Senior Software Development Engineer in Test

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 personalization 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 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 with some flexibility offered where needed. 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 on the industry’s best cybersecurity solutions togetherr. 

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. 

Responsibilities

As a SDET, the candidate will be responsible for writing test plans, executing tests, developing automation frameworks and maintaining them, finding software defects, automating tests for features. Detailed responsibilities as below:

• Create detailed, comprehensive and well-structured software test plans that cover all possible test cases to verify feature functionality for customer use cases.

• Develop and maintain test automation frameworks

• Develop tools and infrastructure to improve quality and efficiency of testing

• Contribute towards improving existing software test automation frameworks to support missing functionalities needed for new software features.

• Design and execute automation scripts for all test cases

• Excellent troubleshooting abilities. Isolate issues found during testing and verify bug fixes once they are resolved. Reproduce and debug issues found during and after software release

• Estimate, prioritize, plan and coordinate software testing activities to ensure that feature deliverables meet release deadlines.

• Participate in a high paced work environment, with short release cycles. 

• Take ownership and collaborate with cross-functional product management, development and SDET teams in a fast paced environment.

Experience

• Experience in writing test plans and test cases, strong knowledge of SDET methodologies, tools and procedures

• Strong programming and/or scripting skills. 

• Experience in developing test automation of RestAPIs using Python/Pytest is required.

• Ability to develop/design tools, libraries, infrastructure, automation framework to improve the quality and efficiency of testing

• UI automation/testing experience using Selenium/Javascript

• Experience in building and maintaining Gitlab CI/CD pipelines 

• Experience with Cloud Technologies such Aws/Azure/GCP 

• Experience with Linux and BASH desired

• Experience testing Cloud Management platforms is highly desirable

• Experience with TCP/IP Networking and Network Security is highly desirable

• Knowledge of Active Directories, Cloud Identity Providers is highly desirable

• Experience with Esxi Virtualization and Container technologie like Kubernetes, Docker is a plus.

• Knowledge of MongoDB or other database technologies is a plus

• Demonstrated ability to learn quickly and to work in a fast paced, innovative environments learning new technologies is a plus

• Excellent communication and collaborative skills

• BS or MS in computer engineering or related technical field and a minimum of 5 years' experience as a Software Developer/SDET/Software Test Engineer

The Team 

Our engineering team is at the core of our products – 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 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.

The compensation offered for this position will depend on your degree or progress toward degree, qualifications, experience, and work location. For candidates who receive an offer, the starting rate is expected to be $175,000/yr for the specific role.

Is role eligible for Immigration Sponsorship?: Yes

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.