Cloud Security Engineer(Prisma exp. required)

JOB TITLE: Senior Information Security Engineer (Cloud Security Engineer)

LOCATIONS: Chandler, AZ, or Charlotte, NC, or Dallas, TX IN OFFICE hybrid MUST BE IN THE OFFICE 3 days per week at 1 of the location addresses listed, other days remote from home.
DURATION: 6 months with likely extension for an additional 6 months or more in 2026. This is not a contractor to hire , but always a chance an employee could leave & we post a backfill employee role that the contractor is welcome to apply.

POSITION OVERVIEW: Seeking an experienced Senior Information Security Engineer / Information Security Engineer 4 Contingent to join our Cloud Workload Lifecycle Security (CWLS) team, working on support, engineering, and automation specific to Palo Alto Networks Prisma Cloud Enterprise, with primary focus on container security/Cloud Workload Protection (CWP) modules. CWLS is part of the Cloud Security organization within the Cybersecurity division. Become part of an exciting, fast-paced team that helps to ensure secure Cloud enablement as part of delivering for the Cloud Program!

In this job, you will:

• Actively support and perform engineering work for the implementation of Prisma Cloud Enterprise or PCE (SaaS hosted), ensuring effective delivery of the product roadmap
• Design/Develop automation for various PCE engineering and support processes, with primary focus on Container Security/Cloud Workload Protection areas
• Leverage your deep expertise in maintaining and automating Prisma Defender agent deploys/monitoring for Public & Private Cloud Kubernetes/Containers environments. (Tanzu, AKS, GKE & OpenShift/OCP)
• Generate design diagrams using draw.io or Visio and documentation using Confluence.
• Perform upgrades, maintenance, and configuration management on PCE Consoles
• Respond to incidents/troubleshoot issues with the SaaS and deployed Defender agents for PCE
• Provide professional expertise relating to the resolution of host and application vulnerability false positive claims, and guiding partner teams in resolving vulnerabilities & compliance issues
• Be a motivated self-starter, quick to adapt, and stay focused on delivering results in a fast-paced environment with aggressive deadlines
• Share your expertise and knowledge with teammates - effectively demonstrating a strong teamwork ethic, while also being successful working independently

Required Qualifications:

• 4+ Years Experience in Software Engineering, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education
• 4+ years of Information Security Engineering experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education
• 2+ years Prisma Cloud Enterprise (PCE) experience with a focus on engineering support, admin., configuration management, and automation
• 1+ years Prisma Cloud Enterprise (PCE) experience supporting/deploying Prisma Defender agent, preferably at scale on Kubernetes (public and private cloud) platforms
• 4+ years of experience in GitHub/Bitbucket or any other version control system.
• 1+ years' experience with AI/ML and GenAI tools or platforms (e.g., CoPilot, Azure AI, Google Vertex AI)
• 2+ years experience with programmatic interaction with RESTful APIs extracting, manipulating, and processing of JSON data with Python/PowerShell/Bash
• Proficiency in Python libraries: NumPy, Pandas, FastAPI, etc.
• 2+ years experience working with Container Orchestration platforms (Kubernetes preferred), microservice architectures, and engineering
• 2+ years experience with 2 or more of these major cloud service providers (Google Cloud Platform, Azure, AWS)
• 1+ years experience with CI/CD (Harness, Jenkins, and GitHub Actions), security, and/or dev sec ops.
• Intermediate to advanced cloud security knowledge of services, workloads, and hardening practices.

Desired Qualifications:

• 1+ years of experience with relational databases and SQL queries
• 2+ years of Linux experience
• Familiarity with various cloud security and related risk frameworks (CIS, NIST, COBIT, Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), FedRAMP, etc.)
• Knowledge and understanding of diverse platforms and operating systems, including current and emerging technologies
• Splunk Cloud experience, including writing queries
• Agile experience
• Strong verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills
• CISSP Certification
• Microsoft Azure and/or Google Cloud Certifications

EEO:

Mindlance is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in employment based on Minority/Gender/Disability/Religion/LGBTQI/Age/Veterans.