Lead Cloud Penetration Testing Engineer

Jobs Paloaltonetworks; California; On-site; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Palo Alto Networks is seeking a skilled security professional to perform comprehensive penetration testing across cloud-native applications, infrastructure, and network architectures. You will conduct advanced tests, lead red team operations, and document vulnerabilities to strengthen defenses and incident response.

As part of the team, you will integrate AI-assisted testing, mentor peers, and provide expert guidance on remediation and secure design to protect critical systems and data.

Responsibilities

• Conduct comprehensive penetration tests across a diverse portfolio of cloud-native applications, large-scale infrastructure, and complex network architectures, covering all FedRAMP-mandated attack vectors.
• Execute multi‑tenant isolation testing and segmentation validation.
• Identify, exploit, and document vulnerabilities in cloud services, container orchestration platforms, and automated deployment pipelines.
• Plan and lead assumed‑breach, objective‑based red team operations against systems — including lateral movement, privilege escalation, and persistence — to test the effectiveness of defensive controls, monitoring, and alerting systems.
• Integrate AI‑assisted testing frameworks and LLM‑driven automation into penetration testing workflows to accelerate threat discovery, analysis, and exploit development.
• Provide expert‑level security guidance to SRE and Engineering teams during remediation planning and secure architectural design.
• Lead the security assessment of internal tooling, identity management systems, and third‑party integrations.
• Research and develop custom tooling or scripts to automate testing and improve the efficiency of offensive engagements.
• Translate complex technical findings into high‑impact reports and presentations for both technical stakeholders and executive leadership.
• Mentor junior team members and act as a subject matter expert on emerging threats and exploitation trends.

Job description

Palo Alto Networks is seeking a skilled security professional to perform comprehensive penetration testing across cloud-native applications, infrastructure, and network architectures. You will conduct advanced tests, lead red team operations, and document vulnerabilities to strengthen defenses and incident response.

As part of the team, you will integrate AI-assisted testing, mentor peers, and provide expert guidance on remediation and secure design to protect critical systems and data.