Sr Principal/Principal Technical Product Engineer - Data Security (Cortex)

Palo Alto Networks is a cybersecurity company focused on protecting digital environments through innovative security technologies. The Principal/Sr Principal Technical Product Engineer will serve as a senior technical leader and customer advocate for Data Security, shaping technical strategy, product roadmaps, solution architectures, and security operations integrations across cloud and AI environments.

Responsibilities:

• Lead technical strategy, architecture validation, and solution design centered on DSPM capabilities across the Palo Alto Networks platform
• Serve as the global Subject Matter Expert (SME) on Data Security, guiding internal sales, partners, and enterprise customers on shadow data discovery, data movement tracking, and data loss prevention
• Build high-quality technical content, architectural blueprints, proof-of-concept environments, and step-by-step integration guides
• Bridge the gap between Data Security and the modern SOC by developing playbooks for Data Detection and Response (DDR), SIEM/SOAR integrations, and automated incident response
• Partner directly with Product Management to advocate for customer requirements, influence product roadmaps, and refine market positioning against competitors
• Design security architectures that protect data feeding into modern AI/ML pipelines (e.g., AWS Bedrock, Azure OpenAI/Foundry, Google Vertex AI)

Requirements:

• Extensive experience leading cross-functional programs in fast-paced environments, managing multiple high-stakes projects and strategic enterprise customers simultaneously
• Exceptional professional presence and confidence advising audiences ranging from practitioners to C-level executives
• A collaborative leader who creatively and effectively solves the most complex issues and proactively establishes scalable solutions rather than solving isolated problems repeatedly
• Deep affinity for technology and a relentless drive to master product, market, and competitive details, including emerging areas like AI Security and Agentic AI
• Strong work ethic, integrity, and organizational discipline
• Extensive experience working with strategic enterprise customers and major cloud infrastructure providers
• Strong background in security orchestration, automation, and response (SOAR), XSIAM, XDR, or CNAPP technologies
• Demonstrated mastery of securing modern cloud platforms and application architectures
• 6+ years in technical product engineering, solution architecture, or technical product management with a concentration in cloud and data security
• Deep domain expertise in Data Security Posture Management (DSPM), Data Detection & Response (DDR), Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
• Hands-on experience with native cloud data stores and warehouses (e.g., AWS S3/RDS, Azure Blob/SQL, Snowflake, BigQuery, Databricks)
• Proven capability in building SOC workflows, SIEM integrations, and automated incident response triggers for data security events
• Strong knowledge of securing data flows used in Generative AI tools and large language model (LLM) platforms
• Excellent presentation and technical writing skills with a history of delivering demos, whitepapers, and guides to audiences ranging from analysts to CISOs
• California, United States
• We will not sponsor applicants for work visas for this position
• Experience with Application Security, CI/CD pipeline security, or multi-cloud automation (Terraform, CloudFormation) is a plus