Senior Principal Architect – Secure Zero-Trust RDP on AWS

Jobs Paloaltonetworks; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Palo Alto Networks in the United Kingdom seeks a Sr Principal Software Architect to drive the architectural vision for the Idira Secure Infrastructure Access (SIA) RDP platform, delivering brokered remote desktop access with zero-trust security. You will guide cross-functional engineering teams and set benchmarks for enterprise security architecture in a fast-paced environment.

You will lead the strategic design reviews, collaborate with product management and executives, and champion scalable,

Qualifications

• 10+ years of software engineering across enterprise stacks.
• 5+ years architecting high-availability AWS solutions.
• Expertise in security principles and authentication protocols.
• Strong executive-level communication skills.
• 5+ years C++ development on high-performance systems.
• Solid networking fundamentals including RDP/SSH.
• 5+ years CI/CD and IaC tooling (Jenkins, Terraform).

Responsibilities

• Define architectural vision and long-term strategy for the SIA RDP platform.
• Establish core patterns, design principles, and security component standards.
• Translate business goals into technical roadmaps with PMs and executives.
• Lead engineering teams through high-level design reviews.
• Foster technical excellence and continuous learning across teams.

Skills

Software engineering

AWS architecture

Security principles

Executive communication

C++ development

Networking fundamentals

CI/CD pipelines

Tools

Jenkins

Terraform

Job description

Palo Alto Networks in the United Kingdom seeks a Sr Principal Software Architect to drive the architectural vision for the Idira Secure Infrastructure Access (SIA) RDP platform, delivering brokered remote desktop access with zero-trust security. You will guide cross-functional engineering teams and set benchmarks for enterprise security architecture in a fast-paced environment.

You will lead the strategic design reviews, collaborate with product management and executives, and champion scalable,