Manager, Software Engineering (Cortex Xpanse)

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 take our mission of protecting the digital way of life seriously. We are relentless in protecting our customers and we believe that the unique ideas of every member of our team contributes to our collective success. Our values were crowdsourced by employees and are brought to life through each of us everyday - from disruptive innovation and collaboration, to execution. From showing up for each other with integrity to creating an environment where we all feel included.

As a member of our team, you will be shaping the future of cybersecurity. We work fast, value ongoing learning, and we respect each employee as a unique individual. Knowing we all have different needs, our development and personal wellbeing programs are designed to give you choice in how you are supported. This includes our FLEXBenefits wellbeing spending account with over 1,000 eligible items selected by employees, our mental and financial health resources, and our personalized learning opportunities - just to name a few!

At Palo Alto Networks, we believe in the power of collaboration and value in-person interactions. This is why our employees generally work full time from our office with flexibility offered where needed. This setup fosters casual conversations, problem-solving, and trusted relationships. Our goal is to create an environment where we all win with precision.

Job Description

Your Career

As the manager of the Network Scanning Team, you will:

• Drive projects from requirements to to deployment, ensuring your team has the information and resources they need to execute smoothly

• Guide the key technical work on the team, including shaping architectural decisions, communicating impact and requirements to stakeholders, and driving toward end-to-end value.

• Create and improve software development processes, adapting them to suit the needs of your team and the needs of the organization

• Hire and scale your team

• Take ownership of product quality, usability, performance, and technical standards for your group

• Lead efforts to align planned work across the application in collaboration with product management, UX design, and fellow engineering stakeholders

• Utilize your big-picture perspective to spot existing and impending problems across teams, then work with leadership across the department to analyze and solve them

• Proactively spot, articulate, and mitigate risks in ongoing and planned projects to ensure smooth execution and high output. This may include providing ad hoc mentorship, communicating with project stakeholders, or even rolling up your sleeves and stepping in to help move things along.

• Mentor engineers in your team and across the department

Qualifications

Your Experience

A strong candidate for this role will have most of the following:

• Knowledge of distributed systems and architecture, including an understanding of what it takes to deploy and maintain such systems

• Experience with on-prem deployment and the risks associated with shipping software to a customer environment

• Good understanding of networking and cybersecurity fundamentals

• Ability to manage complex technical projects from inception to completion, and a track record of delivering commitments to customers with high quality

• Significant experience (2+ years) providing technical and/or managerial leadership within and across teams building enterprise features on a SaaS platform at scale

• Ability to balance shipping new products and features with addressing technical debt and investments in architecture and infrastructure

• Understanding of agile software development practices and how they pertain to all aspects of development

• Past hands-on development experience and current ability to navigate codebases and understand change requests

• BSc in computer science or related engineering discipline, or equivalent work experience

Additional Information

The Team

The Cortex Xpanse group is building an Exposure Management product to bring together the Palo Alto Networks proactive security product suite. As part of this effort, we are building a Netw