Palo Alto Networks · 3 months ago
Sr Staff Software Engineer (Next Gen Firewall - Dataplane/Networking)
Santa Clara, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
4+ years expPalo Alto Networks is a leading cybersecurity company focused on protecting the digital way of life. They are seeking a Sr Staff Software Engineer to join their Next Gen Firewall dataplane team, where the role involves designing and developing critical dataplane components for state-of-the-art firewalls and collaborating with cross-functional teams to address customer requirements.
Agentic AICloud SecurityCyber SecurityNetwork SecuritySecurity
Responsibilities
Responsible for development of the critical dataplane components for the State-of-the-art Next Generation Firewalls deployed at Enterprise, Data Center, Cloud, and Service Provider environments
Lead L2-L4 network security feature development
Lead next generation security product development
Support critical customer escalations and provide root cause analysis in a timely manner
Work with multi-functional team members on user requirements, including but not limited to Product Management, QA, Support, etc
Effective decision maker, take ownership and independently drive, lead tasks and assignments
Qualification
Required
Experience in common network protocols such as TCP/IP, IPv4, IPv6, multicast
Experience in dataplane technologies like DPDK based packet processing
Experience in typical network device features like NAT, ALG, DoS Protection
Experience in computer architecture, cybersecurity, distributed systems
In-depth understanding of common software vulnerabilities and mitigations
In-depth understanding of linux systems
C, Python, Shell script programming skills
Experience in networking domains
Strong communication skills to work effectively with multi-functional groups
BS/MS degree in Computer Science or equivalent or equivalent military experience required
4+ years of related programming experience
Preferred
Good to have experience in using Broadcom chips for switching, QoS and interface management
Benefits
FLEXBenefits wellbeing spending account with over 1,000 eligible items selected by employees
Mental and financial health resources
Personalized learning opportunities
Restricted stock units
Bonus
Company
Palo Alto Networks
Palo Alto Networks is a cybersecurity company that offers cybersecurity solutions for organizations.
10001+ employees
H1B Sponsorship
Palo Alto Networks has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not
guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your
reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
Distribution of Different Job Fields Receiving Sponsorship
Represents job field similar to this job
Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (579)
2024 (482)
2023 (341)
2022 (452)
2021 (493)
2020 (235)
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$65MKey Investors
Icon VenturesLehman HoldingsGlobespan Capital Partners
2012-07-20IPO
2008-11-03Series C· $10M
2008-08-18Series C· $27M
Leadership Team
Helmut Reisinger
CEO EMEA
Nikesh Arora
Chairman CEO
Recent News
Jerusalem Post
2026-01-11
2026-01-09
2026-01-09
Company data provided by crunchbase