Shachar Tal
Architecture Lead, Prisma Cloud at Palo Alto Networks
Israel
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Top SchoolShachar Tal is an experienced architecture lead and entrepreneur with over two decades of hands-on engineering and leadership across security, cloud, and distributed systems. Currently driving architecture for Prisma Cloud at Palo Alto Networks, he previously shaped cloud security and platform strategies at NVIDIA and Cisco. He has founded multiple startups and served as CTO/VP R&D, bringing product-focused engineering discipline and a track record of delivering complex, mission-critical systems on time and on budget. Deep expertise spans security, networking, military C4I, and parallel computing, enabling him to bridge high-assurance requirements with scalable cloud-native design. Known for "getting it right the first time," he combines strategic vision with pragmatic execution and a keen interest in new technologies and market opportunities. Based in Israel and educated at Technion, he blends entrepreneurial grit with enterprise-grade architecture experience.
8 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
B.Sc., B.Sc. at Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
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Github Skills (20)
provisioning8
api6
counter6
ansible6
windows6
filesystemwatcher6
java6
svn6
lifecycle6
dll6
statsd3
go-client3
infrastructure3
graphite2
monitoring2
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
shachartal/opi-prov-life
Jun 2022 - Sep 2022
Contributions:10 pushes, 10 branches in 3 months
shachartal/statsd
Aug 2017 - Sep 2017
Contributions:2 PRs, 3 pushes, 2 branches in 29 days
golanggo-clientstatsd
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