Staff Software Engineer (Network Security - SASE)

Palo Alto Networks • Santa Clara, CA

408d • $104,000 - $169,500

About The Position

As part of the Network Security dataplane team, you are responsible for developing and innovating solutions for Palo Alto Networks next-generation Firewalls and Prisma Access Cloud. Specifically in the areas of network security, high throughput networking, next generation cluster and data plane architecture. You will also be responsible for innovation, developing proof of concept and productizing 'new' ideas by implementing them and collaborating with team members.

Requirements

• BS or MS Degree in Computer Science or equivalent military experience required and 3+ years of experience
• Strong technical knowledge in computer architecture and operating systems
• Extensive hands-on programming skills in Go, Python
• Experience in developing solutions in using Docker, and cloud environments such as AWS, Azure, GCP, Kubernetes and their technologies (Lambda functions, SNS/SQS etc.)
• Experience in building multithreaded concurrent and distributed systems
• Exposure to CICD pipelines and tooling such as Gitlab, Jenkins etc.
• Experience in delivering application performance monitoring visualizations with any of the following - ELK / New Relic / Datadog / Splunk/ Grafana
• Strong knowledge of databases SQL, NoSQL, Time series, GraphDB etc.
• Knowledge of network stack, OSI and TCP/IP models L4 - L7
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Can-do attitude and ability to take initiative and drive open issues to completion
• Attention to details and high behavioral standards
• Strong leadership skills with a can-do attitude
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team

Nice To Haves

• Network infrastructure, Firewall, Load balancing concepts and Security implementations is a plus
• Security background in general and security programs knowledge in particular is a bonus

Responsibilities

• Responsible for development of NextGen Network Security Components and Protocols for State-of-the-art firewalls deployed at Enterprise, Data Center, Public/Private Cloud, and Service Provider environments
• Development of features and architecture for NextGen Security Hardware and Virtual platforms in areas of Network Security/Threats and stateful TCP/UDP inspection
• Develop scalable flow architecture for packet processing pipeline for multi-core platforms
• Develop scalable software solutions for a distributed session architecture spanning across a cluster of firewalls
• Work with multi-functional team members on feature requirements, including but not limited to Product Management, QA, Support, etc.
• Product visionary, ideas on competitive edge, Effective decision maker, take ownership and independently drive, lead tasks and assignments

Benefits

• FLEXBenefits wellbeing spending account with over 1,000 eligible items selected by employees
• Mental and financial health resources
• Personalized learning opportunities

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Publishing Industries
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees