Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel Engineering Full-time Ref ID: JR-008670

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!

Your Career

XDR is developing a new offering to help SOC teams investigate and respond to security incidents. This requires a different set of skills than those applied to traditional security, and the majority of security solutions today are targeting DevSecOps teams, while Cortex XDR is putting the emphasis on SOC investigation and response. This is a unique opportunity to build a large-scale product. You will have a truly unique opportunity to influence the development of a new product. The new team will work closely with the PMs, cyber-research, and Dev leaders, help define the requirements, and conduct a substantial part of the technical research. We are looking for an experienced QA Engineer, who will join our team!

Your Impact

You will be responsible for the quality of a product that applies the power of XDR to solve the challenges of data ingestion, storage, and stream processing, with a focus on ensuring reliability and efficiency for SOC teams Be the QA owner of relevant user stories, from inception to delivery inside a development team Work closely with teams of expert engineers, security researchers, and product managers to solve complex problems Execute QA cycles on a tight release schedule Gain a deep understanding of all major data ingestion and storage infrastructures Learn about data processing solutions and technologies Debug failures in complex environments

Your Experience

5+ years of software testing experience
Experience in defining test specifications
Knowledge of data ingestion and stream processing technologies
Knowledge of DBMS (e.g., MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB) and big data solutions (e.g., Cassandra, BigQuery)
High expertise in SQL, including complex queries and analysis
Experience with data reliability tests, including data integrity and consistency testing
Strong sense of ownership
Positive 'can-do' mindset
Knowledge of Python – an advantage
Cybersecurity background – an advantage

The Team

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