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Distinguished Engineer Software (Cortex Platform)
Palo Alto Networks · Office - USA - CA - Headquarters · Posted 4 days ago
Set the long-term technical vision for Cortex, the AI-native security platform spanning Cortex Cloud, XSOAR, XDR, and XSIAM, across thousands of enterprise customers.
The Team Cortex Platform - Cortex is the industry's only open and integrated, AI-based, continuous security platform. Cortex is a significant evolution of the Application Framework designed to simplify security operations and considerably improve outcomes. Deployed on a global, scalable public cloud platform, Cortex allows security operations teams to speed the analysis of massive data sets.
Job Summary As a Distinguished Engineer for the Cortex Platform, you will serve as a key technical leader driving the innovation, development, and scaling of our industry-leading cybersecurity products, including Cortex Cloud, XSOAR, XDR, and XSIAM. You will architect shared infrastructures and tackle complex backend challenges to deliver exceptional value to thousands of enterprise customers. Leveraging AI-native architectures and cloud technologies, you will optimize data processing pipelines and distributed systems. This role requires a visionary approach and a passion for solving the world's most critical cybersecurity threats.
Key Responsibilities
- Drive long-term technical vision and architecture for critical Cortex platforms and services.
- Design highly scalable, secure, and cost-efficient distributed systems for processing massive data volumes.
- Serve as a technical leader, providing consultation and collaborating across engineering teams to ensure alignment.
- Lead cross-team architecture decisions, balancing scalability, performance, operational complexity, and engineering velocity.
- Architect and optimize cloud-native infrastructure, data pipelines, distributed storage, and real-time analytics platforms.
- Own and resolve complex technical challenges spanning multiple services, teams, and cybersecurity products.
- Drive adoption of AI-native architectures, agentic AI, and intelligent automation across engineering workflows.
- Identify opportunities to apply AI to accelerate development, testing, troubleshooting, and overall operational efficiency.
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