Senior Principal Engineer, Cloud Security Architect

Jobs Paloaltonetworks; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 126,000 - 205,000; Full time

Job summary

Palo Alto Networks is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to lead end-to-end delivery of next-generation cloud security solutions. You will design, implement, and troubleshoot high-scale distributed systems and collaborate with cross-functional teams to shape secure network architectures.

The role emphasizes hands-on coding, architectural leadership, and delivering security-as-a-service offerings that protect our digital way of life.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent field.
• 15+ years of software engineering experience.
• 5+ years hands-on programming in Go or Java; Python or C valued.
• Experience in high-performance, high-scale distributed cloud applications.
• Proficiency with cloud technologies (Kafka, Pub/Sub, Redis, SQL/Bigtable/Mongo/BigQuery).
• Backend development: REST APIs, databases, serverless computing.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership for end-to-end delivery of cloud security solutions.
• Design, implement, and troubleshoot robust cloud security services.
• Drive scalable cloud security architecture through hands-on coding and architecture planning.
• Manage full product development lifecycle from definition to deployment.
• Collaborate with Product Management, SRE, and Quality Engineering to deliver security offerings.
• Simplify complex issues to improve customer outcomes with support teams.
• Foster a culture of innovation and problem-solving in the engineering organization.

Skills

Go/Java programming

Python/C programming

Distributed systems design

REST APIs & serverless

Cloud architecture

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Job description

Palo Alto Networks is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to lead end-to-end delivery of next-generation cloud security solutions. You will design, implement, and troubleshoot high-scale distributed systems and collaborate with cross-functional teams to shape secure network architectures.

The role emphasizes hands-on coding, architectural leadership, and delivering security-as-a-service offerings that protect our digital way of life.