Principal Threat Researcher Data Platform jobs at Palo Alto

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

Your Impact

• AI-Driven Detection & Automation: Lead end-to-end machine learning projects for threat detection. This encompasses defining the model architecture, sourcing and preparing data, building and managing training pipelines, deploying models into production, and monitoring their performance. Design, build, and deploy innovative security solutions leveraging Generative AI and agentic systems. Develop intelligent agents and workflows to automate threat hunting, accelerate malware analysis, and streamline threat intelligence processes
• Research & Publication: Disseminate cutting-edge research findings and contribute to the security community by publishing results in technical blogs, industry white papers, and academic papers, particularly on topics related to malware analysis and AI for security
• Collaboration & Communication: Work closely with cross-functional teams, including other security services: threat prevention, internet security and IoT security, endpoint security to integrate and deliver sustainable and quality coverage and defense

Your Experience

• BS/MS/PhD degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience or equivalent military experience required
• 4+ years of experience in a research or engineering role, demonstrated experience in leading machine learning projects in malware domain or detection systems, including a strong understanding of model development, data preprocessing, and deployment
• Proven experience in the complete software development lifecycle, with proficiency in one or more programming languages (e.g., Python, Go, C++)
• Strong experience in reverse engineering, system security, threat research, malware/code analysis or vulnerability research is a big plus
• A proven track of top tier publications in cybersecurity related areas is a big plus
• Demonstrated experience in leading machine learning projects, including a strong understanding of model development, data preprocessing, and deployment is a plus
• Solid understanding of the threat landscape, including common attack vectors, malware techniques, and threat actor tactics is a plus

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 $157000/YR - $255000/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

• Lead Design Initiatives: You'll own and deliver large, complex projects, from conception to completion. This includes leading design reviews, advocating for feature priority changes based on business context, and proactively identifying and addressing potential problems
• Enhance Our Design System: You'll contribute to and enhance our common design system modules, as well as improve our UX tools and processes, considering how they impact other collaborating teams
• Drive Product Quality: You'll go above and beyond to improve product quality, proactively working on initiatives like testing and process enhancements
• Collaborate & Influence: You'll team up with and influence peers across different teams and organizations to solve cross-functional problems. You'll also be a UX representative for QA issues and other teams, participating in design meetings for other products and networking outside your immediate area of expertise
• Mentor & Develop: You'll play a key role in mentoring and professionally developing team members at lower job levels, and may coordinate the activities of other designers
• Innovate & Solve: You'll work on complex and often vague problems in the security world, requiring in-depth evaluation and creative application of methods to find solutions. You'll identify problems or opportunities and develop innovative solutions
• Present & Share Knowledge: You'll utilize your excellent presentation skills, often sought out by other teams for tech talks, and share your highly respected skills and knowledge
• Contribute to Hiring: You'll be actively involved in interviews to assess design candidates

Your Experience

• 8+ years of experience in UX design in enterprise products, with a significant portion in a lead or principal role, demonstrating the ability to own and deliver large, complex projects from conception to completion. Proficiency in industry-standard design and prototyping tools
• Exceptional ability to translate complex requirements, user needs, and research insights into clear, intuitive designs, effectively communicating them to diverse stakeholders from engineers to SVPs
• Proven success navigating complex enterprise environments and leading outcome-driven design initiatives that lead to complex interactions, large-scale navigation and information architecture decisions
• ​​Lead design reviews, advocate for feature priority changes based on business context, and proactively identify and address potential problems at a strategic level
• A collaborative, thoughtful approach, comfortable operating autonomously while also mentoring and enabling others

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 $133000/YR - $215500/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

Prisma Access™ (formally GlobalProtect Cloud Service) provides protection straight from the cloud to make access to the cloud secure. It combines the connectivity and security you need - and delivers it everywhere you need it. Using cutting-edge public and private cloud technologies extending the next-generation security protection to all cloud services, customers on-premise remote networks and mobile users.

This role is located at our Santa Clara, CA headquarters.

Your Impact

• Design, develop and implement highly scalable software features on our next-generation security platform as part of our Prisma Access

• Work with different development and quality assurances groups to achieve the best quality

• Suggest and implement improvements to the development process

• Work with DevOps and the Technical Support teams to troubleshoot customer issues

Your Experience

• At least 6+ years of development experience

• Experience in developing services in the cloud/Kubernetes

• Experience with building data pipelines and analytics pipelines using like dataflow, pubsub, GKE

• Strong understanding of message queuing, stream processing, and highly scalable ‘big data’ data stores

• Experience with RESTful interfaces and Build Management tools (Gradle, maven)

• Experience in continuous integration and design

• Experience with Test-Driven Development

• Experience with distributed computing and object-oriented design and analysis

• Strong understanding of microservices-based deployments with the ability to design services

