Senior QA Engineer - Cloud Data Security (Cortex)

Company Description

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 searching for innovators who are as committed to shaping the future of cybersecurity as we are.

Our Approach to Work

We lead with fluidity and choice in all of our people programs. We have disrupted the traditional view that all employees have the same needs and wants. We offer personalization and give our employees the opportunity to choose what functions best for them as often as possible - from well-being support to growth and development, and beyond!

Job Description

Your Career

XDR is developing a new offering to assist SOC teams investigate and respond to cloud security incidents. Protecting IaaS (GCP/AWS/Azure) requires a different set of skills than those used in traditional security and the majority of current cloud security solutions target DevSecOps teams, while Cortex XDR for cloud emphasizes SOC investigation and response.

XDR for the cloud is a unique opportunity to build a large-scale product FOR the cloud, and not just IN the cloud. (We operate a modern technology platform hosted in GCP).

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, to 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 cloud investigation and response, focusing on IaaS security for SOC teams
• You will be the QA owner of relevant user stories, from inception to delivery within 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 public cloud infrastructures (GCP/AWS/Azure)
• Learn about security solutions and technologies
• Debug failures in complex environments

Qualifications

Your Experience

• 5+ years of software testing experience
• Experience in defining test specs
• Experience with both frontend and backend testing of cloud-based services
• Knowledge of at least one major IaaS provider (GCP/AWS/Azure)
• Knowledge of at least one DBMS
• Knowledge of Python - an advantage
• Background in cybersecurity – an advantage
• Strong sense of ownership
• Positive ‘can-do’ mindset

Additional Information

The Team

Our engineering team is at the core of our products and directly linked to the mission of preventing cyberattacks. We constantly innovate — challenging the way we, and the industry, think about cybersecurity. Our engineers bravely tackle building products to solve problems no one has pursued before.

We define the industry, rather than waiting for directions. We require people who thrive in ambiguity, get excited by challenges, and feel empowered by the unseen risks that only a secure digital environment can counter.

Our Commitment

We’re pioneers who dream big, take risks, and challenge the status quo of cybersecurity. It’s straightforward: we can’t achieve our mission without diverse teams innovating together.

We commit to offering reasonable accommodations for all qualified individuals with disabilities. If you need assistance or accommodation due to a disability or special need, please contact us at .

Palo Alto Networks is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity in our workplaces, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without differentiation of 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 factors.

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

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