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

Your Career

We are seeking Test Engineers with a strong Automation First Mindset as we scale the Prisma SASE Test team.

Were 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 l and work well with others towards achieving a common goal.

Your Impact

• Deliver AI-driven test automation to accelerate validation of Prisma SASE functionality scale and reliability that replicate realworld network and multicloud scenarios

• Design and implement agentic features  (prompting tooluse 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

Qualifications :

Qualifications

• 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 fastpaced collaborative environment

• Bachelors Or Masters degree in Computer Science/Engineering/Networking or equivalent military experience along with 2-5 years of work experience

Additional Information :

The Team

To stay ahead of the curve its critical to know where the curve is and how to anticipate the changes were 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 arent shy about building products to solve problems no one has pursued 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 chance to create 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 dont wait for directions instead identifying new features and opportunities we have to just get better this is your new career.

Compensation Disclosure

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 $147000/YR - $190500/YR. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found here. 

Our Commitment

Were problem solvers that take risks and challenge cybersecuritys status quo. Its simple: we cant 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  .

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.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time