Cloud Security & SASE Engineering Leader

Palo Alto Networks, Inc.; California; On-site; USD 184,000 - 297,000; Full time

Job summary

Palo Alto Networks, Inc. is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead the Explicit Proxy team within Prisma Access. This role blends deep technical work with people leadership, guiding engineers who build scalable security services at cloud scale.

You will partner with Product Managers, drive roadmaps, and ensure reliability, observability, and fast iteration across multi-cloud environments (GCP/AWS/Azure). A proven track record with L4-L7 proxy technology and cloud-native architectures is required.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience managing a software engineering team in a large enterprise organization.
• 5+ years of experience as a hands-on software engineer.
• Expertise in Explicit Proxy technologies: L4-L7 Proxy, TCP/IP, SSL/TLS interception, authentication flows, PAC, DNS handling, and content filtering.
• Background in network security and cloud-delivered SWG/SASE services.
• Knowledge of building multi-tenant, cloud-native architectures (Kubernetes, microservices, distributed data pipelines, observability stacks).
• Strong collaboration skills; able to align cross-disciplinary teams around a shared goal.
• Demonstrated ability to plan, execute, and deliver roadmaps with high predictability.
• Proven track record of delivering complex, distributed cloud products end-to-end.
• Experience with large-scale cloud architectures (GCP, AWS, or Azure)

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and grow an engineering team within Prisma Access.
• Partner closely with Product Managers and cross-functional groups to define priorities and build roadmaps.
• Align stakeholders across business units and communicate tradeoffs, risks, and execution plans with clarity.
• Build a culture of accountability, ownership, and continuous improvement.
• Guide teams on building highly scalable cloud-native microservices.
• Ensure efficient deployment, observability, and runtime stability in production environments.

Skills

Leadership

Software engineering

Explicit Proxy

TCP/IP

SSL/TLS interception

PAC

DNS handling

Content filtering

Cloud-native architectures

Kubernetes

Observability stacks

Multi-tenant architectures

Collaboration

Tools

Kubernetes

GCP

AWS

Azure

Job description

Palo Alto Networks, Inc. is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead the Explicit Proxy team within Prisma Access. This role blends deep technical work with people leadership, guiding engineers who build scalable security services at cloud scale.

You will partner with Product Managers, drive roadmaps, and ensure reliability, observability, and fast iteration across multi-cloud environments (GCP/AWS/Azure). A proven track record with L4-L7 proxy technology and cloud-native architectures is required.