Principal/Senior Automation Engineer (Cloud Security)

Our Mission

At Palo Alto Networks®, we're united by a shared mission-to protect our digital way of life. We thrive at the intersection of innovation and impact, solving real-world problems with cutting-edge technology and bold thinking. Here, everyone has a voice, and every idea counts. If you're ready to do the most meaningful work of your career alongside people who are just as passionate as you are, you're in the right place.

Who We Are

In order to be the cybersecurity partner of choice, we must trailblaze the path and shape the future of our industry. This is something our employees work at each day and is defined by our values: Disruption, Collaboration, Execution, Integrity, and Inclusion. We weave AI into the fabric of everything we do and use it to augment the impact every individual can have. If you are passionate about solving real-world problems and ideating beside the best and the brightest, we invite you to join us!

We believe collaboration thrives in person. That's why most of our teams work from the office full time, with flexibility when it's needed. This model supports real-time problem-solving, stronger relationships, and the kind of precision that drives great outcomes.

Job Summary

The Cortex Cloud Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) product is responsible for helping customers understand what data they own, how that data is being used, and how to protect their most sensitive data from cyber attacks and compliance breaches. Data is always the target for attackers and is also one of the most important assets an organization owns today. Helping an organization understand their data footprint and security drives priority and helps impact the entire security program.
We are looking for a top-notch Principal/Senior software automation engineer to drive our test efforts in the Data Security team. As our engineer you will be in charge of, first and foremost, product quality, design and plan required quality assurance tests, you will develop automation tests and needed infrastructure together with deployment to all known cloud providers using python, and working closely with a development team to address issues that were discovered. The job is deeply hands-on and requires a deep understanding of the product, the environments it runs.

Your Impact

• Create detailed and well-structured test plans based on requirements and features crew meetings
• Design and writing the infrastructure for regression/progression tests
• Develop and execute efficient and stable automated tests
• Identifying, reporting, documenting and tracking defect/bug issues
• Work closely with our engineering teams to understand business requirements
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong focus on customer satisfaction

Qualifications

• 7+/ 4+ years of experience QA automation developer
• Experience with API testing
• Experience with cloud-native technologies like DB, Bucket, SQL, GSUITE (SaaS products)
• Experience with designing, developing, and implementing test/applicative frameworks from scratch
• Deeply passionate about product quality with a mindset focused on continuous improvement
• Experience with Gitlab/Jenkins (Advantage)
• Experience in one of the following languages - Python /Java (Advantage)

Our Commitment

We're trailblazers that dream big, take risks, and challenge cybersecurity's status quo. It's simple: we can't accomplish our mission without diverse teams innovating, together.

We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for all qualified individuals with a disability. If you require assistance or accommodation due to a disability or special need, please contact us at accommodations@paloaltonetworks.com.

Palo Alto Networks is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity in our workplace, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or other legally protected characteristics.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Is role eligible for Immigration Sponsorship? No. Please note that we will not sponsor applicants for work visas for this position.

Client-provided location(s): Tel Aviv, Israel

Job ID: Palo_Alto_Networks-JR-016530

Employment Type: OTHER

Posted: 2026-04-15T20:16:48