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Sr. Staff Engineer (Cortex Vulnerability Experience Platform)

Palo Alto Networks

Sr. Staff Engineer (Cortex Vulnerability Experience Platform)

full-timePosted: Aug 11, 2026Updated: Aug 28, 2026Office - USA - CA - Headquarters

Job Description

Our MissionAt 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 AreIn 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 SummaryYour CareerThe Cortex Vulnerability Experience Platform team is expanding, and we're looking for an experienced Software Engineer to join our team. This team is responsible for building unified vulnerability and exposure management experience within XSIAM. This experience involves visualizing, prioritizing and remediating the posture security problems (vulnerabilities, misconfigurations etc) in the customer's environment.Your ImpactDesign, build, and maintain the features for the unified vulnerability and exposure management experienceTake part in architecture strategy sessions - design solutions that accommodate the requirements of the various groups across CortexCollaborate with teams to solve problems, reduce technical debt, and evolve development practicesDrive technical best practices and evangelize new technologies within the engineering orgCollaborate with other engineers and ensure that your team delivers high-quality outputTake ownership of projects, drive them to completion, and support them in productionBe a champion of test driven developmentQualifications Your Experience8+ years of experience as a professional software engineer writing softwareStrong Proficiency in PythonExperienced and opinionated about Software development and best practices across backend and frontendAble to switch between research, design, prototype, and implementationWorking knowledge of at least one of the major cloud platforms (eg GCP, AWS, or Azure), preferably GCPExperience with CI/CD processStrong problem solving skillsTechnical team leadershipRequires a relevant bachelor's degree or its equivalent.Nice To HavesExperience with Go, Angular and ReactCommon understanding of CVEs or Software vulnerabilitiesKnowledge of cybersecurity frameworks and vulnerability methodologiesProficiency in Linux and Windows operating systemsDemonstrates a basic understanding of how a variety of exploits work and shows skills in enumerating and selecting the correct exploit for a given systemExperience with Jenkins or Gitlab RunnersExperience with Grafana and PrometheusExperience with StackDriver for log based debuggingExperience working in vulnerability management domainExperience working with BigQuery#LI-DP4Compensation DisclosureThe compensation offered for this position will depend on qualifications, experience, and work location. For candidates who receive an offer at the posted level, the starting base salary (for non-sales roles) or base salary + commission target (for sales/com-missioned roles) is expected to be the annual range listed below. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found here.$126,000.00 - $204,500.00/yrOur 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?: Yes

Locations

  • Office - USA - CA - Headquarters

Skills Required

  • Pythonintermediate
  • at least one of the major cloud platformsintermediate
  • CI/CD processintermediate
  • cybersecurity frameworksintermediate
  • Linuxintermediate
  • Jenkinsintermediate
  • Grafanaintermediate
  • StackDriver for log based debuggingintermediate

Required Qualifications

  • 8+ years of experience as a professional software engineer writing software (experience, 8 years)
  • Strong Proficiency in Python (experience)
  • Experienced and opinionated about Software development and best practices across backend and frontend (experience)
  • Able to switch between research, design, prototype, and implementation (experience)
  • Working knowledge of at least one of the major cloud platforms (eg GCP, AWS, or Azure), preferably GCP (experience)
  • Experience with CI/CD process (experience)
  • Strong problem solving skills (experience)
  • Technical team leadership (experience)
  • Requires a relevant bachelor's degree or its equivalent. (degree in its equivalent)

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience with Go, Angular and React (experience)
  • Common understanding of CVEs or Software vulnerabilities (experience)
  • Knowledge of cybersecurity frameworks and vulnerability methodologies (experience)
  • Proficiency in Linux and Windows operating systems (experience)
  • Demonstrates a basic understanding of how a variety of exploits work and shows skills in enumerating and selecting the correct exploit for a given system (experience)
  • Experience with Jenkins or Gitlab Runners (experience)
  • Experience with Grafana and Prometheus (experience)
  • Experience with StackDriver for log based debugging (experience)
  • Experience working in vulnerability management domain (experience)
  • Experience working with BigQuery (experience)

Benefits

  • general: The compensation offered for this position will depend on qualifications, experience, and work location. For candidates who receive an offer at the posted level, the starting base salary (for non-sales roles) or base salary + commission target (for sales/com-missioned roles) is expected to be the annual range listed below. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found here.

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