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

Palo Alto Networks is looking for a Senior Principal Cloud FinOps Analyst to join its Israeli site as Cloud Infrastructure FinOps. We are looking for a person with strong analytical skills, an innate attention to detail, an effective communicator, and is passionate to drive change in a dynamic and fast-paced environment.

You must be equally adept at crafting and delivering clear and compelling analyses and recommendations to executives on cost growth projections and optimizations, as much as being hands on and developing the tools and capabilities to do rapid analysis of cost drivers.

Your Impact

• Partner with the engineering and technical teams to analyze cloud hosting costs and drive initiatives that would lead to cost optimizations
• Taking part in strategic and financial planning processes (e.g., Monthly Business Reviews, Forecasts, Annual Budget, and Long Range Plan)
• Developing dashboards that will enable viewing and analyzing costs and unit economics
• Develop and monitor critical success metrics, and communicate actionable insights 
• Quantify the cloud hosting costs per product and assess the impact of new product launches
• Developing tools and capabilities to track and analyze detailed cloud hosting costs and gross margin trends by customer to identify and recommend areas of opportunity to improve margins
• Work with the Engineering team to improve product architecture in a way that will help identify the drivers of the various costs components
• Preparing presentations on projections and plans for review with senior leadership

Your Experience

• 7+ years of relevant experience showing career progression - Experience overseeing large cloud infrastructure budgets for technology companies
• Analytical problem-solver with the ability to gather, analyze and synthesize large amounts of data in order to drive effective and efficient executive decision-making - Experience in SQL a must - Experience in Tableau preferred
• Extensive experience building integrated models from scratch with an ability to build enterprise level infrastructure plans, both near-term operational and forward conceptual
• Demonstrated ability to work cross-functionally in a matrixed organizational structure
• Go-getter mindset with desire and demonstrated ability to maintain high-performance under tight timelines with a roll-up sleeves mindset
• Exceptional presentation/leadership skills, concise and fluent in communication

The Team

Our engineering team is at the core of our products and connected directly to the mission of preventing cyber attacks. We are constantly innovating - challenging the way we, and the industry, think about cybersecurity. Our engineers don't shy away from building products to solve problems no one has pursued before. We define the industry instead of waiting for directions. We need individuals who feel comfortable in ambiguity, excited by the prospect of a challenge, and empowered by the unknown risks facing our everyday lives that are only enabled by a secure digital environment.

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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  [email protected].

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.