Principal Platform SDET (Prisma Cloud)

Company: Palo Alto Networks
Location: Santa Clara
Posted on: June 24, 2022

Job Description:

Company DescriptionAt Palo Alto Networks - everything starts and ends with our mission:Being the cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting our digital way of life.We have the vision of a world where each day is safer and more secure than the one before. These aren't easy goals to accomplish - but we're not here for easy. We're here for better. 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.Disruption is at the core of our technology and on our way of work to meet the needs of our employees now and in the future through FLEXWORK, our approach to how we work. We're changing the nature of work from benefits to learning, location to leadership, we've rethought and recreated every aspect of the employee experience at Palo Alto Networks. And because it FLEXes around each individual employee based on their individual choices, employees are empowered to push boundaries and help us all evolve, together.As a Software Quality Assurance Engineer on our Prisma Cloud Service team, you will design, develop and deliver next-generation technologies. You will build, automate, and run testing scenarios for our products in virtualized environments. We are looking for highly technical individuals driven in their desire to get hands-on experience in complex cloud environments. You'll work closely with our development and product management teams, testing and presenting the results to identify new approaches.You will participate in design discussions and help make a difference in developing the future direction of our software. You will drive the efficiency and reliability of our products by testing them thoroughly to understand potential risks, bugs, or issues, providing an exemplary product experience for our end users. You strive for the best in everything you do meaning you won't rest until the products you work on at the highest quality. You love hunting for problems within code, seeking issues to correct, and enjoy the challenge of a code-based scavenger hunt that includes testing, providing feedback, and identifying alternative suggestions for our products environment.Job Description

• You will be driving the test design and strategy for high profit and priority features
  • Design and develop test plans and test strategies for complex new features
  • Overcome the challenges of longevity test strategy for the complex Cloud Enterprise product
  • Handle the complexity of Cloud platform and test data design
  • You need to design, implement and continuously improve on test automation efficiency and increase the testing team's productivity.
    • Provide a consistent, standardized, and a standard methodology approach in developing testing automation across scrum teams by team members
    • Design, develop and maintain test automation tool/utilities involving in Backend & UI
    • Define, develop and maintain complex testbed environments
    • Build test automation frameworks that is easy to develop scripts, robust, supports variety of reporting, easy to troubleshoot failures, integrates with bug tracking systems and works easily with CI/CD for cloud-based products
    • You will be involved in the product decision making conversation to provide the inside of product quality, leading and influencing the quality of cutting edge cybersecurity product
      • Analyze the complex defects/issues, and provide guidance to isolate root cause found during and after software release
      • Take a leading role in ongoing process enhancements and software testing practices
      • Drive improvements on functionality, usability, testability, performance and production stability of the applications and systems along with architect
      • Work closely with the engineering group, Product Management teams, UX, Doc, DevOps, Customer engineers, etc during product development from requirement to release
      • Define the process for building up bi-directional feedbacks to the customers
      • You are expected to lead the team as an example
        • Mentor and coach other junior team members
        • Participate in the team hiring process and interview
        • Effective verbal communicationQualifications
          • 8+ years experience in Enterprise software testing (or relevant years of experience)
          • Experience in leading the product quality for distributed system and SaaS product
          • Experience in driving the test framework/tool building from stretch and continuous improvements
          • Cloud/Microservices testing background
          • Expertise on Cloud technology (AWS, GCP, Azure)
          • Programming language, python is preferred, if having strong capability on other language is fine too
          • Drive/lead enterprise feature quality experience
          • Experience on setting up the automation test framework for both UI and backendAdditional InformationOur engineering team is at the core of our products and 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.Our CommitmentWe'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.Palo Alto Networks is evolving and changing the nature of work to meet the needs of our employees now and in the future through FLEXWORK, our approach to how we work. From benefits to learning, location to leadership, we've rethought and recreated every aspect of the employee experience at Palo Alto Networks. And because it FLEXes around each individual employee based on their individual choices, employees are empowered to push boundaries and help us all evolve, 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.Covid-19 Vaccination Information for Palo Alto Networks Jobs
            • Vaccine requirements and disclosure obligations vary by country.
            • Unless applicable law requires otherwise, you must be vaccinated for COVID or qualify for a reasonable accommodation if:
              • The job requires accessing a company worksite
              • The job requires in-person customer contact and the customer has implemented such requirements
              • You choose to access a Palo Alto Networks worksite
              • If you have questions about the vaccine requirements of this particular position based on your location or job requirements, please inquire with the recruiter.All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.Covid-19 Vaccination Information for Palo Alto Networks Jobs
                • Vaccine requirements and disclosure obligations vary by country.
                • Unless applicable law requires otherwise, you must be vaccinated for COVID or qualify for a reasonable accommodation if:
                  • The job requires accessing a company worksite
                  • The job requires in-person customer contact and the customer has implemented such requirements
                  • You choose to access a Palo Alto Networks worksite
                  • If you have questions about the vaccine requirements of this particular position based on your location or job requirements, please inquire with the recruiter.

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