Sr. Staff Engineer Software (Strata Cloud Control Plane)

Palo Alto Networks•Santa Clara, CA

2d•Onsite

About The Position

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. Our engineering team is at the core of our products – connected directly to the mission of preventing cyberattacks. We are constantly innovating – challenging the way we, and the industry, think about cybersecurity. Our engineers don’t shy away from building products to solve problems no one has pursued before. We define the industry, instead of waiting for directions. We need individuals who feel comfortable in ambiguity, excited by the prospect of a challenge, and empowered by the unknown risks facing our everyday lives that are only enabled by a secure digital environment. Principal Software Engineers are: Technical experts that help accelerate adoption of the very best engineering practices, while maintaining knowledge on industry innovations, trends and practices. Experts who deliver on critical business needs and are recognized across the company as go-to engineering resources on given domains. Role models and mentors who exemplify the best of Palo Alto Networks culture Leaders who can communicate cogently with hands-on engineers Hands-on engineers that can code and build great products.

Requirements

5+ 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, 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.
MS/BS in Computer Science or equivalent.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Certificate Life Cycle management is preferred.
Experience developing microservice based solutions on public cloud infrastructure is highly desirable.
Experience developing in Kubernetes based environments is a plus.
Knowledge of and experience building enterprise software with graph databases is highly desirable.
Experience building network and security configuration management systems is highly desirable

Responsibilities

Conceptualize, Collaborate and Develop highly scalable cloud control plane for managing services at scale in hybrid deployments.
Hands-on participation in developing next generation configuration management architecture.
Technical leadership and 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.
Recruit and Mentor new team members.