Engineering Manager, Identity & Access Platform
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This role pays more than 64% of similar roles. Most pay $185,500–$245,932 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $230k versus about $216k for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
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Palo Alto Networks is a global cybersecurity company offering network security, cloud security, and endpoint protection solutions.
Palo Alto Networks currently has 51 open roles on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs $159,100–$257,400 across 47 roles with salary data.
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Manager, Software Engineering - Identity and Access Management (Chronosphere) leads a team within the Identity and Access Management group, which owns the authentication and access control platform for the Chronosphere observability platform. This role sits between platform engineering and product, requiring the manager to oversee the development of APIs, libraries, services, and data stores that other engineering teams integrate with to control user permissions. Key responsibilities include co-creating the roadmap with product managers, guiding architectural decisions for granular access control frameworks, hiring and coaching engineers, and monitoring production SLOs and SLAs. The manager must ensure reliability and security for systems protecting customer data. Core competencies include technical depth for design reviews, experience building platform capabilities, and expertise in enterprise software security, authentication, and auditability.
What does a Software Engineering Manager earn in California?
Median $281300 from 43 postings across 15 companies.
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