Principal Software Engineer, Site Reliability (Access Edge Platform)

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

Prisma Access™ 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 experienced senior level Software Engineers to develop and deliver next-generation technologies within our Prisma Access Edge Platform team. We want passionate engineers who love to code, build great products and  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.

Your Impact

• Design, develop and implement highly scalable and reliable software features using custom and open source software
• Participate in architecture, design and development of features for the edge platform
• Research and implement different frameworks suited to the solution
• Work with different DevOps, development and quality assurances groups to achieve the best quality
• Work with DevOps and the Technical Support teams to troubleshoot customer issues
• Define processes for DevOps and build tools to automate the DevOps workflows
• Coordinate with other team members in different time zones to provide 24x7 coverage

Qualifications

 Your Experience

• 4+ years as DevOps Engineer (or equal role) with a passion for technology and strong motivation and responsibility for high reliability and service level
• Proficiency with code language (Python / Go - preferred)
• High proficiency with Linux
• Proficiency in the cloud (GCP - preferred)
• Proficiency with Terraform and HashiCorp tools
• High proficiency with virtualized and containerized environments (Kubernetes and Docker)
• Proficiency with CI/CD and Configuration Management (GitLab preferred)
• Experience with working with internal and external customers and stakeholders
• Managing a high-scale production environment is a plus
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, ability to work and coordinate between multiple teams
• Ability to grasp new technologies quickly and prioritize and multitask on multiple responsibilities

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