Sr Principal Software Architect (Privileged Cloud Digital Vault - Idira)
Palo Alto Networks2 days ago
Petaẖ Tiqwa, IsraelStaff+
Responsibilities
- Define the architectural vision and long-term technical strategy for the Privileged Cloud platform.
- Establish architectural patterns, design principles, and engineering standards for distributed security components.
- Partner with Product Management and executives to translate business goals into technical roadmaps.
- Guide engineering teams through complex design decisions and conduct high-level design reviews.
- Promote technical excellence, continuous learning, and innovation across cross-functional teams.
Requirements
- 10+ years of software engineering experience across modern enterprise technology stacks.
- 5+ years of hands-on experience architecting and implementing highly available, fault-tolerant solutions on AWS.
- Experience designing and integrating AI-driven autonomous systems through agentic development.
- Production experience with Python and Python libraries.
- Exceptional executive-level communication skills and the ability to explain complex technical decisions strategically.
- 5+ years of experience with modern CI/CD pipelines, cloud deployment automation, Jenkins, and infrastructure-as-code practices.
- Preferred: experience designing, optimizing, and scaling resilient AWS database solutions across relational and cloud-native engines.
- Preferred: expertise in OWASP guidelines, encryption standards, LDAP, RADIUS, SAML, and OIDC.
Benefits
- Most teams work from the office full time, with flexibility when needed.
- The employer offers reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities or special needs.
- The position is not eligible for immigration sponsorship and does not sponsor applicants for work visas.
About Palo Alto Networks
Palo Alto Networks builds cybersecurity products for enterprises and governments, including next-generation firewalls, cloud security (Prisma Cloud/Prisma Access), and SOC tools (Cortex). It sells subscriptions and appliances with cloud-delivered threat intelligence, securing networks, endpoints, and applications across data centers and public clouds. Founded in 2005 and headquartered in Santa Clara, California, the company is publicly traded on the NYSE under the ticker PANW.