Senior Staff Researcher QA(Cortex Cloud)
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Job Summary
We are seeking a Senior Staff Researcher in Security Content Validation to lead the testing and validation of security detection rule this role you will leverage your deep expertise in advanced QA methodologies and Python to research design and implement automation frameworks ensuring the highest fidelity and scalability of our security content validation processes.
Key Responsibilities
- Design develop and maintain expert-level automated testing and validation frameworks to ensure the accuracy and scalability of security detection rules.
- Research and apply emerging QA technologies such as AI/ML-driven testing to innovate security detection rule validation.
- Investigate complex failure modes and architectural weaknesses to develop innovative detection and prevention strategies.
- Establish and enforce best practices for high-fidelity security content validation including rigorous test case creation and management.
- Contribute to process enhancements in test automation CI/CD pipelines and deployment practices acting as a subject matter expert on quality process design.
- Serve as a technical leader coaching and guiding QA engineers on advanced testing techniques and research methodologies.
- Clearly articulate complex quality metrics research findings and validation strategies to engineering product and leadership teams.
Qualifications :
Required Qualifications
- Bachelors degree in Computer Science or a related field or equivalent experience.
- 5 years of experience in Quality Assurance SDET or QA Research or a Masters degree with 3 years of experience or a PhD.
- Advanced-level proficiency in Python for building complex scalable test automation frameworks and security validation tools.
- Deep understanding and application of QA principles including quality gates functional policy testing and debugging in cloud-native deployments.
- Minimum of 2 years of hands-on experience with public cloud technologies such as AWS GCP or Azure.
Preferred Qualifications
- Strong understanding of computer networks cloud networks and web-based protocols (e.g. HTTP/S REST) with a security focus.
- Experience with advanced QA concepts like combinatorial testing model-based testing or leveraging GenAI/LLMs for test automation.
- Familiarity with development tools (e.g. Git CI/CD pipelines) and data technologies (e.g. SQL BigQuery JSON) for validation and analysis.
Additional Information :
The Team
Cortex Platform - The Cortex team is a group of security-minded user-focused and data-driven individuals working together to build the next generation of security products. We are passionate about our mission to protect our customers and stay ahead of the latest threats. We believe in the power of collaboration and strive to create a supportive and inclusive environment where everyone can thrive. We are looking for talented and motivated individuals to join our team and help us build the future of security.
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
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About Company
Our enterprise security platform detects and prevents known and unknown threats while safely enabling an increasingly complex and rapidly growing number of applications. Come be part of the team that redefined the firewall industry and is now the fastest-growing security company in hi ... View more
