Principal Software Engineer (Cloud Development)

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.

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

We're seeking innovators - engineers who seek to design new products, designing state-of-the-art products that do not exist today. These engineers love to code with a drive to build global products and bring new ideas to develop security disciplines to solve real-world problems. We are looking for talent engineers who take ownership of their areas of focus and who are driven to pursue problems at every level. Collaboration is at the heart of our culture and we need engineers who can communicate at a high level and work well with multi-functional teams towards achieving a common goal.

Your Impact

• Participate in the design and implementation of threat prevention & AppID cloud services for public cloud and private cloud features
• Participate in all phases of the product development cycle, from definition, design, through implementation and test
• Provide real-time security services to customers
• Work with PLM on new feature requirement
• Work with QA and DevOps on new release deployment
• Work with support to handle customer issues
• Work with security researchers and data scientist on a new feature request

Qualifications

Your Experience

• BS/MS in Computer Science or Computer Engineering or equivalent military experience required
• Solid programming skills in GoLang, Python or Java
• Solid knowledge and skills on Linux
• Solid skills with Kubernetes and Docker
• Rich GCP experience is a plus
• Solid knowledge of web servers/proxies such as NGINX, envoy
• 5+ years of working experience on data infrastructure platforms
• Strong micro-service development experience
• Rich Experience with SQL and No-SQL DB technologies such as MySQL, Redis
• Hands-on experience with the queuing system such as RabbitMQ, Kafka, experience with Pub/Sub is a plus 
• Solid skills in multi-threads and multi-processes programming and experience in a distributed system are preferred
• DevOps experience a plus
• Teamwork, problem-solving and a can-do attitude

Additional Information

The Team

We are the Threat Prevention & AppID Infrastructure team. Our engineering team is at the core of our products – deliver the best of security services on the cloud to prevent 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 challenge, and empowered by the unknown risks facing our everyday lives that are only enabled by a secure digital environment. 

Our Commitment

We’re trailblazers that dream big, take risks, and challenge cybersecurity’s status quo. It’s simple: we can’t accomplish our mission without diverse teams innovating, together.

We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for all qualified individuals with a disability. If you require assistance or accommodation due to a disability or special need, please contact us at accommodations@paloaltonetworks.com.

Palo Alto Networks is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity in our workplace, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected