Remote Principal Engineer, Agentic AI & Automation

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

Job summary

Palo Alto Networks is seeking a Principal Technical Product Engineer specialized in Agentic AI & Automation. You will bridge Product Management, Engineering, Field Engineering, and strategic customers to identify automation opportunities, design agentic workflows, validate capabilities, and scale successful use cases.

You will prototype, operationalize, and demonstrate how AI reduces workload, speeds investigations, and enables security teams to operate at greater scale across SIEM, SOAR, XDR,

Qualifications

• Experience leading cross-functional technical initiatives with multiple stakeholders and strategic customers.
• Exceptional presence and confident communication to audiences from practitioners to executives.
• Hands-on with Generative AI, LLMs, AI agents, or agentic workflows.
• Strong understanding of modern SOC workflows including SIEM, SOAR, XDR, CNAPP.
• Proven ability to automate complex workflows using APIs, scripting, or orchestration.

Responsibilities

• Define technical strategy and reference architectures for Agentic AI and automation.
• Advise internal teams, strategic customers, and partners on AI-driven security opportunities.
• Prototype and scale AI/automation use cases across customers and the org.
• Partner with Product Management and Engineering to translate customer challenges into requirements.
• Develop implementation guides, demos, and architectural guidance for field teams.

Skills

Cross-functional leadership

Strategic communication

Security operations

Automation

AI/LLMs

APIs & integration

Prototyping

Cloud architectures

Orchestration

Tools

XSIAM

Cortex XSOAR

Cortex XDR

CNAPP

Terraform

CloudFormation

Python

Job description

Palo Alto Networks is seeking a Principal Technical Product Engineer specialized in Agentic AI & Automation. You will bridge Product Management, Engineering, Field Engineering, and strategic customers to identify automation opportunities, design agentic workflows, validate capabilities, and scale successful use cases.

You will prototype, operationalize, and demonstrate how AI reduces workload, speeds investigations, and enables security teams to operate at greater scale across SIEM, SOAR, XDR,