Transformation Engineer - AI-Driven Security Migrations

Jobs Paloaltonetworks; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 450,000 - 675,000; Full time

Job summary

Palo Alto Networks is hiring a Cortex Transformation Engineer for a remote role, with cross-geography collaboration and a focus on migration and security operations transformation to modern platforms.

You will own the end-to-end customer transition lifecycle in a fast-paced, high-velocity sprint, combining deep technical engineering with strong customer-facing delivery to show measurable business value to security leadership.

Qualifications

• Professional-level technical acumen with security operations infrastructure, cloud migrations, or technical consulting.
• Hands-on expertise with the Palo Alto Networks portfolio (Cortex XDR/XSIAM, Prisma Cloud, or Strata) or direct competitive migration experience.
• Strong technical background in security automation, including execution of CLI scripting, Python, and REST APIs for bulk policy configuration and data modeling.
• Excellent customer-facing communication skills with a proven ability to run technical workshops and maintain strong executive presence.
• A "scale mindset" with a focus on using artificial intelligence and automation, developing reusable playbook concepts, and authoring technical documentation.

Responsibilities

• Technical Migration & Integration: Execute the technical migration of customer environments from legacy to modern platforms. Own policy mappings, data retention configurations, API setups, and log ingestion validations against Palo Alto Networks "Golden Standard" design templates.
• Operationalization & DITL Delivery: Bridge the gap between implementation and true platform adoption by running practitioner-focused "Day in the Life" (DITL) workshops. Educate customer teams on native platform workflows, alert triage, incident response, Agentic-AI and automated playbooks using both 1-on-1 and cohort-based delivery models.
• Value Realization Executive Cadence: Lead highly structured Value Realization sessions with customer technical stakeholders. Leverage native platform dashboards to mathematically demonstrate ROI, security efficacy and operational efficiency to secure formal project sign-off and customer delight.

Skills

Security operations

Cloud migrations

Technical consulting

Python scripting

REST APIs

Stakeholder communication

AI & automation mindset

Tools

Cortex XDR/XSIAM

Prisma Cloud

Strata

Job description

Palo Alto Networks is hiring a Cortex Transformation Engineer for a remote role, with cross-geography collaboration and a focus on migration and security operations transformation to modern platforms.

You will own the end-to-end customer transition lifecycle in a fast-paced, high-velocity sprint, combining deep technical engineering with strong customer-facing delivery to show measurable business value to security leadership.