Senior Engineering Manager, Unit 42

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

Unit 42 Engineering is seeking a seasoned Software Engineering Leader to manage our existing research engineering team responsible for the tooling and automation for incident response & consulting engagements.

Reporting to the Director of Unit 42 Research Engineering, you will leverage your expertise in software development methodologies and best practices to guide the team to deliver high quality and highly scalable software. You’ll apply those same skills toward identifying technical solutions to roadmap projects, improving team efficiency, and managing the development process. Bring your software expertise to help design and implement the roadmap for this new team.

Your Impact

• Partner with leadership to design and implement solutions to support the consulting organization
• Participate in strategy planning to build excellent tools
• Manage the day-to-day to ensure software is developed on schedule
• Lead other managers in driving success in their teams
• Manage multiple projects simultaneously
• Actively participate in code and architecture reviews
• Mentor and manage the professional development of the team members 

Qualifications

Your Experience

• Passion for leadership and innovation
• Experience leading a team from managerial perspective
• Demonstrable project management skills
• Willingness to act as tier 2 support for consulting engagements occurring outside of business hours
• Strong resource management skills & experience working with product management
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, and experience working on remote teams
• Strong understanding and usage of Python, JS, SQL, NoSQL, ElasticSearch, and cloud technologies used for data manipulation at scale
• Experience developing container based applications using tools such as Docker, Kubernetes, and/or Helm
• Background or interest in incident response and applied security
• Strong understanding of computer science fundamentals, specifically networking, databases and tool development
• Candidates must be open to travel requirements (up to 10% annually)

Additional Information

The Team

Our engineering 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 engineers 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.

Our 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 op