Senior PM – Layer 2 Switching for Branch NGFW

Palo Alto Networks; California; On-site; USD 153,000 - 248,000; Full time

Job summary

Palo Alto Networks is seeking a Senior Product Manager, Branch NGFW – Layer 2 Switching to lead the evolution of enterprise switching within our Network Security platform. You’ll own the complete switch lifecycle from onboarding to ongoing management, working at the intersection of enterprise networking, cloud infrastructure, and security UX.

You’ll partner with engineering, UX, marketing, and sales to define strategy, gather requirements, and deliver scalable product experiences.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in product/technical product management or related role.
• 3+ years in networking or related platform products.
• Strong knowledge of Layer 2 fundamentals (VLANs, 802.1Q, STP).
• Experience with enterprise switching architectures and network operations.
• Ability to translate requirements into clear product specs and roadmaps.
• Excellent communication across engineering, customers, and executives.

Responsibilities

• Define product strategy, roadmap, and lifecycle for Layer 2 switching capabilities.
• Own switch lifecycle requirements across onboarding, provisioning, configuration, monitoring, troubleshooting, decommissioning.
• Define and improve ZTP, cloud-managed enrollment, and guided setup workflows.
• Create CLI, API, and GUI configuration workflows for Layer 2 features.
• Drive requirements for VLANs, 802.1Q, STP variants, LACP, LLDP, MAC learning, QoS.
• Design operational dashboards and observability for topology, health, utilization.
• Collaborate with engineering on telemetry and management using gNMI, OpenConfig, SNMP.
• Work with customers and field teams to translate needs into requirements and metrics.

Skills

Product management

Networking

Layer 2 networking

Networking operations

Requirements translation

Analytics

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in CS/EE

Tools

REST APIs

CLI

YANG APIs

GUI management interfaces

Job description

Palo Alto Networks is seeking a Senior Product Manager, Branch NGFW – Layer 2 Switching to lead the evolution of enterprise switching within our Network Security platform. You’ll own the complete switch lifecycle from onboarding to ongoing management, working at the intersection of enterprise networking, cloud infrastructure, and security UX.

You’ll partner with engineering, UX, marketing, and sales to define strategy, gather requirements, and deliver scalable product experiences.