Senior Principal Tech Product Engineer – Data Security

Palo Alto Networks; California; Remote; USD 203,000 - 278,000; Full time

Job summary

Palo Alto Networks seeks a Senior Principal Technical Product Engineer to lead DSPM and DDR efforts across multi-cloud and AI environments within the Cortex organization. You will be a technical authority, shaping product strategy and mentoring teams.

In this role, you’ll collaborate with Product Management, Engineering, Sales, and Customer Success to translate complex challenges into actionable direction and to drive security architecture across modern cloud platforms.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience leading cross-functional programs in fast-paced environments, managing multiple high-stakes projects and strategic enterprise customers simultaneously.
• Exceptional professional presence and confidence advising audiences ranging from practitioners to C-level executives.
• A collaborative leader who creatively and effectively solves the most complex issues and proactively establishes scalable solutions.
• Deep affinity for technology and a relentless drive to master product, market, and competitive details, including emerging areas like AI Security and Agentic AI.
• Strong work ethic, integrity, and organizational discipline.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical strategy, architecture validation, and solution design centered on DSPM capabilities across the Palo Alto Networks platform.
• Serve as the global SME on Data Security, guiding internal sales, partners, and enterprise customers on shadow data discovery, data movement tracking, and data loss prevention.
• Build high-quality technical content, architectural blueprints, proofs-of-concept environments, and step-by-step integration guides.
• Bridge the gap between Data Security and the modern SOC by developing playbooks for Data Detection and Response (DDR), SIEM/SOAR integrations, and automated incident response.
• Partner directly with Product Management to advocate for customer requirements, influence product roadmaps, and refine market positioning against competitors.

Skills

DSPM expertise

DDR expertise

Data security

Cloud security

SOAR

XSIAM

XDR

CNAPP

Stakeholder management

Executive communication

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

AWS

Azure

GCP

Job description

Palo Alto Networks seeks a Senior Principal Technical Product Engineer to lead DSPM and DDR efforts across multi-cloud and AI environments within the Cortex organization. You will be a technical authority, shaping product strategy and mentoring teams.

In this role, you’ll collaborate with Product Management, Engineering, Sales, and Customer Success to translate complex challenges into actionable direction and to drive security architecture across modern cloud platforms.