Principal Offensive Security Engineer
Core
Lead offensive security operations including penetration testing, red teaming, and security assessments for Palo Alto Networks' cloud-native products and infrastructure.
Role type
Principal Offensive Security Engineer (Red Team/Pentesting)
Builds
Production security testing engagements and red team operations for cloud-native applications and large-scale infrastructure
Domain
Cybersecurity / Cloud Security / Offensive Security
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
Offensive Security, Red Teaming, Penetration Testing, Cloud Security (AWS/Azure/GCP), Kubernetes, Container Security, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), CI/CD Security, Active Directory, MITRE ATT&CK, Networking Protocols, Authentication Frameworks (LDAP/AD, OAuth, SAML)
Preferred skills
FedRAMP compliance, IL5 compliance, SOC2 compliance, Custom tooling development, Mentoring
Technologies
Kubernetes, AWS, Azure, GCP, Active Directory, MITRE ATT&CK
Responsibilities
Conduct comprehensive penetration tests across cloud-native applications and complex network architectures; Execute multi-tenant isolation testing and segmentation validation; Plan and lead assumed-breach, objective-based red team operations; Provide expert-level security guidance to SRE and Engineering teams; Lead security assessment of internal tooling and third-party integrations; Research and develop custom tooling to automate testing; Translate technical findings into reports for stakeholders and leadership; Mentor junior team members
Seniority
Principal, hands-on IC with mentorship
