Senior Software Engineer, Cloud Security Platform

Palo Alto Networks; California; On-site; USD 200,000 - 225,000; Full time

Job summary

Palo Alto Networks is seeking a Senior Engineer to design and build distributed backend services for Prisma Access, leveraging cloud-native architectures and AI/ML concepts to improve security at scale.

You will work across API design, data pipelines, and monitoring, shaping the new product architecture from scratch while collaborating with product, SRE, and QA teams in a fast-paced, office-centric environment with flexible arrangements.

Qualifications

• B.S, M.S or PhD in Computer Science or a related field with a minimum of 8+ years of proven experience and proficiency in one or more programming languages - Go, Python, or Java
• Proficient is problem solving with a strong understanding of data structures and algorithms and solid foundation in operating systems, networking and distributed systems
• Experience working with Cloud Provider Infrastructure like AWS, GCP, Azure or OCI
• Experience in building complex, large scale SaaS solutions with distributed databases and messaging systems
• Good understanding of PKI / Certificates and security principles
• Proven record designing and implementing scalable REST APIs, services and data pipelines
• Experience handling DevOPs, availability and reliability outcomes for a large cloud product
• Experience with Test-Driven Development and CI/CD methodologies
• Working familiarity with networking protocols (TCP/IP, HTTP) and standard network architectures (VPCs, load balancers and firewalls within cloud environment)
• Strong understanding of microservices-based deployments with the ability to design services
• High energy and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment with a can-do attitude
• Experience working with architects, product and program managers to deliver product features on time and high quality
• Demonstrate technical leadership and mentorship skills

Responsibilities

• Analyze requirements, design, develop, and support highly scalable software features and infrastructure on our next-generation security platform ready for cloud native deployment from inception to completion
• Develop algorithms to integrate targeted ML/AI concepts as it relates to operations in our cloud security platform in terms of networking and orchestration
• Write clean, testable, readable, scalable, and maintainable code that scales and performs well for thousands of customers
• Actively guide testing of critical components in the product, considering complex considerations of multiple platforms, performance, supportability, maintainability, and much more
• Collaborate closely with the Product management, Development, Quality Assurance, SRE, and Customer support teams on delivering the roadmap and improving customer outcomes
• Strive in results-oriented culture with a strong focus on execution, quality, and speed

Skills

Go

Python

Java

Distributed systems

Cloud computing

Data structures

Education

B.S./M.S./PhD in CS

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

CloudFormation

Prometheus

Grafana

ELK

Fluentd

GraphDB

Job description

Palo Alto Networks is seeking a Senior Engineer to design and build distributed backend services for Prisma Access, leveraging cloud-native architectures and AI/ML concepts to improve security at scale.

You will work across API design, data pipelines, and monitoring, shaping the new product architecture from scratch while collaborating with product, SRE, and QA teams in a fast-paced, office-centric environment with flexible arrangements.