Sr Manager, Software Engineering SDET

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.

Your Career
Our Cloud-Delivered Security QA organization is seeking a seasoned and accomplished Senior QA Manager with expertise in cloud services, automation, integrations, and security technologies. You will be part of a world-class team responsible for ensuring the quality, reliability, and scalability of our \cloud security services. As a QA leader, you will own the quality strategy for end-to-end testing, covering functional, integration, performance, and cloud-scale reliability. You will guide your team through all phases of the product lifecycle — from design and development to deployment and customer success — ensuring our solutions meet the highest standards of enterprise security and performance.Your Impact

• Lead a diverse, high-performing QA team, fostering innovation, collaboration, and accountability across a distributed organization.
• Define and drive the QA strategy for cloud-delivered services, ensuring robust functional, integration, performance, and security testing.
• Partner closely with Product Management and Engineering to deliver quality products aligned with business and customer needs.
• Champion automation-first practices, building frameworks and pipelines integrated into CI/CD workflows.
• Drive quality for complex integrations with third-party cloud services, APIs, and enterprise identity/security systems.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Engineering, DevOps, SRE, and Support to ensure smooth releases, high availability, and customer satisfaction.
• Establish metrics, dashboards, and KPIs to track quality, performance, and release readiness.
• Stay ahead of industry trends in cloud,  AI/ML-driven quality assurance, and DevSecOps, incorporating innovations into QA processes.
• Serve as a mentor and coach, developing the skills and careers of your QA engineers while holding them accountable for delivery excellence.
• Own the customer-quality mindset, ensuring that every release delivers measurable reliability, performance, and security improvements.

Core QA & Management

• 10+ years of QA experience, with at least 4+ years in QA leadership/management roles.
• Strong background in enterprise SaaS product QA, preferably in security/data protection, or compliance software.
• Experience managing QA for cloud-native services (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Proven expertise in integration testing with third-party systems, APIs, and enterprise tools.
• Solid experience with performance, scalability, and reliability testing for distributed systems.
• Strong understanding of QA automation frameworks and tools (Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, JUnit, TestNG, REST Assured, etc.).
• Track record of building CI/CD integrated test pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, CircleCI, etc.).
• Knowledge of containerized environments (Docker, Kubernetes) and microservices QA practices.

Leadership & Collaboration

• Demonstrated ability to build, lead, and scale QA teams across geographies.
• Strong skills in release management, risk assessment, and cross-functional collaboration.
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments with DevOps and SRE teams.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to articulate technical and business risks to stakeholders.

The Team

Our engineering team is at the core of our products – connected directly to the mission of preventing cyberattacks. We are constantly innovating – challenging the way we, and the industry, think about cybersecurity. Our engineers don’t shy away from building products to solve problems no one has pursued before.

We define the industry, instead of waiting for directions. We need individuals who feel comfortable in ambiguity, excited by the prospect of a challenge, and empowered by the unknown risks facing our everyday lives that are only enabled by a secure digital environment. 

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 $185000/YR - $280500/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

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  [email protected].

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?: Yes