Senior Staff Red Team Engineer

Our Mission

At Palo Alto Networks®, we’re united by a shared mission—to protect our digital way of life. We thrive at the intersection of innovation and impact, solving real-world problems with cutting-edge technology and bold thinking. Here, everyone has a voice, and every idea counts. If you’re ready to do the most meaningful work of your career alongside people who are just as passionate as you are, you’re in the right place.

Who We Are

In order to be the cybersecurity partner of choice, we must trailblaze the path and shape the future of our industry. This is something our employees work at each day and is defined by our values: Disruption, Collaboration, Execution, Integrity, and Inclusion. We weave AI into the fabric of everything we do and use it to augment the impact every individual can have. If you are passionate about solving real-world problems and ideating beside the best and the brightest, we invite you to join us!

This role is remote, but distance is no barrier to impact. Our hybrid teams collaborate across geographies to solve big problems, stay close to our customers, and grow together. You will be part of a culture that values trust, accountability, and shared success where your work truly matters.

Job Summary

 Our Information Security organization is seeking a Senior Staff Red Team Engineer to join our Offensive Security team. The Red Team’s objective is to proactively identify and mitigate risk to improve the enterprise security posture. In this role, you will participate in Red Team engagements that will force you to think outside the box to identify weaknesses, vulnerabilities, and misconfigurations that real-world threat actors may try to leverage.You will be required to develop tooling and build infrastructure to execute tactics, techniques, and procedures which can be used to evade security products, in support of covert operations.

The successful candidate will thrive in a fast-paced environment where energy, drive, and a collaborative approach are key to success. In this role, you will:

 

• Lead end-to-end Red Team operations to highlight gaps impacting enterprise security posture and readiness

• Develop payloads and attack tools which bypass security controls for use in covert operations

• Simulate real-world attacks that are relevant to the business

• Leverage bleeding edge AI research to enhance offensive security capabilities

• Deliver detailed reports of technical findings to stakeholders and assist with the development of mitigation plans

• Deliver executive technical out briefs to leadership across the organization

• Assist with security investigations, root-cause analysis and corrective measures as required 

Qualifications

• Experience leading covert Red Team operations

• Experience with developing custom tools and payloads which bypass defensive products, and remain undetected in a mature network environment

• Must have the ability to perform targeted attacks with or without the use of automated tools

• Expertise in adversarial TTPs

• Experience performing adversarial simulation

• Experience in conducting surreptitious on-premise and cloud based attacks

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Ability to establish priorities, work independently and proceed with objectives

• Must be well organized and able to leverage best practices, able to thrive in fast-paced environment, and, most importantly, have the ability to approach problems with an innovative, can-do attitude

This position is fully-remote and allows this individual to sit out of anywhere located in the United States.

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/com-missioned roles) is expected to be the annual range listed below. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found here.

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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.

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.