Senior Technical Product Engineer

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 Summary

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 TPE team helps us do just that.

This team provides behind-the-scenes support for our products by being a source of information for our systems engineers, staying on top of the environment we sell in, and helping to implement technical solutions based on our client’s feedback and needs. As threats and technology evolve, we stay ahead to accomplish our mission.

Job Summary

As a Senior Technical Product Engineer, you will play a key role in providing detailed technical information and strategic guidance to our partners, customers, and internal teams. You will serve as a subject matter expert on our Cloud SOC and Automation platforms, working across product teams to drive innovation and improvements. This role requires a self-starter who is eager to learn, experiment with new technologies, and address complex sales and technical challenges.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) for Cloud SOC, Automation (SOAR), and CNAPP, providing actionable feedback to Product Managers to influence the product roadmap.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Sales, Product Management, and customers to drive innovation and ensure secure, scalable adoption of cloud-native security solutions.
• Lead complex projects that align with field-driven priorities, ensuring milestones and deliverables are tracked and met.
• Design and deliver automation content, playbooks, and integrations that address real-world Security Operations Center (SOC) use cases and cloud security risks.
• Support field teams (Sales, SEs) by building Proof of Concept (POC) plans, answering technical questions, and assisting with RFPs.
• Proactively challenge the status quo by identifying and solving complex issues, establishing best practices for product improvements.
• Advocate for best practices in securing modern application architectures using automation, contextual risk insights, and scalable cloud-native controls.
  
  

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• At least 2 years of experience with one or more major cloud infrastructure providers (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP).
• At least 2 years of experience with security orchestration, automation, and response (SOAR) technology.
• Strong technical knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and modern application architectures.
• Demonstrated understanding of cloud-native security (CNAPP) and security operations (SOC, SIEM, EDR) use cases.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with strong presentation abilities and professional presence.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) tools (e.g., Prisma Cloud) to detect and remediate cloud risks.
• Understanding of Cloud Infrastructure Entitlement Management (CIEM) principles and hands-on experience managing cloud entitlements.
• Experience in building SOC workflows, incident response plans, or SIEM integrations.
• Experience in cloud-native programming, scripting, automation, infrastructure-as-code, or modern CI/CD pipelines.
  
  

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 [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.

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