Senior Principal Software Engineer – Network Security

Jobs Paloaltonetworks; England; On-site; GBP 137,000 - 221,000; Full time

Job summary

Palo Alto Networks seeks innovative engineers to design and develop security features for next-generation firewalls. As a key member of the Layer-7 Security group, you will own focus areas and apply your programming skills to solve real-world security problems.

You will collaborate with product management, quality assurance, and field support throughout the software development life cycle, with a drive to build global products and to bring new ideas to the security discipline.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s, Master’s, or Ph.D. in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent practical/military experience.
• 12+ years of professional software engineering experience, including significant time in senior technical leadership roles.
• Strong proficiency in C and C++ programming languages on Unix-based platforms.
• Solid understanding of software development methodologies, version control systems, and agile practices.

Responsibilities

• Innovate, design, and develop new security features in our next-generation firewalls, focusing on Layer 7 identity and inspection.
• Develop functional specifications, assess task requirements and scheduling, and assist in development, debugging, and support.
• Suggest and implement improvements to the development process.
• Clearly communicate goals and desired outcomes to internal project teams.
• Interview, mentor, and coach new team members.

Skills

C/C++ on Unix

Software development methodologies

Version control & Agile

Education

CS degree or equivalent experience

Tools

TLS/Web proxies

Job description

Palo Alto Networks seeks innovative engineers to design and develop security features for next-generation firewalls. As a key member of the Layer-7 Security group, you will own focus areas and apply your programming skills to solve real-world security problems.

You will collaborate with product management, quality assurance, and field support throughout the software development life cycle, with a drive to build global products and to bring new ideas to the security discipline.