Senior Principal Software Engineer — SASE & Explicit Proxy Lead

Palo Alto Networks; California; Vor Ort; USD 184.000 - 297.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Palo Alto Networks is seeking an Engineering Manager for the Prisma Access Explicit Proxy team. You will lead a high‑impact engineering group, drive architecture across multi‑cloud environments, and advance secure access services at scale.

The role combines hands‑on technical depth with people leadership, delivering cloud‑native security solutions and guiding teams to meet ambitious roadmaps and production stability.

Qualifikationen

• 15+ years of experience managing a software engineering team in a large enterprise.
• 5+ years hands-on software engineering experience.
• Expertise in Explicit Proxy technologies: L4-L7 proxy, TCP/IP, SSL/TLS interception, authentication flows, PAC, DNS handling, and content filtering.
• Background in network security and cloud-delivered SWG/SASE services.
• Knowledge of building multi-tenant, cloud-native architectures (Kubernetes, microservices, distributed data pipelines, observability stacks).
• Strong collaboration skills; able to align cross-disciplinary teams around a shared goal.
• Demonstrated ability to plan, execute, and deliver roadmaps with high predictability.
• Proven track record of delivering complex, distributed cloud products end-to-end.
• Experience with large-scale cloud architectures (GCP, AWS, or Azure)

Aufgaben

• 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.

Kenntnisse

Software leadership

Hands-on engineering

Explicit Proxy tech

Network security

Cloud-native architectures

Cross-functional collaboration

Roadmaps & delivery

Multi-tenant cloud architectures

Observability

Cloud architectures (GCP/AWS/Azure)

Tools

Kubernetes

Observability tooling

Distributed data pipelines

Jobbeschreibung

Palo Alto Networks is seeking an Engineering Manager for the Prisma Access Explicit Proxy team. You will lead a high‑impact engineering group, drive architecture across multi‑cloud environments, and advance secure access services at scale.

The role combines hands‑on technical depth with people leadership, delivering cloud‑native security solutions and guiding teams to meet ambitious roadmaps and production stability.