Principal Software Engineer (Next Gen Firewall - Dataplane)

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 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!

At Palo Alto Networks, we believe in the power of collaboration and value in-person interactions. This is why our employees generally work full time from our office with flexibility offered where needed. This setup fosters casual conversations, problem-solving, and trusted relationships. Our goal is to create an environment where we all win with precision.

Job Description

Your Career

We are looking for motivated, smart, hardworking and passionate individuals to join the Next-gen Firewall dataplane team as a Software Engineer. You will be part of a world-class software engineering team that works on various cutting-edge technologies for the firewall. As a member of a data plane networking software group, you will be responsible for designing and developing the next-generation firewall. You will take ownership for large software components, work with product management on real life customer requirements, apply your knowledge to functional design, utilize your programming skills for efficient and robust implementation, and interact with quality assurance and field support teams in the whole software development cycle. The culture at Palo Alto Networks is creative, dynamic and inspiring to tackle real work Cyber-attacks. 

Your Impact

• Responsible for development of the critical dataplane components for the State-of-the-art Next Generation Firewalls deployed at Enterprise, Data Center, Cloud, and Service Provider environments.
• Lead L2-L4 network security feature development;
• Lead next generation security product development;
• Support critical customer escalations and provide root cause analysis in a timely manner;
• Work with multi-functional team members on user requirements, including but not limited to Product Management, QA, Support, etc.
• Effective decision maker, take ownership and independently drive, lead tasks and assignments

Qualifications

Your Experience 

• Expert in common network protocols such as TCP/IP, IPv4, IPv6, multicast.
• Expert in dataplane technologies like DPDK based packet processing.
• Expert in typical network device features like NAT, ALG, DoS Protection.
• Expert in computer architecture, cybersecurity, distributed systems.
• Good to have experience in using Broadcom chips for switching, QoS and interface management.
• In-depth understanding of common software vulnerabilities and mitigations.
• In-depth understanding of linux systems.
• Expert C, Python, Shell script programming skills.
• Tech lead experience in networking domains.
• Strong communication skills to work effectively with multi-functional groups.
• BS/MS degree in Computer Science or equivalent or equivalent military experience required
• 8+ years of related programming experience 

Additional Information

The Team

To stay ahead of the curve, it’s critical to know where the curve is, and how to anticipate the changes we’re facing. For the fastest growing cybersecurity company, the curve is the evolution of cyberattacks, and the products and services that proactively address them. Our engineering team is at the core of our products – connected directly to the mission of preventing cyberattacks. They are constantly innovating – challe