Principal Vulnerability Management Engineer

Palo Alto Networks

1d•Onsite

About The Position

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 We are looking for a Principal Vulnerability Management Engineer to join the Cortex DevSecOps group and bolster our vulnerability management practices. This role focuses on securing our immense cloud and on-prem deployments by managing vulnerabilities across all infrastructure and applications, and overseeing security improvements to current processes.

Requirements

3+ years of experience in DevSecOps, Vulnerability Management, or Product Security Engineering.
Experience establishing vulnerability management processes to make data-driven decisions.
Experience in triaging vulnerabilities and providing security remediation recommendations.
Experience helping engineering teams focus on high-value security issues and avoid toil on non-security issues.
Experience working with corporate compliance functions.
Effective communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work and coordinate between multiple teams.

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with FedRAMP processes and procedures.

Responsibilities

Serve as the main point of contact for product and system vulnerability management.
Participate in meetings with stakeholders to provide balanced insights on security implications.
Act as a bridge between security, development, and operations teams to integrate security best practices into the development lifecycle.
Work in full coordination with multiple product engineering and DevOps teams to produce highly secure features.
Handle, prioritize, and effectively bring security vulnerabilities to resolution for multiple products.