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Palo Alto Networks Staff SOC Security Automation Engineer in Santa Clara, California
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 flexibility 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 personalization and 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 three days per week, leaving two days for choice and flexibility to work where you feel most effective. 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 and thrive, together!
Your Career
Come join Palo Alto Networks as a Staff SOC Automation Engineer on the Information Security team. As a member of the Security Operations Center group within InfoSec, you’ll push the limits of what’s possible in the SOAR space (Security, Orchestration, Automation and Response).
At Palo Alto Networks, we “sip our own champagne” by protecting our global organization with the innovative security products that we build and sell to our customers. We are looking for an individual to perform in a key role in our internal SOC; Design, test and build inspiring automation playbooks in our own XSOAR product that are deployed internally to demonstrate what it means to truly disrupt the traditional manual SOC model.
With your passion for automation, coupled with your desire to hunt for and stop cyber bad actors, you will join a team of highly motivated SOC Engineers at the fastest growing security company in history.
Your Impact
Responsible for analyzing, building, testing, deploying, maintaining and documenting new SOAR (security orchestration and automation response) playbooks to extend the existing automation capabilities of the Security Operations Center
Develop creative new approaches to accelerate threat detection, responses and remediation of security incidents in a global organization
Coordinate playbook deployments with multi-functional team members to maintain high quality work products
Manage & maintain cloud infrastructure & tooling operated by the automation team
Collaborate with and provide feedback to the engineers and product managers of XSOAR as you operationalize the innovative security automation tool into Palo Alto Networks’ security operations
Your Experience
3+ years hands-on experience developing automation playbooks in XSOAR, Phantom, Swimlane or other leading SOAR solution
Python scripting proficiency
Strong written and oral communication skills
Strong organizational skills
Customer-focused, have a drive for results, and passionate about building great products that will have impact across the organization
Education
- Bachelor's degree from four-year college or university or equivalent training, education, and experience in information / cyber security, computer systems, IT, etc.
The Team
Serious mission, fun culture; We’re not your ordinary Information Security team. We’re a diverse group of security professionals that embraces challenging the status quo in order to protect Palo Alto Networks and our customers. They say it’s the people you work with that make you want to go to work and it’s true here; we love our work.
Think about it: Driving innovation on the Information Security team of the fastest-growing high-tech cybersecurity company is a once in a lifetime opportunity. You’ll be joined by the brightest minds in technology, and our global teams are on the front line of defense against cyberattacks.
We’re joined by one mission – but driven by the impact of that mission and what it means to protect our way of life in the digital age. Join a dynamic and fast-paced team that feels excitement at the prospect of a challenge and feels a thrill every time we beat the bad guys.
We hope to meet you soon!
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 qualifications, experience, and work location. For candidates who receive an offer at the posted level, the starting base salary (for non-sales roles) or base salary + commission target (for sales/commissioned roles) is expected to be between $119,000/yr to $192,500/yr. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found here (http://benefits.paloaltonetworks.com/) .
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