• Showcase your ability of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, peer review, and operations

• Familiarity with Agile (e.g., Scrum Process)

• Familiarity in Big Data technologies like Hive, Kafka, Hadoop, SQL, developing APIs

• Familiarity working with GCP or other Cloud platforms such as AWS and Azure

• High energy and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment with a can-do attitude

• Enjoys working with many different teams with strong collaboration and communications skills

• Fast learner and eager to absorb new emerging technologies

• M.S./B.S. degree in Computer Science or Electrical 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 $0 - $0/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

In this role, you will help shape Palo Alto Networks’ Prisma Access Browser - a leading product in an emerging category that is disrupting the cyber security market. This role requires high proficiency in product development, cyber security and an innovative approach to problem solving. You will help drive the strategy, vision, and roadmap for Palo Alto Networks’ Prisma Access Browser, an innovative product reshaping the cybersecurity market. You will bring over six years of deep expertise in cybersecurity product management, working across inbound and outbound activities to prioritize features, define technical requirements, and lead a dedicated engineering squad. With a strong technical background and experience analyzing data from diverse sources, You will collaborate closely with product designers to deliver compelling, user-focused solutions. You will engage directly with customers and partners to gather feedback, ensuring our products provide meaningful value and stay ahead of market trends. As a senior leader, You will serve as the go-to expert in my domain, championing product excellence from early-stage development to market maturity.

Your Impact

• Expertise in product management in the cyber security industry or the browser industry.
• Deep experience (minimum 6 years experience) in one or more of the following areas:
• Cyber security product management
• Browsers development
• Networking and Network Security (FW, Proxy, etc.)
• Host Protection (EDR/EPP)
• Identity Management
• Data leakage prevention
• RBI Experience
• Working on both inbound & outbound activities
• Experience in analyzing data from various sources
• Advantage: experience in escalations management or high-tier support
• Advantage: working with LLMs and AI technologies
• Advantage: proven experience in bringing a product from early stage to market maturity
• Solid technical background with understanding and/or hands-on experience in software development and web technologies
• Excellent presentation and creativity skills

Your Experience

• Own the strategy of a “product theme” - product capabilities that deliver customer value in a wide category such as data protection, threat prevention, admin policy configurations, and more.
• Research the market, competition and technologies, to develop a product strategy, vision and roadmap
• Prioritize features for development and specify the technical requirements. As a Senior Product Manager, you will have your own organic engineering squad
• Work with product designers to create a compelling UI/UX for development.
• Drive the delivery of your features
• Work with the field to get direct customer feedback, and learn from our friendly partners in the market.
• Become an expert in your domain, and be the leading go-to person within the org

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 $166000/YR - $268500/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.

Prisma Access™ (formally GlobalProtect Cloud Service) provides protection straight from the cloud to make access to the cloud secure. It combines the connectivity and security you need - and delivers it everywhere you need it. Using cutting-edge public and private cloud technologies extending the next-generation security protection to all cloud services, customers on-premise remote networks and mobile users.

This role is located at our Santa Clara, CA headquarters.

Your Impact

• Design, develop and implement highly scalable software features on our next-generation security platform as part of our Prisma Access

• Work with different development and quality assurances groups to achieve the best quality

• Suggest and implement improvements to the development process

• Work with DevOps and the Technical Support teams to troubleshoot customer issues

Your Experience

• At least 6+ years of development experience

• Experience in developing services in the cloud/Kubernetes

• Experience with building data pipelines and analytics pipelines using like dataflow, pubsub, GKE

• Strong understanding of message queuing, stream processing, and highly scalable ‘big data’ data stores

• Experience with RESTful interfaces and Build Management tools (Gradle, maven)

• Experience in continuous integration and design

• Experience with Test-Driven Development

• Experience with distributed computing and object-oriented design and analysis

• Strong understanding of microservices-based deployments with the ability to design services

• Showcase your ability of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, peer review, and operations

• Familiarity with Agile (e.g., Scrum Process)

• Familiarity in Big Data technologies like Hive, Kafka, Hadoop, SQL, developing APIs

• Familiarity working with GCP or other Cloud platforms such as AWS and Azure

• High energy and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment with a can-do attitude

• Enjoys working with many different teams with strong collaboration and communications skills

• Fast learner and eager to absorb new emerging technologies

• M.S./B.S. degree in Computer Science or Electrical 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 $200,000 - $225,000/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 key member of Layer-7 Security group, you will be responsible for designing and developing security features on the next-generation firewalls. You will work with product management on user requirements, apply your knowledge to functional design, utilize your programming skills for efficient and robust implementation, and interact with quality assurance and field support teams throughout the entire software development cycle.

