Principal Engineer Software (Cloud Identity Engine)

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

With Cloud Identity Engine, we’re building the foundations of the next inflection point in the security industry by combining our deep expertise in security with the state of the art in large-scale infrastructure for data processing.
We are seeking a Principal Software Engineer to design, develop and deliver next-generation technologies within our Cloud Identity Engine team that bridges cloud-based data processing and security disciplines to solve real world problems.

Your Impact

We need passionate engineers who love to code and build great products. Engineers who bring new ideas in all facets of software development. We are looking for leaders who take ownership of their areas of focus and who are driven to solve problems at every level. Collaboration and teamwork are at the heart of our culture and we need engineers who can communicate at a high level and work well with others towards achieving a common goal.
This is a unique opportunity to help build the products and practices that will support our growth over the next decade. If you see the potential of how incredible people products can transform a business, this is the role for you. If you have an entrepreneurial spirit, know how to deliver, are deeply technical, highly innovative and long for the opportunity to build pioneering solutions to challenging problems, we want to talk to you!

Qualifications

Your Experience 

• Be an integral member of our Cloud Identity Engine team responsible for software architecture, design and development.
• Work with different development and quality assurances groups to achieve
• the best quality
• Suggest and implement improvements to the development process
• Interview, mentor and coach junior members on the team
• At least 10+ years of experience in software development, preferably with Python or Javascript/NodeJS
• Implemented multiple big features in polyglot codebases and can easily visualize the changes required for most features or bug fixes
• Fast learner and eager to absorb new emerging technologies
• Able to troubleshoot system-level integration and performance issues
• Can-do attitude on problem-solving, quality and ability to execute
• High energy and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment
• Working experience with MongoDB, Redis and RabbitMQ is a plus
• Experience on Cloud platforms such as GCP (GKE) or AWS (EKS) with
• HELM charts and service mesh is a plus
• Experience with Active Directory, Micorsoft EntraID or Okta is a big plus
• Experience with OAuth, SAML/OIDC or SCIM is a big plus
• BS/MS in Computer Science/Engineering or equivalent military experience required

Additional Information

The Team

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