Senior Penetration Testing Engineer - AI-Driven Red Team

Jobs Paloaltonetworks; California (MO); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Palo Alto Networks is seeking an experienced security professional to perform comprehensive penetration tests across cloud-native applications and complex networks. You will lead red team engagements, identify vulnerabilities, and integrate AI-assisted testing to accelerate threat discovery and remediation.

You will collaborate closely with SRE and engineering teams, mentoring junior staff and delivering executive-ready reports.

Qualifications

• Experience conducting pen tests across cloud-native apps and large-scale infra.
• Ability to lead assumed-breach red team exercises.
• Strong reporting and communication of complex findings.

Responsibilities

• Conduct comprehensive penetration tests across cloud-native apps and infrastructures.
• Execute multi-tenant isolation testing and segmentation validation.
• Identify and document vulnerabilities in cloud services and deployment pipelines.
• Lead assumed-breach red team operations to test defenses.
• Integrate AI-assisted testing frameworks into workflows.
• Provide security guidance to SRE/Engineering teams during remediation.
• Mentor junior team members and share threat intelligence insights.
• Translate findings into executive-level reports and presentations.

Skills

Penetration testing

Cloud security

Red team operations

AI-assisted testing

Security reporting

Job description

Palo Alto Networks is seeking an experienced security professional to perform comprehensive penetration tests across cloud-native applications and complex networks. You will lead red team engagements, identify vulnerabilities, and integrate AI-assisted testing to accelerate threat discovery and remediation.

You will collaborate closely with SRE and engineering teams, mentoring junior staff and delivering executive-ready reports.