Sr. Staff Product Security Engineer

About Palo Alto Networks

At Palo Alto Networks, our mission is to protect our digital way of life by being the cybersecurity partner of choice. We foster innovation and collaboration in a high-tech environment where each employee matters.

Role Overview

As a Sr. Staff Product Security Engineer, you will lead complex vulnerability investigations and response efforts, act as a senior technical expert for our PSIRT, and drive root cause analysis and remediation processes.

Key Responsibilities

• Investigate reported security vulnerabilities in products and cloud offerings.
• Perform deep technical analysis, impact assessment, and severity scoring (CVSS).
• Collaborate with engineering, legal, privacy, sales, and threat intelligence teams.
• Engage with customers, security researchers, and industry partners.
• Mentor junior engineers and produce high-quality technical documentation.
• Follow industry standards like ISO/IEC 29147 and ISO/IEC 30111.

Qualifications

• 4+ years in product or application security.
• Expertise in reverse engineering, debugging and secure software practices.
• Experience with vulnerability research, CVSS, CVE and public vulnerability databases.
• Strong communication skills to articulate technical risks across teams.
• BS or MS Degree in Engineering, Computer Science or related field.

Our Team & Culture

Join a fast-paced, collaborative environment where in-person interactions drive success. Enjoy benefits including FLEX spending, mental/financial health resources, and personalized learning programs.

Key skills/competency

• Vulnerability Investigation
• Reverse Engineering
• Incident Response
• Root Cause Analysis
• Secure Coding
• PSIRT
• CVSS Scoring
• Collaboration
• Mentoring
• Technical Documentation