Automation Manager (Cortex Platform)

Company Description

Our Mission

At Palo Alto Networks® everything starts and ends with our mission:

Being the cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting our digital way of life.
Our vision is a world where each day is safer and more secure than the one before. 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.

Who We Are

We take our mission of protecting the digital way of life seriously. We are relentless in protecting our customers and we believe that the unique ideas of every member of our team contributes to our collective success. Our values were crowdsourced by employees and are brought to life through each of us everyday - from disruptive innovation and collaboration, to execution. From showing up for each other with integrity to creating an environment where we all feel included.

As a member of our team, you will be shaping the future of cybersecurity. We work fast, value ongoing learning, and we respect each employee as a unique individual. Knowing we all have different needs, our development and personal wellbeing programs are designed to give you choice in how you are supported. This includes our FLEXBenefits wellbeing spending account with over 1,000 eligible items selected by employees, our mental and financial health resources, and our personalized learning opportunities - just to name a few!

Job Description

Your Career

We are looking for a motivated Automation Manager to join our Cortex Platform QA group in our Tel Aviv R&D center. 

The team is responsible for the design and development of UI and E2E test automation framework and tools and implementing automated tests of the Palo Alto Networks Cortex platform and the solutions built on top of it Cortex XDR, Cortex XSIAM and more.

In this role you will lead, train and motivate our UI automation team and be responsible for planning, execution and reporting of automated testing. All of this in a fast pace process of development, test and release.

More information about Cortex products can be found here.

Your Impact 

• Lead a team of automation engineers (5 to 8 engineers) as an organic automation team within a UI Automation group, reporting to UI Automation group leader.

• Own your team's technical roadmap of automation, strategy, implementation, execution, tracking and reporting.

• Design test infrastructure and environments.

• Be a technical lead, including responsibility for code reviews, recruiting, personal development, training and mentoring the automation engineers.

• Partner with software development managers, functional, system & performance QA leaders to devise test automation strategies to drive the automation and to come up with extensive automation coverage of testing.

• Collaborate with the DevOps team to ensure test framework and methodologies are integrated with the continuous integration.

• Implement infrastructure & automatic tests (be hands-on to some extent).

Qualifications

Your Experience

• Proven 4+ years of experience as an Automation Manager for a SaaS Product.

• Proven hands-on experience writing Selenium based automation using Java.

• Proven hands-on experience using tools such as git, Jira, Jenkins.

• experience in Docker for creating and managing test environments and integrating with CI/CD pipelines - advantage

• Experience and knowledge with testing processes and methodologies.

• Strong analytical and trouble-shooting skills.

• Academic degree in Computer Science or equivalent - advantage

• Experience working with Google Cloud Platform - advantage.

• Team player, with high ability to work independently.

• Excellent communication skills with members, staff, and individuals in a professional manner along with the ability to present and explain information effectively in Hebrew as well as in English.

• Candidate should also possess the ability to work under pressure with extreme deadlines, prioritize projects & tasks, and maintain focus and a sense of humor in a dynamic environment.

Additional Information

The Team
Our engineering team is at the core of our products and connected directly to the mission of preventing cyber attacks. 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 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 [email protected] .

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.

Our Commitment
We’re problem solvers that 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 [email protected].

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.