Palo Alto Networks · 1 day ago
Principal Engineer Software (Networking)
Santa Clara, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$185K/yr - $210K/yr
7+ years expPalo Alto Networks is dedicated to being the cybersecurity partner of choice, aiming to protect the digital way of life. They are seeking a Principal Software Engineer for their Advanced DNS Resolver service team, responsible for the complete software development process and collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality DNS infrastructure products.
Cloud SecurityCyber SecurityNetwork SecuritySecurity
Responsibilities
Responsible for complete software development process including requirement analysis, design, development, deployment, and support
Collaborate with other cross functional teams in order to create tight integrations of product features and infrastructure
Write clean, testable, readable, scalable and maintainable code that scales and performs well for thousands of customers
Participate actively and be a factor to design and development discussions
Identify areas for improvement within the team and actively push for positive change through new initiatives or optimizations
Ability to troubleshoot issues in production environment and continuously improve the code and process to reduce the impact
Qualification
Required
7+ years of solid experience in programming, design and development
Extensive hands-on (expert level) programming skills in Golang and Python
Extensive experience working on public cloud platforms like GCP and AWS, with good understanding of cloud networking, IAM roles and policies, and experience using cloud native services like pubsub, cloud storage and Big Query
Exposure to CI/CD pipelines and tooling such as Gitlab, etc
Experience in delivering application performance monitoring visualizations with any of the following - Grafana / ELK / Cloud monitoring
In depth understanding of DNS protocols, extensions, DNS resolution infrastructure and ecosystem
Knowledge of Networking and Routing protocols like BGP, TCP/IP, HTTPS, SSL/TLS, etc
M.S./B.S. degree in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering
Benefits
Restricted stock units
Bonus
Company
Palo Alto Networks
Palo Alto Networks is a cybersecurity company that offers cybersecurity solutions for organizations.
10001+ employees
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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
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