Sr Staff Software Engineer (Big Data)

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.

Our Approach to Work

We lead with flexibility and choice in all of our people programs. We have disrupted the traditional view that all employees have the same needs and wants. We offer personalization and offer our employees the opportunity to choose what works best for them as often as possible - from your wellbeing support to your growth and development, and beyond!

At Palo Alto Networks, we believe in the power of collaboration and value in-person interactions. This is why our employees generally work from the office three days per week, leaving two days for choice and flexibility to work where you feel most effective. This setup fosters casual conversations, problem-solving, and trusted relationships. While details may evolve, our goal is to create an environment where innovation thrives, with office-based teams coming together three days a week to collaborate and thrive, together!

Job Description

Your Career

Prisma Access™ (formally GlobalProtect Cloud Service) provides protection straight from the cloud to make access to the cloud secure. It combines the connectivity and security you need - and delivers it everywhere you need it. Using cutting-edge public and private cloud technologies extending the next-generation security protection to all cloud services, customers on-premise remote networks and mobile users.

We are seeking an experienced Big Data Software Engineer to design, develop and deliver next-generation technologies within our Prisma Access team. We want passionate engineers who love to code and build great products. Engineers who bring new ideas in all facets of software development. Collaboration and teamwork are at the foundation of our culture and we need engineers who can communicate and work well with others towards achieving a common goal.

This role is located at our Santa Clara, CA headquarters.

Your Impact

• Design, develop and implement highly scalable software features on our next-generation security platform as part of our Prisma Access
• Work with different development and quality assurances groups to achieve the best quality
• Suggest and implement improvements to the development process
• Work with DevOps and the Technical Support teams to troubleshoot customer issues

Qualifications

Your Experience

• At least 5+ years of development experience
• Experience in developing services in the cloud/Kubernetes
• Experience with building data pipelines  and analytics pipelines using like dataflow, pubsub, GKE
• Strong understanding of message queuing, stream processing, and highly scalable ‘big data’ data stores
• Experience with RESTful interfaces and Build Management tools (Gradle, maven)
• Experience in continuous integration and design
• Experience with Test-Driven Development
• Experience with distributed computing and object-oriented design and analysis
• Strong understanding of microservices-based deployments with the ability to design services
• Showcase your ability of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, peer review, and operations
• Familiarity with Agile (e.g., Scrum Process)
• Familiarity in Big Data technologies like Hive, Kafka, Hadoop, SQL, developing APIs
• Familiarity working with GCP or other Cloud platforms such as AWS and Azure
• High energy and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment with a can-do attitude
• Enjoys working with many different teams with strong collaboration and communications skills
• Fast learner and eager to absorb new emerging technologies
• M.S./B.S. degree in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering or equivalent military experience required

Additional Information

The Team

Our engineering team is at the core of our products – connected directly to the mission of preventing cyberattacks. We are constantly innovating – challenging the way we, and the industry, think about cybersecurity. Our engineers don’t shy away from building products to solve problems no one has pursued before.

We define the industry, instead of waiting for directions. We need individuals who feel comfortable in ambiguity, excited by the prospect of a