Senior Manager, Engineering

Job description

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! We believe collaboration thrives in person. That’s why most of our teams work from the office full time, with flexibility when it’s needed. This model supports real-time problem-solving, stronger relationships, and the kind of precision that drives great outcomes. Job Summary The Platform engineering organization builds the cloud-native foundation powering our Idira Security products using microservices and serverless architectures. As the Senior Manager of Software Engineering, you will lead the Idira Platform unit, overseeing three engineering teams comprising over 30 developers and tech leads. You will take end-to-end ownership of critical platform initiatives, guiding technical direction, execution, production health, and people development while partnering with global leadership and driving an AI-first engineering culture. Key Responsibilities Lead, mentor, and grow an organization of over 30 engineers across three teams, managing hiring, retention, performance, and the career development of engineering managers and tech leads. Take full ownership of high-priority platform initiatives, translating strategic goals into predictable multi-quarter plans and ensuring on-time, enterprise-grade delivery. Drive the design and deployment of resilient, highly scalable, and secure cloud-native services based on microservices architectures. Maintain complete accountability for the production health, service level agreements (SLAs), and operational rigor of all services owned by the unit. Accelerate the adoption of AI coding assistants, automated testing, and agentic workflows to improve developer throughput and code quality while maintaining strict security guardrails. Partner with architecture teams to enforce platform design standards, Zero Trust principles, and comprehensive data security requirements. Actively guide architectural trade-offs, lead deep technical discussions, and foster a collaborative culture of design reviews and continuous learning. Qualifications Required Qualifications 15 or more years of software engineering experience, with at least 6 years in leadership roles, including experience as a manager of managers overseeing 25 to 30+ engineers. Proven track record of delivering high-scale, enterprise-grade SaaS products and cloud-native platform services. Strong hands-on technical background with at least one major cloud provider such as AWS, Azure, or GCP. Demonstrated success in owning production systems end to end, managing SLAs, observability, and incident resolution. Experience operating effectively within globally distributed organizations across multiple sites and time zones. Strong ability to drive complex programs through ambiguity and consistently deliver on technical and business commitments. Practical experience or a demonstrated commitment to integrating modern AI tooling into the software development lifecycle. Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a closely related technical field. Preferred Qualifications Experience building internal platforms, shared services, or developer platforms utilized by multiple product teams. Domain expertise in Cybersecurity, Identity and Access Management (IAM), Privileged Access Management (PAM), or Cloud Security. Background in infrastructure-as-code, multi-cloud deployments, and platform reliability engineering practices. 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.