Palo Alto Networks

Palo Alto Networks

Senior Staff Information Security Engineer – AI & Attack Surface Management

Office - USA - CA - Headquarters · Staff+ · Full-time

No sponsorship$152k-$245kDetected 1 day ago
PythonJavaGoDistributed SystemsAWSGCPAzureCloud PlatformsKubernetesCI/CDLinuxPlatform EngineeringAI OrchestrationCybersecuritySOC OperationsComplianceCollaborationProblem SolvingCISSP

About the role

  • Your Impact

Responsibilities

  • Build the Next Generation of ASM
  • Architect, design, and build next-generation AI-powered platforms and services that advance the maturity of the Attack Surface Management program.
  • Design and develop AI-powered capabilities that automate security investigations, identify root causes, recommend remediation actions, and enable engineers and analysts to quickly understand security exposures, business impact, and remediation guidance.
  • Build scalable automation and orchestration frameworks that streamline security operations, improve analyst productivity, and accelerate remediation at enterprise scale
  • Design and develop automation frameworks that eliminate repetitive security operations.
  • Build intelligent workflows that automatically enrich, correlate, prioritize, and triage security findings.
  • Develop scalable orchestration services integrating security platforms, cloud providers, CMDBs, ticketing systems, and engineering workflows.
  • Design and implement automated remediation playbooks capable of immediately mitigating critical security exposures.
  • Build policy-driven remediation capabilities for cloud infrastructure, endpoints, Kubernetes, networking, and enterprise systems.

Requirements

  • Strong software development experience with Python, Go, Java, or similar languages, building production-grade systems designed for scalability, reliability, and maintainability.
  • Experience designing APIs, micro services, distributed systems, event-driven architectures, data services, and cloud-native applications.
  • 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.
  • 8+ years of experience in software engineering, security engineering, platform engineering, or infrastructure engineering, with a track record of building enterprise-scale security platforms, automation frameworks, AI-powered solutions, or cloud-native applications.
  • Hands-on experience building AI-powered applications and intelligent automation that streamline complex workflows, improve decision-making, and reduce manual operational effort.
  • Deep understanding of enterprise security and infrastructure, including Attack Surface Management, Exposure Management, cloud security, networking, identity, vulnerability management, and security operations.
  • Experience designing and securing large-scale cloud and hybrid environments across AWS, Azure, or GCP, including Kubernetes, containers, Linux and Windows infrastructure, Infrastructure-as-Code, and CI/CD pipelines.
  • Experience integrating security platforms with cloud providers, asset inventories, CMDBs, ticketing systems, and engineering tools to deliver scalable, data-driven security capabilities.
  • Demonstrated ability to lead complex technical initiatives, influence architecture across organizations, mentor engineers, and communicate effectively with engineers, security practitioners, and executive leaders.
  • Passion for applying emerging technologies to improve security outcomes, engineering efficiency, and the maturity of Attack Surface Management capabilities.

Nice to have

  • Familiarity with modern AI technologies, cloud-native architectures, distributed systems, platform engineering, Infrastructure-as-Code, CI/CD, and workflow orchestration.
  • Knowledge of enterprise security platforms such as Cortex XSIAM, Cortex ASM/Xpanse, Tenable, Nexpose or similar technologies is a plus.
  • Experience supporting regulated cloud environments and security compliance frameworks such as FedRAMP, NIST, PCI,MLPS, and UK Cyber Essentials is highly desirable.
  • We're not your ordinary Information Security team.
  • Driving innovation on the Information Security team of the fastest-growing high-tech cybersecurity company is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
  • You'll be joined by the brightest minds in technology, and our global teams are on the front line of defense against cyberattacks.
  • We also strive to be the most people-centric company ever!
  • Compensation Disclosure

Compensation

  • 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/com-missioned roles) is expected to be the annual range listed below.
  • The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus.
  • $151,500.00 - $245,025.00/yr

Benefits

  • You will be part of a growing, passionate, and dynamic team with an opportunity to work on challenging and exciting projects - centered on what we believe is one of the most significant mission statements in the world.

Company info

  • 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.
  • Leverage AI, automation, and enterprise security data to continuously improve the accuracy, efficiency, and scalability of Attack Surface Management capabilities.
  • Improve analyst efficiency through automation, self-service tooling, and AI-assisted decision making.
  • Integrate with Infrastructure-as-Code, CI/CD pipelines, cloud APIs, and security orchestration platforms to enable autonomous remediation where appropriate.
  • Build scalable services that ingest, correlate, enrich, and normalize security telemetry from cloud, infrastructure, vulnerability scanners, asset inventories, identity platforms, and threat intelligence.

Equal opportunity

  • If you require assistance or accommodation due to a disability or special need, please contact us at accommodations@paloaltonetworks.com.
  • equal opportunity employer.
  • All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Visa & Work Authorization

  • Is role eligible for Immigration Sponsorship?
  • Please note that we will not sponsor applicants for work visas for this position.
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