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# Sr. Software QA Automation Engineer (Public Cloud Security)

- **Company:** Palo Alto Networks
- **Location:** Santa Clara, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Testing (Software), Amazon Web Services, Automation of Tests, Profiling, Hypertext Transfer Protocols (HTTP), Python (Programming Language), Performance Tuning, Selenium, Software Engineering, Web Applications, Cloud Platform System, Performance Testing, Pytest, Information Technology, Palo Alto Networks, Api Management
- **Published:** August 9, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.wayup.com/i-j-palo-alto-networks-147511737264311/

## About the Role

+ Experience in working on / building test automation frameworks for cloud based products
 + Define Automation test strategy, creation and execution of performance test scripts
 + Python expertise
 + Analyzing performance data and creation of QA Automation test results
 + Experience working with Selenium-based automation frameworks
 + Knowledge of pytest is a plus
 + Working with AWS technologies and tools
Experience:

 + BS in computer science or related technical field
 + 5+ years of hands-on experience in full development life cycle software development
 + 5+ years of hands-on experiences on various performance and load assurance methodology and practices, including performance Testing/Profiling/Tuning Expertise in load generation with HTTP protocols etc.
 + Expertise in identifying performance bottlenecks and troubleshooting performance issues in multi-layers web applications
 + Experience with API testing and automation
 + An absolute self-starter. Confident and effective when working across distributed teams Learn more about Palo Alto Networks here and check out our fast fact

## Description

RESPONSIBILITIES: The overall objective of the QA Automation Test Engineer is to provide a consistent, standardized, best practice approach to performance testing across our cloud platform, driving improved performance and production stability of the applications and systems. The day to day responsibilities includes, but not limited to


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