Enterprise Data Architect

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.

We have the vision of a world where each day is safer and more secure than the one before. These aren’t easy goals to accomplish – but we’re not here for easy. We’re here for better. 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.

We’re changing the nature of work. Palo Alto Networks is evolving to meet the needs of our employees now and in the future through FLEXWORK, our approach to how we work. From benefits to learning, location to leadership, we’ve rethought and recreated every aspect of the employee experience at Palo Alto Networks. And because it FLEXes around each individual employee based on their individual choices, employees are empowered to push boundaries and help us all evolve, together.

Your Career

Unlike IT departments of the past, the Palo Alto Networks IT department is now a full-fledged engineering organization. Equipped with a full team of Data Engineers, Data Scientists, and next-generation Data Visualization technologies. Together we are building the ‘Predictive Enterprise’, an infrastructure that will allow Palo Alto Networks the ability to make the best and fastest business decisions based on all data available. The growth of this team includes the addition of a Data Architect who will Lead and Own the enterprise data strategy and roadmap for Palo Alto Networks.

Your Impact

• Lead and Own the enterprise data strategy and roadmap for Palo Alto Networks
• Develop data strategy to make data analytics a competitive advantage e.g., by incorporating scalable technologies into the data engineering products and services
• Shaping and enforcing technical architectures within the multiple data engineering organization with which we partner
• Work across multiple teams to help connect the moving parts in a very dynamic and fluid environment
• Defining data architecture best practices and ensuring compliance across the enterprise
• Engage with business leaders across all business units to understand required capabilities and translate to scalable technical solutions
• Own and drive Data integration architecture involving real-time streaming, batch and micro-batch for both cloud and on-premise applications
• Ability to design scalable data solutions leveraging cloud data warehouse technologies (preferable in Google Cloud Platform)
• Deliver data solutions using Agile methodology
• Define data quality framework to measure and monitor data quality across the enterprise
• Enable democratization of data (data usability, availability, and reliability) across the enterprise

Your Experience

• 8+ years of experience architecting, designing and developing large scale data solutions utilizing a mixture of Big Data and Relational database platforms
• Deep understanding of data modeling that facilitates both operational insights and reporting as well as enabling advanced AI/ML models in order to develop data-driven recommendations
• Proven experience leading teams resulting in the successful deployment of applications built on data platforms
• Experience driving technical ideas and communicating clearly with technical as well as non-technical audiences
• Experience as the technical lead or data architect, organizing and mentoring junior and intermediate level developers, data engineers or architects
• In-depth understanding of database structure principles
• Expertise in SQL and Data warehousing concepts
• Familiarity with data visualization tools (e.g. Tableau)
• Enterprise SaaS experience preferred
• Experience with Google cloud platform preferred
• Firm believer of data driven decision making
• Great organization skills with the ability to manage competing priorities
• Self-driven with the ability to work in a self-guided manner
• Strong problem-solving skills

The Team

Working at a high-tech cybersecurity company within Information Technology is a once in a lifetime opportunity. You’ll be joined with the brightest minds in technology, creating, building, and supporting tools that enable our global teams on the front line of defense against cyber attacks. We’re joined by one mission – but driven by the impact of that mission and what it means to protect our way of life in the digital age. Join a dynamic and fast-paced team that feels excitement at the prospect of a challenge and feels a thrill at resolving technical gaps that inhibit productivity.

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.

Palo Alto Networks is evolving and changing the nature of work to meet the needs of our employees now and in the future through FLEXWORK, our approach to how we work. From benefits to learning, location to leadership, we’ve rethought and recreated every aspect of the employee experience at Palo Alto Networks. And because it FLEXes around each individual employee based on their individual choices, employees are empowered to push boundaries and help us all evolve, 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