Principal Cloud Security Engineer - Systems Lead

Palo Alto Networks; California; On-site; USD 147,000 - 238,000; Full time

Job summary

Palo Alto Networks is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to lead the end-to-end delivery of next-generation cloud security solutions. You will design and troubleshoot high-scale distributed systems, collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver robust features for our network and cloud platforms.

This role blends cloud technologies with cybersecurity, enabling security-as-a-service offerings that protect digital lives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS or equivalent field.
• 7+ years of software engineering experience.
• Go or Java with server-side coding experience.
• Proficiency with cloud technologies (Kafka, PubSub, Redis).
• Backend development including REST APIs and databases.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership for end-to-end delivery of solutions, aligned with cross-functional teams.
• Design, implement, and troubleshoot cloud security solutions for complex network challenges.
• Drive scalable cloud security architecture through hands-on coding and architectural planning.
• Manage full product development lifecycle from definition to deployment.
• Collaborate with Product Management, SRE, and QA to deliver security-as-a-service offerings.
• Simplify complex technical issues to improve end-customer outcomes with support teams.
• Foster innovation and problem-solving within the engineering org.

Skills

Go

Java

Python

C

REST APIs

Distributed systems

Cloud technologies

Kafka

PubSub

Redis

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

Kafka

PubSub

Redis

SQL

BigQuery

MongoDB

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Palo Alto Networks is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to lead the end-to-end delivery of next-generation cloud security solutions. You will design and troubleshoot high-scale distributed systems, collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver robust features for our network and cloud platforms.

This role blends cloud technologies with cybersecurity, enabling security-as-a-service offerings that protect digital lives.