Senior Staff SDET

Why Join Us? Work on real-world infrastructure: Our testing emulates enterprise environments with diverse operating systems, networks, PKI infrastructure, and cloud-native services. You'll solve challenging engineering problems—not toy examples. Build platforms that engineers rely on: Design automation frameworks and internal tooling that improve developer productivity across multiple teams. Collaborate with a highly technical team: Work alongside engineers building large-scale distributed systems within Palo Alto Networks' Machine Identity platform. Own meaningful technical challenges: You'll have the autonomy to design, build, and evolve solutions that directly impact product quality and engineering velocity. Continue growing technically: Expand your expertise across distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, automation platforms, PKI, certificate lifecycle management, and developer tooling. #LI-HA1 #LI-Hybrid

Qualifications 5+ years of experience in software engineering, platform engineering, test automation, SDET, or related backend engineering roles with a strong focus on automation and quality. Strong software engineering skills in Python, Java, or Golang. Experience designing, building, and evolving automation frameworks for backend services and distributed systems. Strong understanding of Linux/Unix and Windows operating system fundamentals. Working knowledge of networking protocols (TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP/S); experience with PKI, certificate management, or identity infrastructure is highly desirable. Hands-on experience with microservices architectures, distributed systems, and system integration testing. Experience designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using GitLab CI, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or similar technologies. Experience working in containerized environments using Docker and Kubernetes. Experience emulating complex enterprise customer environments. Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code technologies such as Terraform and Ansible. Experience with performance testing tools such as JMeter, Gatling, or custom performance frameworks. Experience with public cloud platforms, with GCP preferred; AWS or Azure experience is also valuable. Experience building developer productivity tools, automation platforms, or internal engineering frameworks. Strong debugging and root cause analysis skills across application, infrastructure, networking, and cloud environments. Experience building robust, scalable automation frameworks and testing infrastructure. Experience managing Linux-based virtual machines and enterprise-scale test environments. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to quickly understand complex distributed systems. Demonstrated ability to lead technically challenging initiatives and influence engineering decisions across multiple teams through technical expertise and collaboration. Self-motivated, able to work independently, prioritize effectively, and thrive in a fast-paced engineering environment. Ability to write clean, maintainable, well-documented code following engineering best practices. Work in hybrid capacity 3 days a week at our Santa Clara, CA office. Preferred Experience testing cybersecurity products or enterprise security platforms. Experience with SaaS products and large-scale cloud-native architectures. Experience with PKI, certificate authorities, certificate lifecycle management, machine identity, or identity management systems. Experience working with enterprise IT infrastructure, including load balancers, web servers, certificate authorities, identity management systems, and related technologies.

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benefits may be found here . - /yr 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 [email protected] . 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. Is role eligible for Immigration Sponsorship? No. Please note that we will not sponsor applicants for work visas for this position.

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