Senior Product Manager (FEDRAMP)

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.

Our Approach to Work

We lead with flexibility and choice in all of our people programs. We have disrupted the traditional view that all employees have the same needs and wants. We offer personalization and offer our employees the opportunity to choose what works best for them as often as possible - from your wellbeing support to your growth and development, and beyond!

At Palo Alto Networks, we believe in the power of collaboration and value in-person interactions. This is why our employees generally work from the office three days per week, leaving two days for choice and flexibility to work where you feel most effective. This setup fosters casual conversations, problem-solving, and trusted relationships. While details may evolve, our goal is to create an environment where innovation thrives, with office-based teams coming together three days a week to collaborate and thrive, together!

Job Description

Your Career

Palo Alto Networks is building a world-class product management organization and continues to look for top-notch members of the team. As a Senior member of the certifications team at Palo Alto Networks, you will play an instrumental role in attaining and maintaining certifications across our product line.  

Certifications are of high value as they enable our products to be sold into many key markets around the world. In this role, you will be responsible for coordinating all technical activities related to the product certifications, as well as individually contributing much of the content required to obtain these certifications.

Your Impact

• Work collaboratively with Product Management, Sales, Engineering and other stakeholders to develop certification strategies and execute in a timely manner, ensuring alignment of certification strategies and execution plans to business and product imperatives
• In-depth knowledge of the NIST 800-53 requirements and the FedRAMP authorization processes and be able to translate them into requirements for internal teams
• Prior FedRAMP Moderate, HIGH, IL5 assessment experience
• Prior ISMAP, C5, IRAP, MLPS experience a plus
• Drive FedRAMP audit and Continuous Monitoring engineering activities, including producing POAM
• Hands on experience on SSP development
• Understand complex technical security architectures (including cloud architecture) and apply that to certification and compliance projects as needed
• Effectively communicate with all invested areas of the organization and management stakeholders, from engineering to leadership
• Develop a solid technical understanding of the product line to speak fluently with consultants, certification agencies, and more to achieve certifications with a few additional resources as possible
• Perform basic product testing and certifications documentation development to ensure success during the certification process

Qualifications

Your Experience

• At least 5 years for technology-focused FedRAMP risk assessments and remediation management
• At least 3 years experience with FedRAMP and Continuous Monitoring
• At least 3 years experience in systems administration for Linux and Windows operating systems
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Hands-on in-style and approach to working with a very strong interest and demonstrable aptitude in technology products
• Ability to communicate effectively with a variety of internal partners and customers
• Understand the challenges of working in a distributed environment with multiple teams working on different problems
• Curious, positive, “can-do” and transparent attitude is very critical for success
• Unafraid to take charge, ask hard questions, manage distractions confidently yet respectfully and drive to goals
• Strong ability to work with minimum supervision
• Assertive yet open, thoughtful, respectful, and easy to work with; must embody Palo Alto Networks values
• BS degree ( or equivalent technical degree or equivalent military experience) required - MS preferred
• CISA, CRISC, CISSP or other similar security certifications desired

Additional Information

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