Principal Industry Architect – Strategic Industries in Melbourne, Australia

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.

Our vision is a world where each day is safer and more secure than the one before. 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.

Who We Are

We take our mission of protecting the digital way of life seriously. We are relentless in protecting our customers and we believe that the unique ideas of every member of our team contributes to our collective success. Our values were crowdsourced by employees and are brought to life through each of us everyday – from disruptive innovation and collaboration, to execution. From showing up for each other with integrity to creating an environment where we all feel included.

As a member of our team, you will be shaping the future of cybersecurity. We work fast, value ongoing learning, and we respect each employee as a unique individual. Knowing we all have different needs, our development and personal wellbeing programs are designed to give you choice in how you are supported. This includes our FLEXBenefits wellbeing spending account with over 1,000 eligible items selected by employees, our mental and financial health resources, and our personalized learning opportunities – just to name a few!

Your Career

At Palo Alto Networks, we are committed to securing the digital world and empowering organizations with endless possibilities. This is a very unique opportunity for a senior technical leader with a strong industry focus to take on a regional strategic role within the world’s leading cybersecurity company. We do not expect you to necessarily be a cybersecurity expert but to build on your deep understanding of enterprise architecture concepts within strategic industries to help customers better align their security and risk programs to business outcomes.

This is a critical role in the context of the JAPAC (Japan and Asia Pacific) business. As a key member of the technical leadership group in the region, the work you do will enable our customers to maintain strategic resilience against cyberattackers by aligning their risk and security initiatives with business outcomes.

Your Impact

• Develop verticalized industry architecture blueprints and technical strategy for key customers across strategic industries and advise on strategies to embed cybersecurity their key digital business initiatives

• Key industries of focus – Banking and Financial Services, Manufacturing, Retail, Healthcare, Government

• Build relationships with key C-level executives such as CTOs, CIOs, BU owners and Application Leaders in addition to CISOs and CIOs

• Function as a key member of the JAPAC technical leadership group, driving strategy and architecture solutioning for the largest strategic customers

• Work with the broader technical leadership group at Palo Alto Networks to align customers – digital modernization roadmaps to our strategic cybersecurity platformization domains

• Stay abreast of technical innovations around emerging topics such as Generative AI, Quantum Computing etc. to proactively inform customer’s innovation roadmap

• Provide proactive advisory services to customers around balancing digital innovation with compliance

Your Experience

• 10+ years in a combination Enterprise Architect/Principal Architect/CIO/CTO/Application Lead roles in End User organizations and/or deep consulting experience leading large scale cyber security transformation projects for customers in the strategic industries of focus

• Leading architecture strategy for, encompassing software, infrastructure, and cloud services in a way that drives clear business growth

• Developing complex multi-product architectures and communicating both the technical and business value of technical transformation projects in financial services

• Engaging directly with CIO, CISOs, Boards of Directors and other key stakeholders as a strategic advisor

• Deep understanding of regulatory preferences and mindset pertaining to strategic industries of focus

• Experience developing and documenting design principles, service catalogs and reference architectures that become the defacto standard across the organization

• Cybersecurity domain expertise is welcome but not mandatory

Is role eligible for Immigration Sponsorship? No. Please note that we will not sponsor applicants for work visas for this position.

Our Commitment

We’re problem solvers that take risks and challenge cybersecurity’s status quo. It’s simple: we can’t accomplish our mission without diverse teams innovating, 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.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.