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Palo Alto Networks · 7 hours ago

Sr Principal Software Engineer (L7 Security)

Santa Clara, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$170K/yr - $277K/yr

10+ years exp

Palo Alto Networks is a leading cybersecurity company dedicated to protecting the digital way of life. They are seeking a Senior Principal Software Engineer to innovate and develop new security features for their next-generation firewalls, contributing throughout the entire product development cycle while collaborating with multi-functional teams.

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Growth Opportunities

No H1B

Responsibilities

Innovate, design, and develop new security features in our next-generation firewalls product

Contribute in all phases of the product development cycle, from definition, design, through implementation and test

Design new product features, with a high focus on quality and execution

Develop functional specifications, assess task requirements and scheduling, and assist in development, debug and support

Interact with quality assurance and field support teams throughout the entire software development cycle

Utilize your programming skills for efficient and robust implementation

Suggest and implement improvements to the development process

Clearly communicate goals and desired outcomes to internal project teams

Interview, mentor and coach new team members

Qualification

C programmingUnix/Linux environmentTCP/IP internalsDebugging with GDBMulti-core programmingCloud programming (Go)TLS internalsCryptographyVerbal communicationWritten communicationTeam collaboration

Required

10 or more years of enterprise product development experience with C in a Unix/Linux environment

Flair for coding and hands on experience debugging the code using tools like GDB is required

Working knowledge of TCP/IP internals and common data structure and algorithms

Verbal and written communication skills to work with multi-functional groups

Teammates who brings a can-do attitude to a dynamic working environment

B.S./M.S. degree in Computer Science, similar technical discipline or equivalent practical experience or equivalent military experience required

Preferred

Working knowledge of Windows kernel and Windows Filtering Platform is preferred

Knowledge of multi-core / multi-process / multi-threaded programming

Experience with windows agent programming and cloud programming (go) software development

Experience with large-scale and/or high-performance software design and development

Experience with TLS internals, cryptography, and OpenSSL

Experience with HTTP and web server backend development is

Graduate degree (MS or Ph.D.) in Computer Science or similar technical discipline is preferred

Benefits

Restricted stock units

Bonus

Company

Palo Alto Networks

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Palo Alto Networks is a cybersecurity company that offers cybersecurity solutions for organizations.

Founded in 2005

Santa Clara, California, USA

10001+ employees

http://www.paloaltonetworks.com

Funding

Current Stage

Public Company

Total Funding

$65M

Key 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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