Senior Principal Software Engineer (Prisma Access)

Overview

Senior Engineer role on Prisma Access, Palo Alto Networks' cloud-delivered security platform, building and designing distributed backend services and taking charge of building new product architecture from scratch.

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 related 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
• Build and automate monitoring infrastructure, optimize data collection, analyze system disruptions, and create solutions for improved reliability

What you'll need

• B.S, M.S or PhD in Computer Science or a related field with a 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 like 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 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
• Demonstrate technical leadership and mentorship skills

Nice to have

• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes container orchestration
• Experience with IaC tools like Terraform, 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
• Immigration sponsorship: eligible