Senior AI Pentest & Security Automation Lead

CamWebDir; California (MO); Hybrid; USD 152,000 - 246,000; Full time

Job summary

Palo Alto Networks is seeking a Security Engineer to build AI-powered security scanning capabilities. You will own tooling to continuously scan the public-facing attack surface, and design black-box scanners for web apps, APIs, cloud services, and internet-facing infrastructure.

You will translate prototype work into production, combine security testing with software engineering, and collaborate with researchers and engineering teams to deliver scalable, evidence-based findings and remediation

Qualifications

• 5-7+ years of Security Engineering experience: Pentesting, Offensive Security, Product Security, or Application Security.
• Strong experience with Penetration testing.
• Experience building tools such as custom scanners, testing frameworks, automation, or meaningful open-source contributions.
• Strong web/API testing skills plus experience building security services or developer tooling.
• Software engineering experience building vulnerability scanners, DAST, ASM, or automated pentesting products and understand how vulnerabilities work.

Responsibilities

• Own the tooling to continuously scan Palo Alto Networks’ extensive public-facing attack surface within the Information Security team.
• Design and develop black-box scanning capabilities that discover and validate vulnerabilities across web applications, APIs, cloud services, and internet-facing infrastructure.
• Build AI agents that use security tools, analyze target context, and adapt testing approaches.
• Take capabilities from prototype to production, developing in-house tools or evaluating, acquiring, and operating commercial solutions as needed.
• Produce actionable findings with clear evidence, affected assets, and remediation guidance.
• Integrate findings into internal security and engineering workflows, including automated retesting to verify fixes.

Skills

Penetration testing

Security engineering

Custom tooling

Web/API testing

Vulnerability scanners

Job description

Palo Alto Networks is seeking a Security Engineer to build AI-powered security scanning capabilities. You will own tooling to continuously scan the public-facing attack surface, and design black-box scanners for web apps, APIs, cloud services, and internet-facing infrastructure.

You will translate prototype work into production, combine security testing with software engineering, and collaborate with researchers and engineering teams to deliver scalable, evidence-based findings and remediation