Principal Software Automation​/Test Engineer; Strata Cloud Manager

Position: Principal Software Automation/Test Engineer (Strata Cloud Manager)
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

Your Career

The Cloud Management Platform is a public cloud delivered management platform to manage all Palo Alto Networks Next generation network security solutions.

It's an easy-to-use, scalable and secure platform to operationalize complex deployments using the Palo Alto Networks network security portfolio.

You will work in a team of highly motivated engineers building a highly scalable and secure multi-tenant public cloud solution to manage devices in physical, virtual or container form factors.

We are looking for passionate engineers that can code and build great products as well as leaders that can own and deliver.

Collaboration and teamwork are at the foundation of our culture and we need engineers who can communicate at a high level and work well with others towards achieving a common goal.

Your Impact

As a Principal Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET), you will play a key role in ensuring the quality and reliability of our software products and bring a relentless AI-First mindset to the team.

. Your responsibilities will include:

• Design, develop and execute test automation to test software features on our next-generation security platform as part of our Cloud Management Platform.
• Create detailed, comprehensive, and well-structured test plans that cover all possible test cases to verify feature functionality for customer use cases.
• Develop and maintain test automation and framework.
• Develop tools and infrastructure that enable engineers to build, test and release features confidently and continuously.
• Work closely with the Software Engineering, Product Management teams during product development from design to release.
• Understand customer configurations. debug, reproduce, verify fixes and add new test cases for issues uncovered in customer deployments.
• Verify endurance and scale testing to validate robust feature functionality under stress.
• Mix in your creative skills with a focused testing approach to produce the best quality products in cybersecurity
• Leveraging Artificial Intelligence to revolutionize our processes
• You will also have the chance to work on different public cloud platforms (AWS, Google Cloud Platform, Azure) to automate cloud management platform
• Configure, build and expand both Functional and System Testbeds
• Be involved in a rigorous approach to testing for specifications, assist the team with testing methods or tools for new testing
• Excellent troubleshooting abilities. Debug issues found during testing and verify bug fixes once they are resolved.

Qualifications

Your Experience

• Proven experience in writing test plans and test cases with a strong understanding of SDET methodologies, tools, and procedures.
• Strong knowledge of test automation methodologies, tools, and frameworks
• Experience developing test automation for REST APIs using Python/Pytest
• UI automation/testing experience using Selenium/JavaScript/Playwright.
• Proficiency in at least one programming language (e.g., Python, Java, JavaScript)
• Experience in building and maintaining Git Lab CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience with TCP/IP Networking and Network/Cloud Security required.
• Experience with AI-based tools to accelerate coding, test generation, debugging, and refactoring.
• A demonstrated passion for researching and applying innovative, AI-based testing methodologies to improve engineering productivity.
• Good understanding of networking concepts, L2-L7 protocols
• A demonstrated passion for researching and applying innovative, AI-based testing methodologies to improve engineering productivity
• Testing network security products, preferably with firewalls is a plus.
• Experience with Cloud Technologies such AWS/Azure/Google Cloud Platform
• Experience with Linux or Esxi Virtualization or Docker/Kubernetes is a plus
• Excellent communication and collaborative skills.
• BS or MS in…