Sr Manager, Software Engineering (NGFW Cloud Security)

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!

At Palo Alto Networks, we believe in the power of collaboration and value in-person interactions. This is why our employees generally work full time from our office with flexibility offered where needed. This setup fosters casual conversations, problem-solving, and trusted relationships. Our goal is to create an environment where we all win with precision.

Your Career

Palo Alto Network's Next-Gen Firewall Cloud Security team is looking for a seasoned and accomplished cloud security software senior manager with experience in Public Cloud Security and AI as a Service offering to fill a technical leadership position. You will be part of a world-class software engineering team that works on various ground-breaking cloud security service offerings. 

As Software Senior Manager, you will lead the development team to deliver world-class Cloud Network Security and AI products and services. You will be expected to lead and participate in all phases of the product development cycle, from definition, design, through implementation, test, and field deployment. This includes driving functional specifications, assessing task requirements and scheduling, and collaborating with cross-functional teams and external vendors.

Your Impact

• Drive a results-oriented culture with a strong focus on execution, quality, and speed

• Lead cross-functionally with Product Management, SRE, Software, and Quality Engineering teams to deliver new cloud network security as a service offerings to the market in a timely fashion with excellent quality

• Contribute to the design, architecture, process, and development discussions

• Manage a software engineering team that builds, designs, implements, and maintains cloud network security service services

• Develop a strong culture of diversity, intellectual curiosity, problem-solving, and openness

• Work closely with SRE and customer support teams to improve end-customer outcomes

• Be a strong mentor and coach to the team

• Foster innovation in the organization

• Ability to handle multiple competing priorities in a fast-paced environment

• Hiring, developing, and mentoring software developers, and managing investments that accelerate scaling for new service offerings

Your Experience 

• BS/MS in Computer Science, other engineering/technical degree

• 10+ years of experience in highly technical roles in development or enterprise services, at large organizations or innovative startups.

• At least 4+ years of experience managing software engineering teams

• Experience leading software development teams involved with Cloud Security service, Orchestration, Config Management, Monitoring, logging, etc...

• Experience with building and delivering configuration management workflows at scale

• Experience with cloud-based deployments (AWS/Azure/GCP experience preferred)

• Good understanding of public cloud service design considerations and limitations in the areas of virtualization, global infrastructure, distributed systems, load balancing, networking, database, serverless, and security.

• Experience with Agile methodologies is a plus, a willingness to adopt them is required.

• Hands-on programming experience in one of the following: Python, Golang or C++.

• Experience with full-stack development (Rest APIs, Databases, Serverless computing, etc) of distributed cloud applications. 

• Strong domain expertise in building and delivering large-scale Cloud Security service offerings.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

The Team

Our engineering team is at the core of our products – 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.

Compensation Disclosure

The compensation offered for this position will depend on qualifications, experience, and work location. For candidates who receive an offer at the posted level, the starting base salary (for non-sales roles) or base salary + commission target (for sales/commissioned roles) is expected to be between $250K-$265K YR. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found here.

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.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.