Sr Manager, SW Automation Engineering

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

This role is remote, but distance is no barrier to impact. Our hybrid teams collaborate across geographies to solve big problems, stay close to our customers, and grow together. You will be part of a culture that values trust, accountability, and shared success where your work truly matters.

Job Description

Your Career We are looking for a motivated Automation Manager to join our Cortex Platform QA group in our Tel Aviv R&D center.The team is responsible for the quality of Cortex products and development of E2E test automation framework, and tools. In this role you will lead, train and motivate our automation team and be responsible for planning and execution of automated and manual tests. All of this in a fast pace process of development, test and release.More information about Cortex products can be found here. Your Impact Lead a team of automation engineers as an organic automation team within an Automation group.Own your team's technical roadmap of automation, strategy, implementation, execution, tracking and reportingResponsible for the quality of Palo Alto Networks productsBe a technical lead, including responsibility for code reviews, recruiting, personal development, training and mentoring the automation engineers.Partner with software development managers, functional, system & performance QA leaders to devise test automation strategies to drive the automation and to come up with extensive automation coverage of testing.Collaborate with the DevOps team to ensure test framework and methodologies are integrated with the continuous integration.Implement infrastructure & automatic tests (be hands-on to some extent).

Qualifications (Additional Job Description)

Your Experience 4+ years of experience as an Automation or Infrastructure Manager for a SaaS Product.Extensive experience and broad expertise in testing processes and methodologies, including implementation and leading teams through successful execution.Strong communication skills with members, staff, and individuals, demonstrated through a professional manner and the ability to clearly present and explain information in both Hebrew and English.Hands on experience with Python or other OOP Languages.Expertise in cloud platforms (GCP, AWS, Azure and more)Hands-on experience using tools such as git, Jira, Jenkins.Experience working with OS Linux environmentNice to have:Experience in Docker for creating and managing test environments and integrating with CI/CD pipelines Strong analytical and trouble-shooting skillsAcademic degree in Computer Science or equivalentNetworking- protocols and cloud infrastructure networking

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.

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