Senior Staff Automation Engineer (Endpoint Privilege Manager - Idira)

Our Mission

At Palo Alto Networks®, we’re united by a shared mission—to protect our digital way of life. We thrive at the intersection of innovation and impact, solving real-world problems with cutting-edge technology and bold thinking. Here, everyone has a voice, and every idea counts. If you’re ready to do the most meaningful work of your career alongside people who are just as passionate as you are, you’re in the right place.

Who We Are

In order to be the cybersecurity partner of choice, we must trailblaze the path and shape the future of our industry. This is something our employees work at each day and is defined by our values: Disruption, Collaboration, Execution, Integrity, and Inclusion. We weave AI into the fabric of everything we do and use it to augment the impact every individual can have. If you are passionate about solving real-world problems and ideating beside the best and the brightest, we invite you to join us!

We believe collaboration thrives in person. That’s why most of our teams work from the office full time, with flexibility when it’s needed. This model supports real-time problem-solving, stronger relationships, and the kind of precision that drives great outcomes.

Job Summary

As a Senior Staff Software Automation in our Endpoint Privilege Management (EPM) engineering group, you will serve as a senior technical leader responsible for shaping the overall quality strategy, test architecture, and automation infrastructure. In this role, you will drive quality across both web-based Frontend interfaces and complex backend Infrastructure components powering our Idira EPM solutions.
This role requires a balanced approach: you will architect enterprise-grade, scalable automation frameworks while actively participating in hands-on manual testing, exploratory validation, and release quality gates. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional software developers, DevOps engineers, and product managers to ensure our security offerings meet strict enterprise standards for performance, resilience, and user experience.

Key Responsibilities
Automation Engineering & Architecture

• Design, build, and maintain robust, scalable automated test suites using Java and Python.
• Lead the development of web automation solutions utilizing Playwright to test complex UI workflows and single-page frontend applications.
• Build automated tests for REST APIs, backend microservices, and underlying cloud/on-premise infrastructure supporting the Idira EPM platform.
• Integrate automated test pipelines into CI/CD workflows using Jenkins to support continuous testing and deployment.
• Conduct proof-of-concept (POC) evaluations for new QA tools, framework enhancements, and testing technologies.

Quality Assurance & Manual Testing Execution

• Perform end-to-end manual, functional, exploratory, and regression testing on critical features across Frontend UIs and system Infrastructure.
• Analyze system specifications, design test plans, and write detailed test cases to cover both standard functional paths and edge-case failure scenarios.
• Investigate, isolate, and debug system defects, filing detailed bug reports with root-cause analysis to expedite resolution with development teams.

Technical Leadership & Collaboration

• Define quality metrics, target SLAs, and shift-left testing practices across the software development lifecycle (SDLC).
• Work closely with Product Managers, Solution Architects, and Developers during sprint planning to establish clear acceptance criteria and definition of done (DoD).

Qualifications

• 4+ years of hands-on experience in Test (SDET) or QA Automation roles
• Strong hands-on coding proficiency in Java/ Python for building test automation suites and utility tools.
• Proven experience with Playwright or other web automation frameworks
• Dual Testing Expertise: Solid background combining hands-on manual/exploratory testing (feature verification, release testing) with robust automation engineering.
• Direct experience configuring and maintaining automated tests within CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins) and working in containerized environments (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Expertise in manual and automated testing of RESTful APIs and web services.
• Scripting / Web Technologies: Familiarity with JavaScript and TypeScript.

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.

Is role eligible for Immigration Sponsorship? No. Please note that we will not sponsor applicants for work visas for this position.