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Job SummaryYour Career
Palo Alto Network's Next-Gen Firewall Cloud Security team is looking for a seasoned and accomplished cloud security software QA engineer with experience in Public and Private Cloud Security testing and automation .You will be part of a world-class software QA Engineering team that works on various ground-breaking cloud security solutions and service offerings.
As a member of the SQA Engineering Team, You will be expected to lead and participate in all technical phases of the product QA cycle including, test strategy, test plan, execution, automation. You will have exposure and interactions with partners, customers, support teams, development teams, and product management teams. You will be involved with analyzing, testing, and modeling Palo Alto Networks top customer's deployments to increase the reliability of products and solutions in complex deployment scenarios.
Your Impact- Drive a results-oriented culture with a strong focus on test execution, quality, and speed Utilize your experience in customer deployments and network operations to model networks, and develop, automate, and execute complex solution test plans
- Interact with partners, customers, support teams, development teams, and product management teams
- You are a self-motivated, independent and proactive engineer, responsible for qualifying Palo Alto Networks products with public and private cloud solutions
- Develop tools and infrastructure to improve the quality and efficiency of testing
- Develop the highly automated CI/CD system for private and public cloud testing and deployments
- Drive the automation within and across the cross functional teams and strive to achieve technical and operational excellence in every step of the release
- Adapt by staying updated with advancements and the usage of AI (for coding, quality processes, etc.), evaluating their relevance, and incorporating them to enhance systems.
Qualifications Your Experience- MS or BS in CS/EE and 8+ years of experience in highly technical roles in QA at large organizations or innovative startups
- Strong L2/L3 hands on networking experience and ability to troubleshoot the networking issues
- Experience testing Firewall or Network Security appliances
- Experience leading QA or automation teams involved with Cloud or Network security
- Experience and Good domain knowledge with cloud-based deployments (AWS/Azure/Google Cloud Platform experience preferred)
- Experience in one of the following - Python or Golang
- Good understanding of public cloud design considerations and limitations in the areas of virtualization, global infrastructure, distributed systems, load balancing, networking, database, server-less, and security
- Good understanding of KVM, VMware and other Virtualization technologies
- Ability to leverage AI tools to improve testing efficiency and code quality
- Experience testing network security products, preferably with firewalls and intrusion prevention is a plus
- Experience with Agile methodologies is a plus
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Compensation DisclosureThe 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/com-missioned roles) is expected to be the annual range listed below. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found here.
$147,000.00 - $237,500.00/yr
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.
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