Next Generation Security Dsm jobs at Palo Alto in United States, Plano

Being the cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting our digital way of life.

Your Career

Palo Alto Networks NGFW (Next Generation Firewall) group is looking for a seasoned and accomplished QA/Automation engineer with experience in validating core networking & security features in the QA team. You will be part of a world-class software test engineering team that works on various ground-breaking technologies (Cloud Identity, Data Loss Prevention, Post quantum cryptography, IoT Security etc) in the Layer 4-7 domain. You will work with a multi- functional team of engineers solving interesting problems in the area of L4-7 security.

Your Impact

• Work in a small and fast paced team to solve important customer problems and deliver most impactful results
• Contribute in all phases of end to end product and solution validation
• Work with different development and quality assurances groups to achieve the best quality
• Suggest and implement improvements to the QA process
• Work with DevOps and the Technical Support teams to troubleshoot customer issues
• Interview, mentor and coach new team members

our Experience

• Strong automation/programming experience in Python
• Working knowledge and experience with TCP/IP, application layer protocols (HTTP/HTTPS/SMTP)
• (Cloud Identity, Data Loss Prevention, Post quantum cryptography, decryption, certificate management, IoT Security)
• Hands on experience testing network and/or other security products
• Experience with various Linux platform testing & troubleshooting tools
• Be able to build and maintain complex networking testbeds
• Excellent problem-solving, debugging/troubleshooting skills
• Excellent QA skills employing test frameworks, commercial test sets, home grown tools, automated testing
• Preferred - Experience with GCP, AWS or other cloud infra, CI/CD tools such as Jenkins
• Graduate degree (BS or MS) in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or similar technical discipline or equivalent military experience required
• 10+ years of experience in QA Automation Engineering

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 $147,000/yr to $200,500/yr. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found .

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

Being the cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting our digital way of life.

Your Career

, you will design, deploy, and integrate Palo Alto Networks solutions across public and private cloud environments. Acting as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) for our virtualized and GenAI-related security technologies, you’ll engage directly with customer stakeholders—both onsite and remotely—to drive secure, scalable implementations.

You'll be responsible for:

• Lead the design and integration of Palo Alto Networks security solutions in cloud and virtualized environments
• Enable customer adoption of secure, automated architectures—including GenAI-powered workloads and agentic applications
• Automate deployments using infrastructure-as-code and scripting best practices
• Collaborate with customer stakeholders and internal teams (Consulting Engineers, TAC, Security Architects) to deliver scalable, high-performance solutions
• Demonstrate the value, reliability, and robustness of deployed solutions
• Provide operational handoff and enablement for customer security and DevOps teams
• Document solution designs, reusable templates, and technical artifacts
• Troubleshoot complex challenges across cloud, virtualization, and AI-integrated environments
• Own deliverables independently or while leading small delivery teams

Required Qualifications:

• Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, MIS, business, or equivalent education/experience
• Communication: Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts clearly
• Cloud Platforms: Minimum of 3 years of experience with Public Cloud Platforms Architecture and Deployment (AWS, Azure, GCP)
• GenAI/LLMs: Experience with Large Language Models (LLMs) and agentic applications architectures, along with an understanding of the evolving security landscape for AI Applications.
• Virtualization: Architecture and delivery experience with Enterprise and/or Service Provider customers utilizing virtualization environments such as OpenStack, NSX, and Kubernetes
• Security Solutions: Minimum of 2 years of experience building and integrating security solutions in large enterprise environments
• Networking: Strong understanding of Internet protocols and applications.
• Multitasking: Proven ability to effectively manage multiple tasks simultaneously in a fast-paced environment
• Scripting: Experience in Python, Ansible, or Terraform
• Project Leadership: Demonstrated project leadership skills
• Cloud Certification: Associate-level cloud certification in AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Travel up to 15–20% for onsite engagements as required
• Nice to Haves:
  • AWS Certified Solution Architect Professional
  • AWS Advanced Certified Networking Specialty
  • MCSE Cloud Platforms

As threats and technology evolve, we stay in step to accomplish our mission. You’ll be involved in implementing new products, transitioning from old products to new, and will fix integrations and critical issues as they are raised. But you don’t wait for them to be raised, you’ll seek them out, too. We fix and identify technical problems, with a pointed focus of providing the best customer support in the industry.

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 $140000/YR - $192500/YR. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found .

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

Being the cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting our digital way of life.

Your Impact

• Collaborate with sales teams to recommend and develop customer solutions within your assigned specialization.
• Present to customers as our expert at all levels in the customer hierarchy, from practitioner to senior leadership.
• Lead and support customer demonstrations that showcase our unique value proposition.
• Responsible for prospective customers and partners' Technical Validation projects based on best practices to ensure technical win in assigned opportunities.
• Architect solutions that will help our customers strengthen and simplify their security posture
• Document high-level design and key use cases to ensure proper implementation and value realization of Palo Alto Networks solutions
• Lead conversations about industry trends and emerging changes to the security landscape.
• Responsible for discussing and highlighting product alignment with customer requirements and differentiation
• As the main technical point of contact for Network Security, you will assist and collaborate to respond effectively to RFIs/RFPs.
• Position Palo Alto Networks or Partner delivered services as appropriate to ensure proper implementation and value realization of Palo Alto Networks solutions
• Discuss, with credibility, competitive offers in the marketplace and position ours as the best alternative
• Distinguished by additional specialized knowledge in breadth and/or depth.

Your Experience

• 6+ years experience in pre-sales/sales engineering within Zero Trust, Networking, Network Security, SaaS Security or SSE/SASE
• Experience with L2-L4 Networking (L2 Switching architectures including Spanning Tree, VLANs/trunking, IP routing including static routes, OSPF and BGP, route re-distribution, L4 Load-balancing)
• Outstanding customer communication and problem-solving skills
• Experience in working with customers, demonstrating problem-solving skills and a can-do attitude
• Solid understanding of NGFW, Network Security, SASE, SD-WAN, CASB, Proxy, DLP and BYOD Solutions
• Advanced knowledge of On-Premise and Cloud-Delivered Network Security Technologies
• This is a field sales position where travel requirements may be required to support in person customer meetings, please discuss with the recruiter on the specifics for this position.
• Proficient in English

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 $198000 - $273000/YR. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found .

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

Being the cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting our digital way of life.

Your Career

As a member of the Palo Alto Networks sales leadership team, you will build and drive the Prisma Cloud sales teams to exceed company objectives and grow the district according to plan. You will manage the Prisma Cloud sales team on a day-to-day basis including- pipeline review, Demand Gen review, Channel Review, and overall performance management of the sales team. You will report to the Regional Vice President of Prisma Cloud Enterprise Sales.

Your Impact

• Hire and expand the district to scale with the company growth and objectives - District includes Central Region Enterprise accounts
• Participate in quarterly review sessions with the key partners in the region
• Have a direct involvement and influence in top opportunities, focusing sales efforts on large key accounts with the sales team
• District travel is required

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

This role may require travel to and from Palo Alto Networks, Inc. business meetings and events and requires reliable transportation to do so. If a hire chooses to drive in connection with company business, the hire for this role must maintain a valid driver’s license.