Our Mission

At Palo Alto Networks® everything starts and ends with our mission:

Being the cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting our digital way of life.

Our vision is a world where each day is safer and more secure than the one before. We are a company built on the foundation of challenging and disrupting the way things are done, and we’re looking for innovators who are as committed to shaping the future of cybersecurity as we are.

Who We Are

We take our mission of protecting the digital way of life seriously. We are relentless in protecting our customers and we believe that the unique ideas of every member of our team contributes to our collective success. Our values were crowdsourced by employees and are brought to life through each of us everyday - from disruptive innovation and collaboration, to execution. From showing up for each other with integrity to creating an environment where we all feel included.

As a member of our team, you will be shaping the future of cybersecurity. We work fast, value ongoing learning, and we respect each employee as a unique individual. Knowing we all have different needs, our development and personal wellbeing programs are designed to give you choice in how you are supported. This includes our FLEXBenefits wellbeing spending account with over 1,000 eligible items selected by employees, our mental and financial health resources, and our personalized learning opportunities - just to name a few!

Your Career

Are you passionate about taking automation to the next level? Do you live and breathe the cyber security world? Do you want to take part in an innovative and disruptive team that will have an impact on the lives of many customers?

You will be part of a group of security researchers building our automation content and closing the loop of both 1st and 3rd party use cases, working with an incredible number of products to achieve this goal. You will build the new state of the art automations which will lead the company to the autonomous SOC vision. Your mission will be to build robust remediation plans coupled to detections using SOAR playbooks.

Your Impact

• Develop readable, effective, safe and testable remediation plans linked to detections across multiple realms (Endpoint, Identity, DSPM, NDR, etc.)

• Conduct in-depth data research to enhance our decision-making process for content creation

• Use analytical rigor and statistical methods, programming and data modeling to generate and test hypotheses and experiments which will be later deployed to production

• Be part of a diverse research group, improving our research processes and leading us to be a better team creating a better product

• Stay up to date with APTs, attacker methodologies, and TTPs

Your Experience

• Vast experience in security operations work and how to resolve incidents

• Vast experience and interest in at least one of - incident response, red team, or advanced threat hunting and detection research

• Experience with SQL or related query languages

• Vast Python software development experience

• Experience working with large datasets

• Independent and team player, critical thinker

• Proficient hands-on coding skills

Advantages

• Experience with big data platforms (e.g GCP)

• Experience with XDR/EDR/NDR/SOAR products

• Intimate knowledge and understanding of attack methods and techniques

• Experience in machine learning or data analysis

The Team

Our research team is at the core of our products and connected directly to the mission of preventing cyberattacks. We are constantly innovating — challenging the way we, and the industry, think about cybersecurity. Our researchers don’t shy away from building products to solve problems no one has pursued before.

We define the industry instead of waiting for directions. We need individuals who feel comfortable in ambiguity, excited by the prospect of a challenge, and empowered by the unknown risks facing our everyday lives that are only enabled by a secure digital environment.

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Our Commitment

We’re problem solvers that 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.