Principal AI Security Engineer, Agentic Automation

Palo Alto Networks, Inc.; California (MO); Remote; USD 163,000 - 264,000; Full time

Job summary

Palo Alto Networks is seeking a Principal Technical Product Engineer specializing in Agentic AI & Automation to serve as a technical authority on AI agents, automation, orchestration, and security intelligence within modern Security Operations Centers.

You will collaborate with Product Management, Engineering, Field Engineering, and strategic customers to identify high-value opportunities, prototype workflows, validate capabilities, and scale successful use cases across customers and the

Qualifications

• Experience leading cross-functional technical initiatives with strategic customers.
• Strong presence advising executives and practitioners.
• Deep interest in emerging technologies, products, markets, and competition.

Responsibilities

• Define technical strategy and reference architectures for AI and security workflows.
• Advise teams and customers on agentic capabilities and practical applications.
• Prototype, validate, and scale AI/automation use cases across customers.
• Partner with PM and Engineering to translate customer needs into roadmap priorities.
• Deliver demos, workshops, and architectural guidance for executives.

Skills

Cross-functional leadership

Executive communication

Cloud architecture

Security Operations

Generative AI

Automation

Prototyping

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Python

APIs

Job description

Palo Alto Networks is seeking a Principal Technical Product Engineer specializing in Agentic AI & Automation to serve as a technical authority on AI agents, automation, orchestration, and security intelligence within modern Security Operations Centers.

You will collaborate with Product Management, Engineering, Field Engineering, and strategic customers to identify high-value opportunities, prototype workflows, validate capabilities, and scale successful use cases across customers and the