Palo Alto Cortex Cloud Sales Specialist 

United States, Texas, Houston 

971473069

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

Your Impact

• Leadership & People Management
  

  • Lead, mentor, and grow a team of software engineers in Santa Clara, CA.
    

  • Foster a culture of innovation, ownership, and high performance.
    

  • Drive hiring, onboarding, and career development of engineers.
    

• Technical Delivery
  

  • Own end-to-end delivery of critical components in Cortex Cloud.
    

  • Work with architects and product managers to design scalable and secure solutions.
    

  • Ensure best practices in cloud-native development, CI/CD, and site reliability.
    

  • Drive engineering excellence through code reviews, technical guidance, and architectural decisions.
    

• Cross-Functional Collaboration
  

  • Partner with global engineering teams in the U.S., Israel, and other locations.
    

  • Collaborate with product management, UX, and customer support to align delivery with customer needs.
    

  • Communicate progress, risks, and technical tradeoffs to stakeholders.
    

• Innovation & Scale
  

  • Champion modern development practices in microservices, containers, Kubernetes, and distributed systems.
    

  • Ensure security and compliance are embedded into the development lifecycle.

  • Continuously optimize performance, cost efficiency, and scalability of cloud services.

Your Experience

• 10+ years of software development experience, with at least 3+ years in engineering management.

• Proven track record of building and scaling SaaS/cloud services (AWS, GCP, or Azure).

• Strong Knowledge in Kubernetes, containers, and cloud-native development.
  

• Strong background in distributed systems, APIs, data pipelines, or security platforms.
  

• Previous experience in cybersecurity, observability, or large-scale multi-tenant platforms is a plus.
  

• Leadership Skills:
  

  • Ability to recruit, build, and retain top engineering talent.

  • Strong communication and stakeholder management skills across global teams.

  • Results-oriented mindset with a passion for delivering impact.

  • Ability to connect day-to-day engineering execution with long-term business goals, make tradeoffs, and prioritize what delivers the most impact.

  • Skill in guiding teams through organizational, technical, or product shifts while keeping morale and focus high.

  • Comfort with incomplete information, making timely calls, and course-correcting when needed — critical in fast-moving cloud security environments.

• Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s in Computer Science or related field.

At Palo Alto Networks, you’ll work on industry-leading security platforms with a mission to make the world safer. In this role, you will:

• Shape and scale teams building Cortex Cloud services.
  

• Drive innovation in cloud security and next-gen SOC platforms.
  

• Work with talented, diverse, global teams solving some of the hardest problems in cybersecurity.

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 $185000 - $290000 /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.