Principal Software Engineer (Product Security)

Our Mission

At Palo Alto Networks® everything starts and ends with our mission:

Being the cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting our digital way of life.

Our vision is a world where each day is safer and more secure than the one before. We are a company built on the foundation of challenging and disrupting the way things are done, and we’re looking for innovators who are as committed to shaping the future of cybersecurity as we are.

Our Approach to Work

We lead with flexibility and choice in all of our people programs. We have disrupted the traditional view that all employees have the same needs and wants. We offer personalization and offer our employees the opportunity to choose what works best for them as often as possible - from your wellbeing support to your growth and development, and beyond!

At Palo Alto Networks, we believe in the power of collaboration and value in-person interactions. This is why our employees generally work from the office three days per week, leaving two days for choice and flexibility to work where you feel most effective. This setup fosters casual conversations, problem-solving, and trusted relationships. While details may evolve, our goal is to create an environment where innovation thrives, with office-based teams coming together three days a week to collaborate and thrive, together!

Your Career

Think about it, security for an information security company. Working in a global leading cybersecurity company within the Information Security team is a once in a lifetime opportunity. You’ll be joined with the brightest minds in technology, our global teams on the front line of defense against cyberattacks with automation and intelligence, in the cloud and on the premises. We’re joined by one mission – but driven by the impact of that mission and what it means to protect our way of life in the digital age. Join a dynamic and fast-paced team that feels excitement at the prospect of a challenge and feels a thrill at resolving security gaps that inhibit our privacy. We hold the ground on the most challenging attack surfaces, block kill chains, and protect our customers globally.

Developing industry-leading security tools is tough, and ensuring they are built securely is just as tough, especially when operating at scale. It takes a lot of effort, coordination, and often custom tooling on top of the already industry-leading tools that are used to secure some of the largest companies in the world.

With this position, you will be leading the company’s software and automation development team for the Information Security (InfoSec) team itself. You will be technically hands-on and help lead the development of solutions for all of the amazing Security Engineers in InfoSec. You will communicate directly with cross-functional teams containing members for Product Management, Development, Security, and SRE to scale security solutions company wide.

Your Impact

• Do More With Less!
• Build amazing scaling solutions for industry-leading security products
• Solve Unique Problems!
• Design solutions for real Information Security problems that are only seen at our scale
• Inspire Product Features!
• Provide real feedback to product teams to identify feature gaps and influence the development of Palo Alto’s products themselves

Your Experience

• BE/ B.tech Engineering or Technical Degrees or equivalent military qualification
• 14+ years of hands-on experience in security software and product development
• Experience designing and developing solutions for complex problems with hands on experience in Python OR Golang  
• Hands-on experience with Microservice architecture development
• Hands-on experience integrating with third party APIs
• Experience with Serverless development (AWS Lambda, GCP Cloud Functions, Azure Functions)
• Comfortability with Cloud-based datastore technologies (AWS RDS, BigQuery)
• Effective written and oral communication with multiple levels of leadership involving both the business and technical sides of the business

The Team

Serious mission, fun culture; We’re not your ordinary Information Security team.  We’re a diverse group of security professionals that embraces challenging the status quo in order to protect Palo Alto Networks and our customers.  They say it’s the people you work with that make you want to go to work and it’s true here; we love our work. 

Think about it:  Driving innovation on the Information Security team of the fastest-growing high-tech cybersecurity company is a once in a lifetime opportunity. You’ll be joined by the brightest minds in technology, and our global teams are on the front line of defense against cyberattacks. 

We’re joined by one mission – but driven by the impact of that mission and what it means to protect our way of life in the digital age. Join a dynamic and fast-paced team that feels excitement at the prospect of a challenge and feels a thrill every time we beat the bad guys.

Our Commitment

We’re trailblazers that dream big, take risks, and challenge cybersecurity’s status quo. It’s simple: we can’t accomplish our mission without diverse teams innovating, together.

We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for all qualified individuals with a disability. If you require assistance or accommodation due to a disability or special need, please contact us at [email protected].

Palo Alto Networks is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity in our workplace, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or other legally protected characteristics.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Is role eligible for Immigration Sponsorship?: No. Please note that we will not sponsor applicants for work visas for this position.

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