Principal IT Software Engineer

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 searching for a talented Principal IT Software engineer to join the IT Customer Experience Team. You will be responsible for delivering amazing custom built technology including our licensing system which is a key system within the PANW product ecosystem.  This role will engage with multiple product and engineering teams and will play a critical role in both building great products and improving our engineering best practices. 

As an Principal IT Software engineer, you will work closely with other engineers on the team to consistently deliver high quality technology products.  The ideal candidate will be able to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and can quickly adapt to new business requirements and quickly learn new technologies. 

Your Impact

• Build scalable and highly reliable business systems
• Expert at operating in an agile development environment
• Determining project requirements and developing work schedules for the team 
• Drive alignment across development teams in a data oriented and transparent way
• Balance security debt, product stability and features against a backdrop of go to market pressures and timelines
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Mentor and challenge engineers to continue to grow in their discipline

Qualifications

Your Experience

• At least 12 years of experience in system software development
• Experience in software development with web servers
• Understanding of protocols like DNS, HTTP and TCP/IP
• Good grasp of asynchronous programming, multithreading and multiprocessing
• Able to troubleshoot system-level integration and performance issues
• Fast learner and eager to absorb new emerging technologies
• Can-do attitude on problem-solving, quality, and ability to execute
• Enjoys working with different teams with strong collaboration and communication skills
• MS/BS in Computer Science or equivalent or equivalent military experience required
• Full stack system architecture (API / Web / DB / Distributed systems) 
• Back end - Java (Spring Boot, Spring Security), C# - Web APIs
• Database - At least one of the following
  • MySQL/PostgreSQL/MSSQL/RDS
  • MongoDB / FireStore /  Redshift
• Must be onsite at HQ

Platforms

• At least one of the following - GCP (preferred) / AWS / Azure
• Experience with developing UI with React and Sparky framework
• Experience developing container-based applications
• Experience with BigQuery

Additional Information

The Team

Working at a high-tech cybersecurity company in Information Technology is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. You’ll join the brightest minds in technology, creating, building, and supporting tools and enabling our global teams on the front l