Key Responsibilities
Lead, mentor, and grow an organization of over 30 engineers across three teams, managing hiring, retention, performance, and the career development of engineering managers and tech leads.
Take full ownership of high-priority platform initiatives, translating strategic goals into predictable multi-quarter plans and ensuring on-time, enterprise-grade delivery.
Drive the design and deployment of resilient, highly scalable, and secure cloud-native services based on microservices architectures.
Maintain complete accountability for the production health, service level agreements (SLAs), and operational rigor of all services owned by the unit.
Accelerate the adoption of AI coding assistants, automated testing, and agentic workflows to improve developer throughput and code quality while maintaining strict security guardrails.
Partner with architecture teams to enforce platform design standards, Zero Trust principles, and comprehensive data security requirements.
Actively guide architectural trade-offs, lead deep technical discussions, and foster a collaborative culture of design reviews and continuous learning.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications
15 or more years of software engineering experience, with at least 6 years in leadership roles, including experience as a manager of managers overseeing 25 to 30+ engineers.
Proven track record of delivering high-scale, enterprise-grade SaaS products and cloud-native platform services.
Strong hands-on technical background with at least one major cloud provider such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.
Demonstrated success in owning production systems end to end, managing SLAs, observability, and incident resolution.
Experience operating effectively within globally distributed organizations across multiple sites and time zones.
Strong ability to drive complex programs through ambiguity and consistently deliver on technical and business commitments.
Practical experience or a demonstrated commitment to integrating modern AI tooling into the software development lifecycle.
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a closely related technical field.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience building internal platforms, shared services, or developer platforms utilized by multiple product teams.
Domain expertise in Cybersecurity, Identity and Access Management (IAM), Privileged Access Management (PAM), or Cloud Security.
Background in infrastructure-as-code, multi-cloud deployments, and platform reliability engineering practices.
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 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.
Is role eligible for Immigration Sponsorship? No. Please note that we will not sponsor applicants for work visas for this position.
