Lead Mobile & Network Security Engineer - Next-Gen Firewall

Palo Alto Networks, Inc.

Santa Clara (CA)

On-site

USD 147,000 - 237,500

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Palo Alto Networks, Inc. in Santa Clara, CA, is seeking a motivated Software Engineer for the Next-gen Firewall dataplane team.

You will design and develop the next-generation firewall and own large components, collaborating with product management, QA and support across the full SDLC. Requirements include 7+ years in networking dataplane development, expert C, Python and shell scripting, strong TCP/IP and IPv6 knowledge, Unix/Linux, and BS/MS in CS/CE/EE.

Qualifications

7+ years of experience as a developer in networking dataplane products.
Expert C, Python, Shell scripting.
Expert in TCP/IP, IPv4/IPv6.
Knowledge of mobility protocols like GTP/PFCP/SCTP; learning ability required.
Strong Unix/Linux software development experience.
Can‑do attitude; ownership of issues.
Strong communication with multi‑functional groups.
BS/MS in CS/CE/EE or equivalent.

Responsibilities

Develop Next Gen Network Security Components and Protocols for state‑of‑the‑art firewalls in Enterprise, Data Center, Cloud, and Service Provider environments.
Develop network security features for securing 4G/5G provider networks and enterprise deployments.
Develop security modules with DPI, ML algorithms and AI automation.
Develop scalable high‑availability solution for stateful Failover.
Collaborate with Product Management, QA, Support, etc. on requirements.
Take ownership and independently drive tasks and assignments.