Distinguished Architect, Engineering Excellence

Palo Alto Networks

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Work type: On-site
Location: Santa Clara, CA
Salary: $243,000–$335,000 / yr
Posted: 2 days ago
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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This role $289k

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About Palo Alto Networks

Palo Alto Networks is a global cybersecurity company offering network security, cloud security, and endpoint protection solutions.

Palo Alto Networks currently has 30 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Distinguished Architect, Engineering Excellence

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As a Distinguished Architect at Palo Alto Networks’ IT team, you will lead the transformation of our engineering culture from AI-assisted to AI-native, bridging legacy systems with innovative greenfield projects. Your daily responsibilities include driving strategic initiatives that elevate developers to orchestrators of AI agents, ensuring reliable and secure software delivery across the organization. You will leverage modern AI tools for brownfield modernization, automating technical debt reduction in critical business workflows while creating interactive documentation for complex logic. Additionally, you will evangelize AI adoption through cross-functional workshops and town halls, fostering a culture that integrates AI seamlessly into product development cycles. This role requires extensive experience in enterprise architecture, hands-on coding proficiency with AI tools, and the ability to communicate technical strategies to non-technical stakeholders.

Skills

AI Python GitHub_Copilot Microservices Event_Driven_Architecture API_first_design AIOps Observability_platforms Causal_AI Self_healing_tests CI/CD Docker Kubernetes Prometheus Grafana Terraform AWS Azure

What you'll do

Define the vision for transforming the organization from AI-assisted to AI-native.
Establish governance protocols and safety frameworks for AI agents.
Curate the corporate toolkit by making high-stakes decisions on AI tools.
Utilize AI agents to reverse-engineer and document legacy business systems.
Lead initiatives to automate technical debt reduction in critical enterprise workflows.
Implement "Diagram-as-Code" workflows for automated architecture generation.
Host workshops and town halls to drive cultural shift for AI adoption.

What we're looking for

Bachelor's degree with 15 years of relevant experience or equivalent.
Deep hands-on coding proficiency and expertise in modern AI tools.
Proven experience architecting complex enterprise business applications.
Minimum 7 years in an enterprise architecture role.
Experience leading technological and cultural shifts in large engineering organizations.
Ability to explain technical strategies and ROI to non-technical stakeholders.

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