Senior Research Manager - NDR & API Analytics (Cortex - XDR)

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 Senior Research Manager to lead our NDR and API Analytics research group and join our Autonomous SOC Research management staff.

You will lead a strong group of security researchers to use a variety of statistics-based classification algorithms, detecting malicious activity based on abundant amounts of networking data in the realms of NDR and API security. You will drive decisions based on security-context and real-life security incidents, take part in the design and development of new groundbreaking AI security solutions and make an impact on thousands of customers.

Your Impact

• Mentor experienced team managers that report to you
• Lead your own diverse team of security researchers developing new methods to detect targeted attackers by utilizing enormous amounts and varied types of data
• Be a thought leader around NDR, API security and the use of ML to protect our large customer base
• Use analytical rigor and statistical methods, programming, and data modeling to generate and test hypotheses and experiments which will be later deployed to production
• Lead the team’s processes and workflows to constantly improve delivery time and quality
• Collaborate and partner up with different research, engineering and PM teams to push for new capabilities
• Get involved in publications both internally and externally to expose your deliveries, impact and success qualifications

Qualifications

Your Experience

• At least 3 years of technical management of a security research group (a manager of managers)
• Strong hands-on experience in NDR or API security research and the practical areas of ML
• Excellent communication skills - ability to present research results in a clear and meaningful manner
• Ability to interact with business partners with confidence; Understand and identify use cases and present solutions in an articulate manner
• Proficient hands-on coding skills (e.g. Python)
• Experience with SQL or related query languages

Advantages

• Advanced degree in Machine Learning, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Physics, Statistics, Applied Math, or relevant qualifications or equivalent military experience that can be suitable for this position
• Experience in big data platforms (e.g. GCP)
• Experience in XDR/EDR/NDR products

Additional Information

The Team

Our research team is at the core of our products and connected directly to the mission of preventing cyberattacks. We are constantly innovating — challenging the way we, and the industry, think about cybersecurity. Our researchers 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.

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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  accommodations@paloaltonetworks.com.

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.