Sr Staff Software Engineer (Prisma Access)

Company Description

US citizenship is required for this role.

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.

We have the vision of a world where each day is safer and more secure than the one before. These aren’t easy goals to accomplish – but we’re not here for easy. We’re here for better. 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.

We’re changing the nature of work. Palo Alto Networks is evolving to meet the needs of our employees now and in the future through FLEXWORK, our approach to how we work. From benefits to learning, location to leadership, we’ve rethought and recreated every aspect of the employee experience at Palo Alto Networks.  And because it FLEXes around each individual employee based on their individual choices, employees are empowered to push boundaries and help us all evolve, 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 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. 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 foundation of our culture and we need engineers who can communicate at a high level and work well with others towards achieving a common goal.

Your Impact  

• Design, develop and implement highly scalable software features on our next-generation security platform as part of our Prisma Access
• Architect, Design, Develop features as part of Prisma Access solution
• 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
• Work with other software development team to apply PanOS features on Prisma Access

Qualifications

Your Experience

• 5+ years of development experience both on-prem and cloud-based platforms
• 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
• Fluency in C or Python
• Understanding of TCP/IP protocols, direct experience will be better
• Understanding of microservices-based deployments with the ability to design services
• Experience with distributed computing and object-oriented design and analysis
• Experience in the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, peer review, and operations
• Familiarity working with GCP or other Cloud platforms such as AWS and Azure

Preferred Experience

• Go language
• Virtualization, such as ESXi, KVM, Hyper-V
• Networking and Routing
• Firewall, IPSec, SSL, GRE, VXLAN, VPN
• SDN (Software Defined Network)
• SQL or NoSQL database

Education  

• M.S./B.S. degree in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering or equivalent experience or equivalent military experience required

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 – challenging the way we, and the industry, think about cybersecurity. These engineers aren’t shy about creating products to solve problems no one has tackled before. They define the industry, instead of waiting for directions. We need individuals who feel comfortab