Staff Security Engineer, Security Operations Center (SOC)

Company Description

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 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 Description

Your Career

Palo Alto Networks is seeking a Staff Security Engineer to join the Information Security team. This role, situated within the Security Operations Center (SOC) group, focuses on advancing Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response (SOAR) capabilities. The successful candidate will leverage Python, automation playbooks, XQL query language, and AI integrations to automate complex workflows, thereby enhancing the SOC's ability to protect Palo Alto Networks from threat actors.

At Palo Alto Networks, we “sip our own champagne” by protecting our global organization with the same innovative security products that we build and sell to our customers. This position offers a unique opportunity to design, test, and implement advanced automation and logging pipelines within Palo Alto Networks' Cortex Platform (XSIAM), demonstrating a transformative approach to traditional SOC models.

With your passion for cybersecurity engineering, coupled with your desire to hunt for and stop cyber bad actors, you will join a team of highly motivated SOC Engineers at the fastest growing security company in history. 

Your Impact

• Responsible for analyzing, building, testing, deploying, maintaining and documenting new SOAR (security orchestration and automation response) playbooks to extend the existing automation capabilities of the Security Operations Center
• Develop innovative approaches to accelerate threat detection, responses, and remediation of security incidents within a global organization.
• Manage and monitor logging pipelines to Cortex Platform, ensuring continuous and uninterrupted flow of intelligence
• Develop first-of-kind solutions that push the limits of SOC Engineering - venturing into uncharted territory
• Collaborate with and provide feedback to the engineers and product managers of Cortex Platform as you operationalize the innovative security solutions within Palo Alto Networks

Qualifications

Your Experience

• Minimum of 3 years of hands-on experience in one or more of the following categories:
• Proficiency in Python scripting
• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• Strong organizational and time management skills.
• Customer-focused, results-driven, and passionate about developing impactful products for the organization.
• Developing automation playbooks in XSIAM/XSOAR, Tines, Swimlane or other leading SOAR solution(s).
• Onboarding and maintaining security logging infrastructure (SIEM) such as XSIAM, Splunk, Devo or other leading SIEM solution(s).
• Developing solutions in Python for Information Security tools, or other related applications.
• Familiarity with interfacing with REST APIs via Python requests

Education

• Bachelor's degree from four-year college or university or equivalent training, education, and experience in information / cyber security, computer systems, IT, etc. or equivalent military experience required

Additional Information

The Team

Think of our group as a strike force of talented security engineers, each a critical component in solving some of the most challenging problems facing our enterprise and the Security Operations Center. We're a tight-knit team, united by our mission to identify and resolve security gaps and bring value to the SOC and all of Palo Alto Networks. We leverage innovative tools and first-principles thinking to approach complex issues with a strategic and mature mindset. Join us if you're ready to tackle big challenges, support our defense against bad-actors, make a tangible impact on Palo Alto Networks' security posture.

Compensation Disclosure

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/commissioned roles) is expected to be between $130,000- $175/YR. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found here.

• 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.