Company Description
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.
FLEXWORK is an employee-centric reimagining of how we work. We built FLEXWORK based on employee feedback – it is about flexibility, trust, and choice whenever possible. It’s been a journey of disruption that has yielded the best of our values. We offer as much flexibility as possible, and choices that enable you to be most productive, including benefits that meet your needs and learning opportunities that you feel passionate about.
Our Approach to Work
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!
Job Description
Your Career
We are seeking a motivated and enthusiastic technical leader to join our Cloud Data Loss Prevention (DLP) team as a QA Lead. Our DLP service is the industry’s first cloud-delivered Enterprise DLP that consistently protects sensitive data across all networks, clouds and users. This fast-growing cloud service prevents data breaches by identifying sensitive data consistently throughout the entire enterprise. In this role, you will be reviewing the current state of QA/automation, coming up with an overall testing and automation strategy for the product, analyzing and testing new features and bug fixes. You need to have a passion for improving the overall quality and productivity of the teams. All this is in a fast pace, agile-based process of development, testing, and release.
Your Impact
Be the QA lead for the product team and guide the QA team (contractors as well as FTEs) to deliver robust/reliable automation for the productCollaborate closely with the product management, architects and devops to achieve quality releasesDesign and execute tests for new features or major redesign of existing featuresLead execution QA cycles on a tight release scheduleLearn about security solutions and technologiesDebug issues in complex environments
Qualifications
Your Experience
10+ years of software testing experienceExperience writing testing documents and knowledge of various testing methodologiesExperience with both frontend and backend testing of cloud-based servicesProficiency with Python and familiarity with Java, Javascript and golangExperience with Agile development process and embrace Agile methodologiesSelf-learner and ability to learn new technologies and methodologies in a relatively short timeCloud Experience (AWS, Google Cloud, Azure)Strong believer of automation testCan-do attitude on problem-solving, quality and ability to executeExperience with pytest would be a strong plus
If you are looking for an exciting opportunity to kickstart your career in software testing, we encourage you to apply for this role. We offer a supportive and collaborative work environment, as well as opportunities for career growth and development.
Additional Information
The Team
To stay ahead of the curve, it’s critical to know where the curve is, and how to anticipate the changes we’re facing. For the fastest growing cybersecurity company, the curve is the evolution of cyberattacks, and the products and services that proactively address them. Our engineering team is at the core of our products – connected directly to the mission of preventing cyberattacks. They are constantly innovating – challenging the way we, and the industry, think about cybersecurity. These engineers aren’t shy about creating products to solve problems no one has tackled before. They define the industry, instead of waiting for directions. We need individuals who feel comfortable in ambiguity, excited by the prospect of challenge, and empowered by the unknown risks facing our everyday lives that are only enabled by a secure digital environment
Our engineering team is provided with an unrivaled opportunity to build the products and practices that will support our company growth over the next decade, defining the cybersecurity industry as we know it. If you see the potential of how incredible people products can transform a business, this is the team for you. If you don’t wait for directions, instead, identifying new features and opportunities we have to just get better, this is your new career.
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.
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 $119,700/yr to $193,600/yr. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found here.
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