Ivan Bojer
Sr. Director, Software Engineering - Cloud Architecture at Palo Alto Networks
San Jose, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolIvan Bojer is a pragmatic technical leader with 11+ years of experience building and scaling engineering organizations at Palo Alto Networks, where he now leads Unit 42 Software Engineering for Cyber Consulting and Threat Intelligence. He blends hands-on DevOps and backend work—contributing to widely used open-source projects like Ansible modules for Palo Alto Networks firewalls—with strategic M&A integrations and cloud transformation programs. An Executive MBA from Santa Clara University complements his "player-coach" approach, letting him align technical roadmaps to P&L goals while automating processes to keep teams lean. His recent focus on agentic AI and AI-driven anomaly detection reflects a practical interest in using automation to compress R&D and operational overhead. Based in San Jose, he’s as comfortable refactoring firewall modules as advising on acquisition due diligence or running a youth athletic program.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
BS Computer Science, BS Computer Science at San José State UniversityFaculty of electrical engineering and computing, Faculty of electrical engineering and computing at University of Zagreb / Sveučilište u ZagrebuExecutive MBA Business Administration and Management General, Executive MBA Business Administration and Management General at Santa Clara University Leavey School of Business
Github Skills (13)
network-automation10
firewall10
ansible-galaxy10
automation10
automations10
api10
python10
apidoc10
devops10
ansible10
network-security9
develop9
git8
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
PaloAltoNetworks/ansible-pan
Jun 2015 - Mar 2019
Ansible modules for Palo Alto Networks NGFWs
Role in this project:
Backend Developer & DevOps Engineer
Backend Developer & DevOps EngineerContributions:15 releases, 393 commits, 92 PRs in 3 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Ivan primarily contributed to the development and maintenance of the Ansible modules for Palo Alto Networks firewalls. Their work focused on enhancing existing modules by addressing documentation issues, bug fixes, and ensuring compliance with Ansible module development standards. Furthermore, they were involved in improving module functionality. The user's contributions included the creation and refactoring of modules, adding the capabilities to manage IP addresses and security rules.
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ansible/ansible
Oct 2016 - Feb 2018
Ansible is a radically simple IT automation platform that makes your applications and systems easier to deploy and maintain. Automate everything from code deployment to network configuration to cloud management, in a language that approaches plain English, using SSH, with no agents to install on remote systems. https://docs.ansible.com.
Role in this project:Back-end & DevOps Engineer
Back-end & DevOps EngineerContributions:29 commits, 41 PRs, 198 comments in 1 year 4 months
Contributions summary:Ivan primarily contributed to developing modules for managing Palo Alto Networks firewalls within the Ansible ecosystem. Their work involved creating new modules for various functionalities like administration password changes, device restarts, committing configurations, and creating NAT policies. Furthermore, the user demonstrates DevOps skills by supporting the creation of modules and contributing to related tooling, and adding metadata support.
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