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Palo Alto Networks

Principal Product Manager

Palo Alto Networks, Santa Clara, California, us, 95053

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Job Description Your Career Palo Alto Networks has built a world-class product management organization and continues to look for top-notch talent to tackle challenging security problems. As a Senior Product Manager for PAN-OS networking and core infrastructure, you will play an instrumental role in managing the lifecycle of the core PAN-OS infrastructure, which powers our next-generation firewalls and cloud-based services. This role will drive the adoption of PAN-OS core infrastructure technologies across our Strata Portfolio (NGFW, SWFW, Prisma Access, SD-WAN, Panorama, Strata Cloud Manager), enabling deployment across cloud, data centers, service providers, and enterprises with new security features, from threat prevention to Gen AI and hardware. This high-visibility position will support our core Strata network security platform and our platformization strategy. Your Impact Manage key features across our PAN-OS network and infrastructure stack, including Ethernet, VLANs, IP routing, TCP/IP, Multicast, protocols (BGP, ISIS, OSPF, PIM, IGMP), DNS, DoH, DoT, DHCP, QoS, NAT, DDoS. Expertise in one or more of these areas is required:

Tunneling protocols such as IPSEC, GRE, GENEVE, VXLAN

Palo Alto Networks infrastructure components like VSYS, LSVPN, Zones, Virtual Routers, capacity planning

Deep expertise in OSI model layers 2-7

Design network architectures for deployment in: Cloud Service Providers

Private/public cloud data centers

Service provider data centers

Large enterprise networks

Branch/remote offices

Financial networks

High-performance computing (HPC)

Launch software features with GTM experience

Write technical content such as blogs, deployment guides, white papers, and briefs for internal and external audiences

Build strategic decks with business insights

Present to internal and external audiences

Collaborate across teams (NGFW, SWFW, Prisma Access, SD-WAN, Panorama, Strata Cloud Manager) to develop networking features

Partner with engineering for upgrade strategies

Work with customer success and field teams on deployment and upgrades

Analyze customer deployments and recommend strategies to accelerate feature adoption

Qualifications: Your Experience BS/MS in electrical engineering, computer science, or related field preferred

5-7 years in product management, technical marketing, or engineering roles, managing network appliances or upgrades

Product management experience is a plus

Operational experience with device and appliance management

Networking expertise, especially with PAN-OS NGFW firewalls, is a plus

Strong understanding of networking RFCs, frameworks, and architectures

Excellent communication skills for cross-functional and customer interactions

The Team We focus on delivering threat detection services, protecting cloud workloads with scalable firewall solutions across AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, and Oracle Cloud. We are committed to security excellence and rapid growth within Palo Alto Networks. Compensation Salary ranges from $200,000 to $250,000/year depending on experience and location, plus potential stock and bonuses. Benefits details are

here . Our Commitment We value diversity and provide accommodations for individuals with disabilities. Contact us at

accommodations@paloaltonetworks.com . Palo Alto Networks is an equal opportunity employer, considering all qualified applicants without discrimination based on protected characteristics.

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