Sr Staff Security Engineer (Vulnerability Management) at Palo Alto Networks – Santa Clara, CA, United States

Company description

Our Mission

At Palo Alto Networks®, everything starts and ends with our mission:

We are the cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting our digital way of life.

Our vision is a world where every day is safer and more secure than the last. We are a company built on the foundation of challenging and disrupting the way things get done, and we seek 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 on employee feedback – it’s about flexibility, trust and choice when possible. It’s been a journey of disruption that has delivered the best of our values. We offer as much flexibility and choice as possible to help you be most productive, including benefits that meet your needs and learning opportunities you’re passionate about.

Our approach to work

At Palo Alto Networks, we believe in the power of collaboration and value in-person interactions. That’s why our employees typically work from the office three days a week, leaving two days for choice and flexibility to work where you feel most effective. This setup encourages informal conversations, problem solving, and trusting 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!

Job description

Your career

Take your career to the next level by joining us as a Senior Staff Security Engineer – Vulnerability Management. You will lead efforts to secure our expansive, multi-cloud, and containerized infrastructure. You will manage the complexity of vulnerability detection and remediation across AWS, GCP, Azure, and on-premises environments, ensuring our cloud-native and container security remains robust.

In this role, you will demonstrate your expertise in managing large-scale vulnerabilities in containerized and hybrid environments, driving automation, and setting new standards for vulnerability management in cloud-native applications. Lead the way in protecting our global infrastructure, including containers, while redefining enterprise security benchmarks.

Your impact

• Vulnerability Assessment and Management: Lead vulnerability scanning, assessment, and prioritization processes across cloud, container, and on-premises environments and manage a wide range of vulnerabilities.

• Multi-cloud and multi-container security: Implement and manage vulnerability management processes across AWS, GCP, Azure, and containerized environments (e.g. Kubernetes), ensuring a consistent security posture.

• Remediation Coordination: Collaborate with IT, DevOps, and Security Operations teams to drive timely remediation of vulnerabilities in cloud-native and container environments, providing technical guidance and prioritization based on risk.

• Automation and Efficiency: Develop and optimize automation scripts and tools to streamline the processes for detecting, reporting, and remediating vulnerabilities, especially for container security.

• Reporting and Statistics: Generate and present detailed vulnerability management reports to management, tracking key metrics and trends to improve overall security.

• Compliance and Risk Management: Ensure compliance with industry standards, regulations, and best practices and contribute to risk management strategies in cloud and container environments.

• Incident Response: Participate in security incident response activities related to vulnerability exploitation, and provide expert analysis and mitigation strategies, including across container workloads.

Qualifications

Your experience

• Experience: Minimum 5 years of experience in vulnerability management within large-scale enterprises and cloud-native/containerized environments.

• Technical Expertise: Deep knowledge of vulnerability management tools (e.g., Qualys, Nessus, Tenable), cloud security frameworks, container security practices (e.g., Kubernetes, Docker), and best practices for AWS, GCP, and Azure.

• Cloud and Container Experience: Demonstrated experience managing vulnerabilities in multi-cloud and container environments, integrating on-premises systems into a comprehensive vulnerability management program.

• Scripting and Automation: Proficiency in scripting languages ​​(e.g., Python, Bash) for automating vulnerability management tasks, including container security.

• Analytical Skills: Strong problem-solving and analytical skills, with the ability to assess complex security issues in cloud and container environments and develop practical solutions.

• Communication: Excellent written and verbal communication skills, able to convey technical information to non-technical stakeholders.

• Certifications: Relevant certifications such as CISSP, CISM, AWS Certified Security Specialty, Kubernetes Security Specialist or equivalent are highly desirable.

Additional information

The team

We are not your average Information Security team. We are a diverse group of security professionals who challenge the status quo to protect Palo Alto Networks and our customers.

Driving innovation in the Information Security team of the fastest growing high-tech cybersecurity company is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. You will be joined by the brightest minds in technology and our global teams are on the front lines of defending against cyber attacks.

You’ll be part of a growing, passionate and dynamic team with the opportunity to work on challenging and exciting projects — centered around what we believe is one of the most important mission statements in the world. We also strive to be the most people-centric company ever! That means we’re constantly working to make your experience amazing, and you’ll be part of the team that’s breaking the boundaries of what the workplace can be!

We are committed to bringing our FLEXWORK philosophy. You will be part of a global team and for many roles we offer employees a choice of work location (office or primarily home) for most of our roles.

Our Commitment

We are pioneers who dream big, take risks and challenge the cybersecurity status quo. It’s simple: we can’t accomplish our mission without diverse teams innovating together.

We strive to provide reasonable accommodations to all qualified individuals with disabilities. If you require assistance or accommodations because of 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 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.

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Our Commitment

We are risk-taking problem solvers who challenge the cybersecurity status quo. It’s simple: we can’t accomplish our mission without diverse teams innovating together.

We strive to provide reasonable accommodations to all qualified individuals with disabilities. If you require assistance or accommodations because of 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 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 treated confidentially in accordance with EEO guidelines.