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Lab Automation Engineer
Lab Automation Engineer-March 2024
Santa Clara
Mar 28, 2026
ABOUT PALO ALTO NETWORKS
Palo Alto Networks provides robust, innovative protection against cyberattacks.
10,000+ employees
Technology
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About Lab Automation Engineer

  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.

  Our Approach to Work

  We lead with flexibility and choice in all of our people programs. We have disrupted the traditional view that all employees have the same needs and wants. We offer personalization and offer our employees the opportunity to choose what works best for them as often as possible - from your wellbeing support to your growth and development, and beyond!

  At Palo Alto Networks, we believe in the power of collaboration and value in-person interactions. This is why our employees generally work from the office three days per week, leaving two days for choice and flexibility to work where you feel most effective. This setup fosters casual conversations, problem-solving, and trusted relationships. While details may evolve, our goal is to create an environment where innovation thrives, with office-based teams coming together three days a week to collaborate and thrive, together!

  Your Career

  You will provide proficiency in creating, sustaining, testing and supporting new tools and automation that will support a global support organization. You must be self-motivated, articulate and organized and ready to work within a small close-knit team, able to collaborate with other team members all over the globe to help meet the needs of the entire organization. The work that is created will need to show value to the organization, using provable metrics that can be articulated to leadership on a weekly basis. You have a talent for finding and resolving issues before they become larger problems. Prefer candidates with experience in a support or engineering network lab environment. Experience with the Velocity lab automation platform is a plus.

  Your Impact

  Implementation and management of Lab Automation utilizing Spirent Velocity platform/framework using Python 3.6 and higher

  Build Virtual machines in VMware ESXi environment using tools like Ansible

  Maintain and expand back-end REST api calls using FastAPI and PonyORM

  Training and assisting users with lab systems, tools and processes

  Building software libraries that interact with many common engineering/IT services such as LDAP/Active Directory, JIRA, GCP, AWS, GMail suite, DNS, Salesforce. ServicesNOW, VMware SDK, and others

  Ability to develop tools within a virtual environment as well as within a task queue system such as Celery and RabbitMQ

  Managing code using git and the repository GitLab as well as complying with security concerns when managing a company's proprietary intellectual property

  UI/UX and CLI development that allows for control and reporting of new and existing tools using both backend API’s as well as SSO authentication

  Interaction with Docker containers, GCP, Kubernetes, and AWS and other cloud systems to deploy and maintain back end services

  Experience with both a waterfall and agile development environment for developing, sustaining, testing, and supporting new and existing services

  Must be willing to create functional specifications and documentation for new features and tools as they are developed

  Your Experience

  Knowledge of UI/UX development and frameworks for use in developing tools to interface with VMware, Windows, and Unix systems

  Talent for finding and resolving issues before they become larger problems

  Experience managing CENTOS, Ubuntu, or other Linux distributions Windows and VMware administration experience is a plus

  Docker, Kubernetes, GCP, AWS and Azure cloud deployments and tools

  Scripting and automation skills, emphasis on Python 2.7 and Python 3.6+ Knowledge of common network protocols such as TCP/IP, UDP, Dynamic Routing Protocols, VLAN,SSH/SCP/SFTP, iSCSI, DNS, NFS, LDAP, SIFS, SMTP, SNMP

  Prefer candidates with experience in a support or engineering network lab environment

  Experience with Spirent Velocity lab automation platform a plus

  Experience with TCP Replay, IXIA, Breaking Point, Spirent Test Center, and Spirent Avalanche a plus

  BS Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or equivalent work experience or equivalent military experience required

  5+ years’ experience working as a tools and/or automation software engineer

  The Team

  Our engineering team is at the core of our products – 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 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.

  All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

  The compensation offered for this position will depend on qualifications, experience, and work location. For candidates who receive an offer at the posted level, the starting base salary (for non-sales roles) or base salary + commission target (for sales/commissioned roles) is expected to be between $102,700/yr to $166,100/yr. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found here .

  Is role eligible for Immigration Sponsorship?: No. Please note that we will not sponsor applicants for work visas for this position.

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