Senior Principal SASE Software Engineer - Cloud-Native

Palo Alto Networks, Inc.; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 184,000 - 297,000; Full time

Job summary

Palo Alto Networks is shaping the future of cloud and network security. We are seeking an Engineering Manager to lead the Explicit Proxy team within Prisma Access, combining hands-on depth with managerial excellence to deliver scalable, secure services at cloud scale.

You will partner with Product Managers and cross-functional groups to set priorities, drive roadmaps, and ensure observable, reliable deployments across multi-cloud environments (GCP/AWS/Azure).

Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience managing a software engineering team in a large enterprise.
• 5+ years of hands-on software engineering experience.
• Expertise in Explicit Proxy technologies: L4-L7 Proxy, TCP/IP, SSL/TLS interception, PAC, DNS handling, content filtering.
• Experience with large-scale cloud architectures (GCP, AWS, or Azure).

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and grow an engineering team within Prisma Access.
• Partner closely with Product Managers and cross-functional groups to define priorities and build roadmaps.
• Align stakeholders across business units and communicate tradeoffs, risks, and execution plans with clarity.
• Build a culture of accountability, ownership, and continuous improvement.
• Guide teams on building highly scalable cloud-native microservices.
• Ensure efficient deployment, observability, and runtime stability in production environments.

Skills

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Roadmap planning

Cloud networking

System design

Tools

Kubernetes

Microservices

Observability stacks

GCP

AWS

Azure

Job description

Palo Alto Networks is shaping the future of cloud and network security. We are seeking an Engineering Manager to lead the Explicit Proxy team within Prisma Access, combining hands-on depth with managerial excellence to deliver scalable, secure services at cloud scale.

You will partner with Product Managers and cross-functional groups to set priorities, drive roadmaps, and ensure observable, reliable deployments across multi-cloud environments (GCP/AWS/Azure).