Senior Staff Software Engineer in Test Prisma Access (AI Automation Engineer)

Palo Alto Networks • Santa Clara, CA

158d • $147,000 - $195,500

About The Position

We are seeking Test Engineers with a strong Automation First Mindset as we scale the Prisma SASE Test team. We're seeking hands-on engineers who take ownership and solve problems end to end. Collaboration and teamwork are at the foundation of our culture and we need engineers who can communicate and work well with others towards achieving a common goal.

Requirements

• Strong automation skills in Python or TypeScript; Playwright/Pytest preferred.
• Experience with RAG or Agentic Frameworks is a huge plus along with experience with AI Driven development with tools such as Cursor, Codex or Claude Code.
• CI/CD familiarity (GitHub/GitLab/Jenkins) and basic dashboarding/reporting.
• Cloud fundamentals (AWS/Azure/GCP) and solid software/QA foundations.
• Experience with TCP/IP Networking, SD-WAN or Network/Data Security Technologies such as VPNs, Proxy or DLP/CASB.
• Ability to learn quickly and thrive in a fast‑paced, collaborative environment.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering/Networking or equivalent military experience along with 6 plus years of work experience.

Responsibilities

• Deliver AI-driven test automation to accelerate validation of Prisma SASE functionality, scale, and reliability that replicate real‑world network and multi‑cloud scenarios.
• Design and implement agentic features (prompting, tool‑use, RAG) to re-imagine existing test engineering workflows, RCAs and automation frameworks capabilities.
• Build evaluation harnesses and integrate into CI/CD to enforce quality/safety gates and publish clear dashboards.
• Partner with Dev/PM/SRE to embed quality in design and throughout the feature lifecycle.
• Incorporate Customer & Field feedback to continuously improve test strategy, automation, and regression infrastructure.

Benefits

• FLEXBenefits wellbeing spending account with over 1,000 eligible items selected by employees.
• Mental and financial health resources.
• Personalized learning opportunities.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree