Principal AI Systems Architect & Strategy Leader

Palo Alto Networks; California (MO); On-site; USD 156,000 - 253,000; Full time

Job summary

Palo Alto Networks seeks a Principal AI Systems Engineer & Strategist to bridge high‑level AI strategy with production‑grade autonomous systems engineering in CIPE. You will architect Roadmaps, harness state‑of‑the‑art AI environments, and drive agent workflows from pilots to production, accelerating developer velocity and software quality at global scale.

Based at the Santa Clara California HQ, this role requires executive‑level visibility, collaboration with cross‑functional leaders, and a

Qualifications

• 7+ years in Software Engineering / ML Engineering, with 2+ years dedicated to Applied AI, RAG architectures, LLM orchestration, and AI strategy execution.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
• Proven history of bringing agentic AI solutions into production with ROI and scale
• Experience solving AI engineering challenges—context management, safe boundaries, and loop recovery.

Responsibilities

• Strategic Roadmap & Opportunity Selection: identify, score, and prioritize enterprise use cases with ROI baselines.
• Harness Engineering, Control Loops & Agents: design orchestration environments, dynamic context, and agent tooling.
• Evaluation, Production Deployment & Reliability: build evals, LLM‑Ops, observability, and performance metrics.
• Other Opportunities for Impact: lead cross‑functional initiatives and drive secure, enterprise‑scale AI platforms.

Skills

Applied AI

RAG architectures

LLM orchestration

AI strategy execution

Governance & security literacy

Stakeholder execution

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering

Tools

Model Context Protocol (MCP)

Function calling

Agent frameworks

Hybrid search systems

Vector databases

Job description

Palo Alto Networks seeks a Principal AI Systems Engineer & Strategist to bridge high‑level AI strategy with production‑grade autonomous systems engineering in CIPE. You will architect Roadmaps, harness state‑of‑the‑art AI environments, and drive agent workflows from pilots to production, accelerating developer velocity and software quality at global scale.

Based at the Santa Clara California HQ, this role requires executive‑level visibility, collaboration with cross‑functional leaders, and a