices, prompt engineering, model selection, etc
• An innovator's mindset: You thrive on solving ambiguous, open-ended problems and are driven to build novel solutions where no playbook exists.
• Cybersecurity experience - Big Advantage
• Practical experience with modern MLOps/DevOps tools and practices - Big Advantage
• Experience with XDR/SIEM/EDR/NDR product - Advantage
  
  

Additional Information

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.

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