Sr Principal Software Architect (Idira, Secrets Manager SAAS)
Palo Alto Networks1 month ago
Petaẖ Tiqwa, IsraelStaff+
Responsibilities
- Define and drive the long-term architectural vision for the Secrets Manager SaaS product.
- Lead the design and evolution of services for scalability, security, resiliency, and operational excellence.
- Shape architecture across multiple product areas and influence strategic technology decisions.
- Establish architectural standards, mentor engineering teams and architects, and drive modernization initiatives.
- Lead proofs of concept and hands-on technical exploration of new technologies.
- Partner with Engineering, Product Management, Security, and Architecture leadership.
- Drive adoption of AI tools and methodologies in the software development lifecycle to improve R&D efficiency and developer productivity.
- Anticipate, assess, and mitigate technical risks through system integration design.
Requirements
- At least 10 years of professional experience with demonstrated expertise in SaaS-based software architecture.
- Collaborative technical leadership, mentoring ability, and experience working with peer architects.
- A strong record of leading proofs of concept and hands-on technical exploration.
- Strong decision-making skills balancing architectural excellence with business priorities.
- Experience with containerized environments such as Kubernetes, Docker, EKS, or ECS, and/or serverless technologies such as AWS Lambda.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills with full professional fluency in English.
- Strong commitment to quality, continuous improvement, and technical excellence.
- Proficiency in Go, Ruby, or Java is preferred.
- Strong hands-on experience with AWS cloud services is preferred.
- Deep understanding of security principles and best practices for highly scalable systems is preferred.
- In-depth knowledge of authentication and authorization protocols is preferred.
- Previous experience as an R&D manager is preferred.
Benefits
- Most teams work from the office full time, with flexibility when needed.
- Reasonable accommodations are available for qualified individuals with disabilities or special needs.
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.