[Hiring] Sr. Technical Product Engineer @Palo Alto Networks

Role Description

The Technical Product Engineering (TPE) team is seeking a Principal Technical Product Engineer to act as the primary engineering subject matter expert for top accounts across North America and Latin America. In this high-impact, customer-facing role, you will bridge the gap between product engineering and highest-value enterprise clients by providing deep expertise in Data Security, Exposure Management, and Threat Intelligence. You will empower customers to secure complex multi-cloud environments, reduce data exposure, and navigate targeted cyber threats. Additionally, you will translate real-world enterprise requirements into actionable engineering specifications to drive continuous product enhancement and technical adoption.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as the TPE subject matter expert and technical liaison for top enterprise accounts across NA and LATAM.
• Partner with Customer Success and Product Management to lead technical architectural reviews, custom implementations, and escalations.
• Translate complex customer requirements and unique enterprise edge cases into actionable engineering specifications and product enhancements.
• Conduct specialized technical workshops and risk briefings to secure sensitive data flows across multi-cloud environments.
• Assist top clients in identifying shadow data stores and mapping toxic access combinations to reduce risk.
• Contextualize vulnerabilities and attack surface risks based on high-value data assets and specific industry risk profiles.
• Deliver threat-informed exposure reduction strategies to help accounts prioritize remediation based on actual exploitability.
• Provide customers with threat-informed recommendations to harden product deployments against current cyber attack campaign tactics.
• Partner with engineering teams to develop automated security controls, API integrations, and features based on threat trends.

Qualifications

• Required Qualifications:
• Bachelor's degree with 12 years of experience, or Master's degree with 8 years of experience, or PhD with 5 years of experience.
• Proven experience working directly with executive security stakeholders at enterprise-tier accounts.
• Deep level knowledge of Data Security concepts, tools, and enterprise DLP solutions across cloud, network, and endpoint environments.
• Strong working knowledge of Attack Surface Management and risk-based vulnerability management.
• Practical understanding of MITRE ATT&CK mapping and Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI).
• Demonstrated ability to act as a bridge between customer security teams and internal product groups to drive engineering changes.
• Preferred Qualifications:
• 6+ years of experience in Technical Product Engineering, Customer Security Engineering, Solutions Architecture, or Security Consulting.
• Direct experience supporting large enterprise accounts in highly complex multi-cloud environments.
• Deep understanding of threat actor profiles targeting enterprise verticals in North America and Latin America.

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 the annual range listed below. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus.

$163,200.00 - $264,000.00/yr

Our Commitment

We’re trailblazers that dream big, take risks, and challenge cybersecurity’s status quo. It’s simple: we can’t accomplish our mission without diverse teams innovating, together.

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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.

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Is role eligible for Immigration Sponsorship? No. Please note that we will not sponsor applicants for work visas for this position.