Principal Software Engineer (Prisma Access)

Overview

Principal Software Engineer on the Prisma Access team, building and designing distributed backend services for Palo Alto Networks' cloud-delivered security platform.

What you'll do

• Analyze requirements, design, develop, and support highly scalable software features and infrastructure on the next-generation security platform, ready for cloud native deployment from inception to completion.
• Develop algorithms to integrate targeted ML/AI concepts as they relate to operations in the cloud security platform in terms of networking and orchestration.
• Write clean, testable, readable, scalable, and maintainable code that performs well for thousands of customers.
• Actively guide testing of critical components, considering multiple platforms, performance, supportability, and maintainability.
• Collaborate closely with Product management, Development, Quality Assurance, SRE, and Customer support teams on delivering the roadmap and improving customer outcomes.
• Develop and automate monitoring infrastructure, optimize data collection, analyze system disruptions, and create solutions for improved reliability.
• Integrate cloud technologies with service APIs from different cloud providers and implement development methodologies to achieve optimal outcomes.

What you'll need

• B.S, M.S or PhD in Computer Science or a related field.
• Minimum of 8+ years of proven experience.
• Proficiency in one or more programming languages: Go, Python, or Java.
• Proficient in problem solving, with a strong understanding of data structures and algorithms and a solid foundation in operating systems, networking and distributed systems.
• Experience working with cloud provider infrastructure such as AWS, GCP, Azure or OCI.
• Experience 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 a 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 at high quality.
• Demonstrated technical leadership and mentorship skills.

Nice to have

• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes container orchestration.
• Experience with IaC tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation.
• Experience with monitoring tools (Prometheus, Grafana) and logging tools (ELK stack, Fluentd).
• Hands-on experience with graph databases.

Details

• Location: Office, USA, CA, Headquarters.
• Most teams work from the office full time, with flexibility when needed.
• Eligible for immigration sponsorship.