Sr Automation Infrastructure Engineer - CAS (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 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

Your Career

At Palo Alto Networks, we lead the way in cybersecurity innovation. Our Cloud Application Security (CAS) product offers a holistic solution to protect every stage of the software development lifecycle, from code creation to cloud deployment. We deliver comprehensive, end-to-end security by scanning everything—from Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) and source code to open-source libraries, version control systems, and CI/CD pipelines. Through continuous risk management, we offer a proactive approach to Application Security Posture Management (ASPM), ensuring the identification, analysis, and prioritization of security risks throughout the entire development cycle.

We are looking for a top-notch Sr Automation Engineer to drive our test efforts and automation infrastructure. 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. Additionally, you will be involved in developing test infrastructure for Unit-Tests, Integration-Tests and more, while providing the infrastructure as a service to the dev teams. The job is deeply hands-on and requires a deep understanding of the product, and the environments it runs.

Your Impact

• Work closely with our engineering teams to understand business requirements
• Own and develop test infrastructure used by dev teams, while providing them with guidance and assistance for using it
• Design, plan and implement automatic tests for our critical business paths
• Own and adjust our UI testing framework to support dev teams which are using it to develop end-to-end tests
• Own and improve peripheral tools for our quality efforts, such as reporting, investigation etc.
• 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
  
  

Qualifications

Your Experience

• At least 4 years of experience as a Automation Infrastructure Engineer
• Strong coding skills Experience in one of the following (or equivalent) languages - TypeScript / Python
• Experience with cloud-native technologies like Docker, Kubernetes, etc
• Experience with CSPs such as GCP (advantage), AWS
• Experience with CI/CD pipeline development and usage
• Experience with process automation solutions and tools development - Advantage
• Experience with UI/Web automation testing - Advantage
• Experience with designing, developing, and implementing test/applicative frameworks from scratch
• Ability to learn new technologies super-fast
• A strong passion for product quality and continuous willingness to improve the product
  
  

Additional Information

The Team

Our engineering team is at the core of our products and connected directly to the mission of preventing cyber attacks. 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.

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.

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.