Distinguished Architect, Engineering Excellence
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Summary
About the Role
About You
- Bachelor's degree with 15 years of relevant experience, or Master's degree with 12 years of relevant experience, or PhD with 8 years of relevant experience.
- A minimum of 7 years of direct experience in an enterprise architecture role.
- Demonstrated hands-on coding proficiency and deep expertise with modern AI coding assistants and codebase-aware tools.
- Proven track record of architecting and modifying complex enterprise business applications (e.g., ERP, CRM, HRIS, CLM).
- Experience leading a major technological and cultural shift within a large-scale engineering organization.
- Deep understanding of Microservices, Event-Driven Architecture, and API-first design principles.
- Familiarity with modern AIOps, observability platforms, and causal AI for root cause analysis.
- Knowledge of self-healing test automation frameworks and advanced shift-left QA methodologies.
- Experience explaining complex technical strategies and their business ROI to non-technical stakeholders and executive leadership.
Benefits
- Competitive salary range of $243k–$335k per year, depending on qualifications and experience.
- Potential for restricted stock units and bonuses.
- Comprehensive employee benefits package.
Palo Alto Networks, the global cybersecurity leader, is shaping the cloud-centric future with technology that is transforming the way people and organizations operate. Our mission is to be the cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting our digital way of life. We help address the world's greatest security challenges with continuous innovation that seizes the latest breakthroughs in artificial intelligence, analytics, automation, and orchestration. By delivering an integrated platform and empowering a growing ecosystem of partners, we are at the forefront of protecting tens of thousands of organizations across clouds, networks, and mobile devices. Our vision is a world where each day is safer and more secure than the one before. For more information, visit www.paloaltonetworks.com.