Senior Software Automation Manager (Cortex Platform)

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

We are looking for a motivated Automation Manager to join our Cortex Platform QA group in our Tel Aviv R&D center.

The team is responsible for the quality of Cortex products and development of E2E test automation framework, and tools. In this role you will lead, train and motivate our automation team and be responsible for planning and execution of automated and manual tests. All of this in a fast pace process of development, test and release.

More information about Cortex products can be found here.

Your Impact

• Lead a team of automation engineers as an organic automation team within an Automation group.
• Own your team's technical roadmap of automation, strategy, implementation, execution, tracking and reporting
• Responsible for the quality of Palo Alto Networks products
• Be a technical lead, including responsibility for code reviews, recruiting, personal development, training and mentoring the automation engineers.
• Partner with software development managers, functional, system & performance QA leaders to devise test automation strategies to drive the automation and to come up with extensive automation coverage of testing.
• Collaborate with the DevOps team to ensure test framework and methodologies are integrated with the continuous integration.
• Implement infrastructure & automatic tests (be hands-on to some extent).
  
  

Qualifications

Your Experience

• 4+ years of experience as an Automation or Infrastructure Manager for a SaaS Product.
• Extensive experience and broad expertise in testing processes and methodologies, including implementation and leading teams through successful execution.
• Strong communication skills with members, staff, and individuals, demonstrated through a professional manner and the ability to clearly present and explain information in both Hebrew and English.
• Hands on experience with Python or other OOP Languages.
• Expertise in cloud platforms (GCP, AWS, Azure and more)
• Hands-on experience using tools such as git, Jira, Jenkins.
• Experience working with OS Linux environment
  
  

Nice To Have

• Experience in Docker for creating and managing test environments and integrating with CI/CD pipelines
• Strong analytical and trouble-shooting skills
• Academic degree in Computer Science or equivalent
• Networking- protocols and cloud infrastructure networking
  
  

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 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.