Manager, Software Engineering (Cortex Xpanse)

Our Mission

At Palo Alto Networks everything starts and ends with our mission:

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

Our vision is a world where each day is safer and more secure than the one before. We are a company built on the foundation of challenging and disrupting the way things are done, and we're looking for innovators who are as committed to shaping the future of cybersecurity as we are.

Who We Are

We take our mission of protecting the digital way of life seriously. We are relentless in protecting our customers and we believe that the unique ideas of every member of our team contributes to our collective success. Our values were crowdsourced by employees and are brought to life through each of us everyday - from disruptive innovation and collaboration, to execution. From showing up for each other with integrity to creating an environment where we all feel included.

As a member of our team, you will be shaping the future of cybersecurity. We work fast, value ongoing learning, and we respect each employee as a unique individual. Knowing we all have different needs, our development and personal wellbeing programs are designed to give you choice in how you are supported. This includes our FLEXBenefits wellbeing spending account with over 1,000 eligible items selected by employees, our mental and financial health resources, and our personalized learning opportunities - just to name a few!

At Palo Alto Networks, we believe in the power of collaboration and value in-person interactions. This is why our employees generally work full time from our office with flexibility offered where needed. This setup fosters casual conversations, problem-solving, and trusted relationships. Our goal is to create an environment where we all win with precision.

Your Career

As the manager of the Network Scanning Team, you will:

Drive projects from requirements to to deployment, ensuring your team has the information and resources they need to execute smoothly

Guide the key technical work on the team, including shaping architectural decisions, communicating impact and requirements to stakeholders, and driving toward end-to-end value.

Create and improve software development processes, adapting them to suit the needs of your team and the needs of the organization

Hire and scale your team

Take ownership of product quality, usability, performance, and technical standards for your group

Lead efforts to align planned work across the application in collaboration with product management, UX design, and fellow engineering stakeholders

Utilize your big-picture perspective to spot existing and impending problems across teams, then work with leadership across the department to analyze and solve them

Proactively spot, articulate, and mitigate risks in ongoing and planned projects to ensure smooth execution and high output. This may include providing ad hoc mentorship, communicating with project stakeholders, or even rolling up your sleeves and stepping in to help move things along.

Mentor engineers in your team and across the department

Your Experience

A strong candidate for this role will have most of the following:

Knowledge of distributed systems and architecture, including an understanding of what it takes to deploy and maintain such systems

Experience with on-prem deployment and the risks associated with shipping software to a customer environment

Good understanding of networking and cybersecurity fundamentals

Ability to manage complex technical projects from inception to completion, and a track record of delivering commitments to customers with high quality

Significant experience (2+ years) providing technical and/or managerial leadership within and across teams building enterprise features on a SaaS platform at scale

Ability to balance shipping new products and features with addressing technical debt and investments in architecture and infrastructure

Understanding of agile software development practices and how they pertain to all aspects of development

Past hands-on development experience and current ability to navigate codebases and understand change requests

BSc in computer science or related engineering discipline, or equivalent work experience

The Team

The Cortex Xpanse group is building an Exposure Management product to bring together the Palo Alto Networks proactive security product suite. As part of this effort, we are building a Network Scanner that our customers can use to find vulnerabilities in their deployments and services. We are looking for a software engineering manager to run this ambitious project.

In this role, you will guide the highly talented team of engineers building the brand new Network Scanner. You will oversee technical designs and drive critical decisions related to the architecture, deployment strategy, and capabilities of the Network Scanner. You'll be in charge of building a productive work environment for your team, ensuring that staffing is balanced appropriately across team priorities, and advocating for projects that support the goals of our business. You will represent your team in roadmap planning and in discussions with customer-facing staff.

As you support and grow your team, you will also be a part of the team of leaders building Unified Vulnerability and Exposure Management. You will collaborate closely with other managers in the group and with other teams across the Cortex product suite. As part of this, you will help shape Palo Alto Networks vision of a proactive security platform. Your expertise will help secure

the world's most important organizations and impact the future of the cybersecurity 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 $165,000 - $267,500/YR. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found here (http://benefits.paloaltonetworks.com/) .

Our Commitment

We're problem solvers that take risks and challenge cybersecurity's status quo. It's simple: we can't accomplish our mission without diverse teams innovating, together.

We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for all qualified individuals with a disability. If you require assistance or accommodation due to a disability or special need, please contact us at

accommodations@paloaltonetworks.com .

Palo Alto Networks is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity in our workplace, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or other legally protected characteristics.

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