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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.

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!

Job Description

Your Career

We are looking for a highly technical individual to join the Threat and Detection team in our Tel-Aviv R&D center.

The team is dedicated to PANW Cortex Security & Security Assurance. Our primary goal is to push the limits of our product’s security features and capabilities beyond what is currently deemed possible, including but not limited to New features, Data driven research, AI & LLMS, Offensive security and Threat simulation, Coverage & Detection,  MITRE ATT&CK and real threats.

The Role
Emphasizes data-driven security research and application of artificial intelligence to innovate and enhance our security solutions. A critical part of the job is finding innovative but practical solutions to modern day problems. The position demands a strong can-do attitude and thinking outside the box while maintaining a practical sense and following through with the tasks at hand.

More information about Cortex XDR can be found here.

Your Impact

• Research , Evaluate and leverage the power of AI and LLMS 

• Perform Data-driven security research on big data platforms and self simulated data

• Research and leverage top of the line technologies

• Learn new security features, technologies and platforms in a short amount of time

• Research and identify real-world Malware, exploits and Detection / Protection methods

• Develop and contribute to data frameworks and services that provide game-changing capabilities

• Partner with research & engineering teams to push our product capabilities 

• Gain hands-on experience with scalable, extensible and real-time detection/prevention systems 

• Research and develop new tools and capabilities that emulate real world adversary behavior

Qualifications

Your Experience:

•  4+ years of information security / cybersecurity experience

  • combined experience in security research or data science – foundational knowledge of both data science and working in an adversarial space. 

  • Deep understanding of operating system, Low level coding and infrastructure 

  •  Deep understanding of attack surfaces, including hands-on experience with various Cybersecurity technologies and standards (like MITRE ATT&CK framework)

  • Experience with malware & exploits research 

  • Conceptualize, plan, and execute basic offensive operations, with an understanding of operational security, developing novel offensive techniques

  • Offensive experience including attack simulation, capability development, or vulnerability research

  • Experience with XDR inner-workings – advantage

• 2+ years of data analysis / data-driven research experience 

• 3+ years of advanced scripting / programming experience using (at least) one of the following: Python, C#, C++

• Experience with AI / LLMs / ML – big advantage

Qualitative Requirements

• Mid-Senior Level of experience is required.

• Strong can-do attitude 

• Creativity and thinking outside of the box

• Excellent written & verbal communication skills

• Strong knowledge of fundamental analytical methods

• Team player

Additional Information

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

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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. 

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Scope:

• Responsible for creating performance load testing scripts in JMeter, Gatling, Taurus, Blazemeter, Fitnesse and/or Selenium.
• Lead collaborative efforts across teams to improve customer success including critical problem analysis, identification of performance bottlenecks and establishing recommendations on the technical design, configuration, and performance best practices of the Blue Yonder solutions and databases in order to meet the customer’s business requirements.
• Provide technical leadership to manage and improve performance for our Blue Yonder products and SaaS delivered solutions including our new and emerging AI, ML and SaaS solutions. 

Current technical environment:

• Software: Java, J2EE, Springboot, Kubernetes, Kafka, Ignite, Elasticsearch, GIT, Rest API, Mulesoft, App Dynamics, Splunk
• Architecture: MS Azure, Microservices, Windows and Linux
• Database: Snowflake, SQL Server, Azure SQL, Azure Data Lake, Oracle, MySQL, NOSQL

What you’ll do:

• Lead all aspects of performance design, tuning and optimization for the Blue Yonder Supply Chain and Executions solutions. This would include (but not limited to) the following
• Lead activities to design, develop and execute Performance Load Tests utilizing JMeter, Gatling, Taurus, Blazemeter, Groovy and Python to simulate workloads and measure throughput and response times of the Blue Yonder solutions.  Tools and experience similar to LoadRunner, Cycle, WebLOAD, Silk, BlazeMeter.
• Analyze the Technical and Solution Architecture and make recommendations in order to optimize system performance.
• Provide technical support to the implementation teams; this includes best practice design, environment setup and configuration.
• Utilize performance monitoring and profiling tools such as AppDynamics, Splunk, Sar, nmon, perfmon, wireshark, fiddler, YourKit, Explain Plans, SQL Server Management Studio, Oracle AWR Reports to detect, isolate, and resolve performance issues.
• Assist in analysis, redesign and recommendations to improve application code, database queries, scripts and integrations.
• Troubleshoot escalated production issues to assist the Consulting, Cloud and Support Teams in a timely manner.
• Act as the liaison to both product development and Consulting/Support/Cloud teams.
• Provide inputs to PMs / Client partners for developing project plans and ensure delivery consistent with the project estimates provided.

What we are looking for:

• Minimum of 4 years of technical hands-on experience with either the Blue Yonder products or comparable enterprise, supply chain or execution software solutions (Manhattan, SAP APO, Logility, Oracle Manufacturing).
• BS Degree in Computer Science / Software Engineering / Computer Engineering / Mathematics, or related fields (or equivalent work experience).
• Experience in performance testing or product benchmarking.  Knowledge of JMeter, Cycle, Load Runner, Gatling, Taurus, Blazemeter or other load testing simulation tools.
• Strong understanding of performance concepts including scalability, throughput, latency, resource utilization, multi-threading, and distributed architectures.
• Troubleshooting and problem-solving mindset.
• Quick learner, self-motivated and result oriented individual looking for a challenge and able to implement changes and make a positive impact.
• Knowledge of SaaS architectures (Azure preferred), server and VM fundamentals.
• Knowledge of Windows and Linux operating systems. Advance knowledge of – Python, Java, Perl, Korn shell and/or Windows bat/cmd files. 
• Basic knowledge of data integration, messaging and ingestion methods.
• Ability to resolve complex problems with little to no guidance.
• Ability to manage customer expectations regarding technical issues.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Willingness to learn new tools, techniques, and approaches to tuning and optimization.
• Must be able to manage your time well and work on multiple projects.
• Prefer profiles with previous SaaS experience and/or Supply Chain, Warehousing, Execution and/or ecommerce solutions.
• Responsible for creating performance load testing scripts in JMeter, Gatling, Taurus, Blazemeter, Fitnesse and/or Selenium

Our Values

If you want to know the heart of a company, take a look at their values. Ours unite us. They are what drive our success – and the success of our customers. Does your heart beat like ours? Find out here: Core Values

Diversity, Inclusion, Value & Equality (DIVE) is our strategy for fostering an inclusive environment we can be proud of. Check out Blue Yonder’s inaugural Diversity Report which outlines our commitment to change, and our video celebrating the differences in all of us in the words of some of our associates from around the world.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.