Principal Engineer Software (Cloud Management

Palo Alto Networks • Santa Clara, CA

7d • $200,000 - $225,000

About The Position

Help build what is next. Our Cloud Management Platform is a public cloud delivered management platform to manage all Palo Alto Networks Next generation network security solutions. It’s an easy-to-use, scalable and secure platform to operationalize complex deployments using the Palo Alto Networks network security portfolio.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in building large enterprise applications required - 3+ years experience in technical leadership roles in building major cloud native apps or subsystems
• Proven ability to lead and collaborate with many cross-functional teams with an emphasis on end-to-end delivery
• Experience in the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, peer review, and operations
• Excellent programming skills in GoLang is a must, in C is preferred and Python is a plus
• Strong fundamentals in object oriented design and development is a must - Experience with or familiarity of Test Driven Development and Continuous Integration is required
• Experience building data management solutions using transactional data stores is required - Knowledge of and experience building enterprise software with graph databases is highly desirable

Nice To Haves

• Experience developing microservice based solutions on public cloud infrastructure is highly desirable - Experience developing in Kubernetes based environments is a plus
• Experience with building or contributing to AI/LLM-powered automation or autonomous agents is highly desirable
• Experience building network and security configuration management systems is highly desirable
• Experience building appliance based network management solutions is highly desirable

Responsibilities

• Conceptualize, Collaborate and Develop highly scalable cloud native Security & Network Management System for managing devices and services at scale in hybrid deployments
• Hands-on participation in developing next generation configuration management architecture
• Contribute to end-to-end delivery of solutions in collaboration with cross-functional product management, development and quality assurance teams in a fast paced environment
• Deliberate and build frameworks to improve quality of micro services
• Work with Devops and Technical Support teams to investigate and resolve critical customer defects

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Principal
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees