# Failure Analysis Engineer at Palo Alto Networks

- Company: Palo Alto Networks
- What the company does: Implement Zero Trust, Secure your Network, Cloud workloads, Hybrid Workforce, Leverage Threat Intelligence & Security Consulting. Cybersecurity Services & Education for CISO’s, Head of Infrastructure, Network Security Engineers, Cloud Architects & SOC Managers. Backed by Greylock, Sequoia and Felicis.
- Company website: https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Mid level
- Location: Santa Clara, United States of America
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-11-04
- Apply by: 2026-12-19
- Apply: https://paloaltonetworks.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/panwexternalcareers/job/Santa-Clara-United-States-of-America/Failure-Analysis-Engineer-_JR-024379?utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/palo-alto-networks-failure-analysis-engineer/

## About the role

Palo Alto Networks is looking for a Failure Analysis Engineer for the Technical Operations team. This individual will work collaboratively with the HW Engineering, SW Engineering and Customer Support teams. This individual will perform root cause failure analysis on Customer product RMA’s. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- Strong Linux system administration knowledge
- Network protocol knowledge
- Outstanding communication skills, both written and verbal
- A highly collaborative working style is a must
- Moderate to fluent in programming languages and tools used for the test environment (Linux OS, Tcl, Expect, Shell Script, Python, Network Switch, Terminal Server, and PDU)
- Ability to apply a working knowledge of server/client and IP based networking hardware architecture, both system and component level, to the test environment


Source: 1752vc Careers, https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/palo-alto-networks-failure-analysis-engineer/