Senior Principal Software Engineer (DataPath)

Palo Alto Networks • Santa Clara, CA

2d • $170,000 - $277,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Palo Alto Networks's SASE (Secure Access Service Edge) group is looking for an accomplished architect engineer with networking data path software experience to fill a technical leadership position on the Prisma SASE team. You will be part of a world-class software engineering team that works on various ground-breaking technologies in the SASE domain. You will work with a multi-functional team of engineers to design and develop systems for solving interesting problems in the SASE area.

Requirements

• 14+ years of experience, with a BS or MS degree, in developing system software for data path components in a networking device
• Strong experience in working with data plane and control plane architectures on networking devices
• Experience working with packet forwarding mechanisms using DPDK or other related technology stack
• Experience with BGP Routing, IPsec Tunneling architecture in high performance data paths
• Extremely strong in system design and architecture of networking products involving switching, routing and security
• Experience with Linux system programming (e.g. sockets, files, shared memory, multi-threaded programming/process synchronization)
• Good understanding and working knowledge of Layer 3/ Layer 4 network protocols such as TCP/IP
• Strong passion and experience in troubleshooting, debugging complex systems and possess excellent problem-solving techniques
• Proficiency in C and at least one scripting language like shell script, Python etc.
• Experience with TCP/IP and knowledge of common standard IP protocols such as ARP, IP, ICMP, TCP, UDP, etc.

Nice To Haves

• Hands-on experience with Linux networking stack is desired
• Experience with cloud networking technologies, familiarity with GoLang is a plus

Responsibilities

• Be a technical lead who can take on core parts of the implementation with autonomy
• Participate in full product release cycles, from feature design to version release
• Work in a small and fast paced team to solve important customer problems and deliver most impactful results
• Contribute in all phases of the product development cycle, from definition, design, through implementation and test
• Proactively identify product features for improvement and innovation
• Innovate new product features based on customer feedback

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior