Principal Industry Architect

Company Description

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 were 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 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 from the BFSI domain to take on a leadership role within the worlds 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 BFSI 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
In this role, you will:

• Develop and evangelize a strong point of view about how BFSI organizations will leverage technology modernization to drive their key digital business initiatives
• Build relationships with key C-level executives within BFSI customers 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 in the BFSI domain
• 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 customers innovation roadmap
• Provide proactive advisory services to customers around balancing digital innovation with compliance

Qualifications
Your Experience

• 10-15 years in a combination of Enterprise Architect/Principal Architect/CIO/CTO/Application Lead roles in BFSI End User organizations (e.g. banks, insurance companies, fintechs) and/or deep consulting experience leading large scale cyber security transformation projects for BFSI customers
• Leading architecture strategy for BFSI organizations, 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 CIOs, CISOs, Boards of Directors and other key stakeholders as a strategic advisor
• Deep understanding of regulatory preferences and mindset pertaining to BFSI customers
• 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
• We are flexible for the role to be based in Mumbai, Delhi/Gurgaon or Bangalore

Our Commitment
Were problem solvers that take risks and challenge cybersecuritys status quo. Its simple: we cant 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

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.

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

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  • The job requires accessing a company worksite
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  • You choose to access a Palo Alto Networks worksite
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Locations - Mumbai, India