This role pays less than
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$195k
for comparable roles.
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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.
Listed pay typically runs
$154,000–$249,500
across 27 roles with salary data.
Join our Identity and Access Management (IAM) team as a Staff Engineer where you will design, implement, and maintain enterprise-grade authentication and authorization systems to secure user access across the organization. Your day-to-day responsibilities include developing SSO solutions, optimizing SAML and OIDC integrations, building automation pipelines with Python, managing Windows Active Directory environments, and creating shell scripts for Linux-based identity infrastructure. You will collaborate closely with security teams to ensure compliance and mentor team members on IAM architecture decisions while documenting systems and processes for operational excellence. The ideal candidate has 7+ years of experience in software or systems engineering, expertise in SSO protocols like SAML 2.0 and OIDC, proficiency in Python and Bash scripting, deep knowledge of Windows Active Directory and Linux administration, and familiarity with identity providers such as Okta and Google Workspace. Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools, containerization, and security compliance frameworks is a plus.