Engineering Manager (Custom Apps)

Our Mission

At Palo Alto Networks® everything starts and ends with our mission :

Being the cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting our digital way of life.

Our vision is a world where each day is safer and more secure than the one before. We are a company built on the foundation of challenging and disrupting the way things are done, and we’re looking for innovators who are as committed to shaping the future of cybersecurity as we are.

Who We Are

We take our mission of protecting the digital way of life seriously. We are relentless in protecting our customers and we believe that the unique ideas of every member of our team contributes to our collective success. Our values were crowdsourced by employees and are brought to life through each of us everyday - from disruptive innovation and collaboration, to execution. From showing up for each other with integrity to creating an environment where we all feel included.

As a member of our team, you will be shaping the future of cybersecurity. We work fast, value ongoing learning, and we respect each employee as a unique individual. Knowing we all have different needs, our development and personal wellbeing programs are designed to give you choice in how you are supported. This includes our FLEXBenefits wellbeing spending account with over 1,000 eligible items selected by employees, our mental and financial health resources, and our personalized learning opportunities - just to name a few!

At Palo Alto Networks, we believe in the power of collaboration and value in-person interactions. This is why our employees generally work full time from our office with flexibility offered where needed. This setup fosters casual conversations, problem-solving, and trusted relationships. Our goal is to create an environment where we all win with precision.

Job Description

Your Career

The IT team is looking for a seasoned engineering manager with previous team management experience, and a unique blend of technical leadership, people leadership, and business skill sets. The incumbent will collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Sales, Customer Support, and other cross-functional teams to deliver strategic organizational priorities. In addition to managing a team, the successful candidate will also be an active contributor in areas of product design, architecture and / or implementation. This role would be perfect for someone who enjoys a management role while also wanting to utilize their technical software engineering skills.

Your Impact

Manage, lead, mentor, and coach one or more engineering teams

Be accountable for the engineering quality of the subject matter areas your teams are responsible for

Work closely with product managers to refine business requirements in alignment with good design principles

Work closely with team leads and architects to create good engineering designs that meet business requirements and align with good architectural practices

Ability to translate technology into business value

Working in conjunction with management and colleagues, define, document, and demonstrate good software engineering practices

Stay up-to-date on new technology changes and features to provide recommendations for process improvements and feature adoption

Facilitate project delivery from your teams, working in conjunction with product managers, business analysts, business partners, and system administrators

Plan, drive and execute business critical custom apps and microservices Roadmap

Facilitate production support affecting the system areas your teams are responsible for

Identify risks and prepare mitigation plans

Qualifications

Your Experience

BE / B.tech technical degree or relevant tech qualification or equivalent military experience required

10 to 15 years total experience in software development with programming languages experience in JAVA / J2EE

Extensive Experience working with Spring boot Microservices - (You will have to take coding and design tests)

Experience with Database Management Systems (MySQL, SQL server and PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and Oracle Database)

Experience with building agent AI, prompt engineering and would be enthusiastic to move the needle in that direction

Minimum 2 years of team management experience as manager capacity - Techno functional management, team management, people management

Good hands on Expertise in Cloud Platforms, GCP OR AWS OR Azure

Demonstrated ability to lead engineers to deliver working software on time and with high quality

Demonstrated understanding of good software engineering practices

Excellent engineering skills on the platform(s) your teams work on

Strong time management and team management skills

Exceptional analytical and problem solving skills - Strong architectural skills on the platform(s) your teams work on is a strong advantage

Knowledge of front end technologies like React and Angular is a plus

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Additional Information

The Team

Working at a high-tech cybersecurity company within Information Technology is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. You’ll join the brightest minds in technology, creating, building, and supporting tools and enabling our global teams on the front line of defense against cyberattacks.

We’re connected by one mission but driven by the impact of that mission and what it means to protect our way of life in the digital age. Join a dynamic and fast-paced team of people who feel excited by the prospect of a challenge and feel a thrill at resolving technical gaps that inhibit productivity.

Our Commitment

We’re problem solvers that take risks and challenge cybersecurity’s status quo. It’s simple : we can’t 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 accommodations@paloaltonetworks.com.

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.

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