Your Impact

• Technical leadership and end-to-end delivery of solutions in collaboration with cross-functional product management, development and quality assurance teams in a fast paced environment

• You will work to design, implement and troubleshoot next generation cloud security solutions

• Hands-on participation in developing next generation cloud security architecture

• You will participate in all phases of the product development cycle, from definition, design, through implementation and test

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

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

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

• Foster innovation in the organization

Your Experience

• Excellent team player with strong coding, analytical and problem-solving skills
• Hands-on experience with cloud distributed systems and high scale designs and in developing high performance distributed software applications
• Experience in cloud technologies like Kafka, Elastic Search, SQL, Google Big Query or equivalent
• Experience with backend development (Rest APIs, Databases, Serverless computing) of distributed cloud applications.
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes or other container orchestration platforms
• Good understanding of public cloud design considerations and limitations in areas of microservice architectures, security, global network infrastructure, distributed systems, and load balancing with strong cloud service trouble-shooting skills.
• Working knowledge of TCP/IP and Networking is highly desirable
• Experience in GCP or AWS is a plus
• M.S/B.S degree in Computer Science or equivalent and 15+ years of relevant experience required.
• 15+ year hands-on programming experience in one or more of the following: GO/Java(Primary), Python; Working knowledge of C is highly desirable
• High energy and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment with a can-do attitude

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 $225,000- $250,000/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

The landscape of cyber threats is continuously evolving, with Artificial Intelligence (AI) introducing new dimensions of risk:

• AI-powered Attacks: Adversaries are leveraging AI to craft more sophisticated and evasive attacks, including adaptive malware, advanced phishing campaigns, and autonomous exploit generation.

• Deepfake and Generative AI Abuse: The rise of generative AI creates new avenues for misinformation, social engineering, and highly convincing fake content, blurring the lines of digital trust.

• Automated Reconnaissance and Exploitation: AI enables threat actors to rapidly identify vulnerabilities and launch automated exploitation at unprecedented scale and speed.

• Evolving Evasion Techniques: Adversaries use AI to develop polymorphic code and advanced obfuscation, making traditional signature-based detection increasingly ineffective.

• Amplified Attack Surface and Speed: AI not only enhances existing threats but also accelerates the pace of attacks and expands the potential attack surface, demanding more dynamic and intelligent defense mechanisms.

As the Sr. Principal Product Manager at Palo Alto Networks, you will be responsible for defining and executing the strategic vision for the Advanced Threat Prevention security subscription, which is crucial for preventing sophisticated emerging attacks by continuously reimagining and innovating our IPS capabilities. You will bring to Palo Alto Networks exceptional communication, strategic thinking, and product leadership skills, combined with a deep technical background in cybersecurity. Most importantly, you will possess an unwavering passion and focus on protecting our customers from the most advanced threats. You will lead and collaborate with some of the best security minds in the industry, leverage a vast install base of customers, and have access to some of the richest security data to drive insights that deliver transformative security outcomes for our customers.

Your Impact

• Define and Evangelize Strategic Vision: Own and articulate the long-term strategic vision and roadmap for the Advanced Threat Prevention product, ensuring alignment with the company's overarching business objectives and market leadership goals.

• Drive Portfolio Growth and Innovation: Take accountability for the growth trajectory of one of the largest security products within the portfolio, continually driving an innovative and differentiated roadmap that significantly disrupts the market and expands the full potential of Advanced Threat Prevention.

• Develop High-Performing Teams: Lead, coach, and mentor product managers, fostering a culture of innovation, accountability, and continuous improvement..

• Influence Cross-Organizational Strategy: Collaborate extensively with engineering, sales, marketing, and other product leadership across the organization to ensure cohesive strategy and execution, delivering best-in-class security solutions and maximizing market penetration.

• Identify and Execute New Market Opportunities: Be intimately involved with the business at an executive level to identify significant growth opportunities, leveraging your deep business acumen and technical expertise to successfully enter and dominate new, high-growth markets.

• Serve as a Thought Leader: Represent Palo Alto Networks externally as a key subject matter expert and evangelist for threat prevention, engaging with customers, partners, and industry analysts.

Your Experience

• BS or MS in a technical field (e.g., EE, CS), MBA highly desirable, or equivalent military experience required.

• 7+ years of experience in a technical product management leadership role, preferably with cloud-based security solutions covering threat analysis, incident response, forensics, intrusion prevention, antivirus, or related technologies.

• Demonstrated track record of successfully launching and scaling net new products or offerings at a portfolio level, driving significant revenue growth and market share within mature and emerging technology areas.

• Proven ability to define and execute complex product strategies that result in substantial business impact and market disruption.

• Exceptional analytical skills to make complex, data-driven decisions that influence long-term strategy.

• Superior written and verbal communication skills with the ability to influence and align stakeholders at all levels, from individual contributors to executive leadership and external partners

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 $200000 - $260000/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.

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