Palo Alto Networks · 1 month ago
Senior Staff Software Engineer (Prisma Access)
Santa Clara, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$175K/yr - $190K/yr
7+ years expPalo Alto Networks is dedicated to being the cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting our digital way of life. The Senior Staff Software Engineer will design and build distributed backend services for Prisma Access, focusing on integrating cloud technologies and developing monitoring infrastructure to enhance security solutions.
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Responsibilities
Analyze requirements, design, develop, and support highly scalable software features and infrastructure on our next-generation security platform ready for cloud native deployment from inception to completion
Develop algorithms to integrate targeted ML/AI concepts as it relates to operations in our cloud security platform in terms of networking and orchestration
Write clean, testable, readable, scalable, and maintainable code that scales and performs well for thousands of customers
Actively guide testing of critical components in the product, considering complex considerations of multiple platforms, performance, supportability, maintainability, and much more
Collaborate closely with the Product management, Development, Quality Assurance, SRE, and Customer support teams on delivering the roadmap and improving customer outcomes
Drive a results-oriented culture with a strong focus on execution, quality, and speed
Qualification
Required
B.S, M.S or PhD in Computer Science or a related field with a minimum of 7+ years of proven experience and proficiency in one or more programming languages - Go, Python, or Java
Proficient is problem solving with a strong understanding of data structures and algorithms and solid foundation in operating systems, networking and distributed systems
Experience working with Cloud Provider Infrastructure like AWS, GCP, Azure or OCI
Experience in building complex, large scale SaaS solutions with distributed databases and messaging systems
Good understanding of PKI / Certificates and security principles
Proven record designing and implementing scalable REST APIs, services and data pipelines
Experience handling DevOPs, availability and reliability outcomes for a large cloud product
Experience with Test-Driven Development and CI/CD methodologies
Working familiarity with networking protocols (TCP/IP, HTTP) and standard network architectures (VPCs, load balancers and firewalls within cloud environment)
Strong understanding of microservices-based deployments with the ability to design services
High energy and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment with a can-do attitude
Experience working with architects, product and program managers to deliver product features on time and high quality
Demonstrate technical leadership and mentorship skills
Preferred
Experience with Docker and Kubernetes container orchestration
Experience with IaC tools like Terraform, Cloudformation
Experience with monitoring tools (Promotheus, Grafana) and logging tools (ELK stack, Fluentd)
Hands on experience with Graph databases
Benefits
Restricted stock units
Bonus
Company
Palo Alto Networks
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$65MKey Investors
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2012-07-20IPO
2008-11-03Series C· $10M
2008-08-18Series C· $27M
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