Principal Cloud Software Engineer, WildFire

Job Description

As a PrincipalSoftware Engineer,you will play a key role in the design and implementation of our Threat Intelligence Services for public and private cloud features. Participate in all phases of the product development lifecycle from definition, design, through implementation and test.

Bring your software engineering expertise to work on our cutting edge malware detection platform, WildFire. Participate in the design, deployment and scaling of our architecture as we transform it by using cloud native solutions on GCP. Lead the redesign of the architecture to introduce appropriate microservices to process high rates of sample submissions.

• Bring new ideas to develop security disciplines to solve real-world problems
• Design and implement real-time security services to our customers
• Establish a clear technical and architectural vision for key projects
• Collaborate closely with the product managers, architects and dev-ops to achieve quality releases
• Make appropriate trade-offs to optimize time-to-release while maintaining performance and scalability requirements
• Play a key role in the migration of all cloud bases to GCP platform and redesign by using cloud native GCP solutions
• Promote best practices such as design reviews, code reviews, secure coding and performance tuning

Qualifications

• Hands-on, principal level software engineer implementing massively scalable platforms leveraging cloud technologies and distributed systems
• Advanced level programming in Python, GoLang, Java and/or C
• Experience designing microservices architecture using containerization technologies like Docker or Kubernetes
• Demonstrated experience working with Public Cloud Services such as AWS or GCP and designing cloud-native solutions
• Knowledge of the DevOps workflow
• Exposure to using configuration management tools such as Ansible and/or Terraform
• Experience with data infrastructure platforms
• Experience with SQL and No-SQL DB technologies such as MySQL, Redis, MongoDB, Cassandra
• Experience with the queuing system such as RabbitMQ or Kafka
• Experience with multi-threads and multi-processes

Additional Information

We are the Threat Prevention and Cloud Service Infrastructure team— connected directly to the mission of preventing cyberattacks. We are constantly innovating and challenging the way we, and the industry, think about cybersecurity. We don’t shy away from building products to solve problems no one has pursued before and we need individuals who feel comfortable in ambiguity, excited by the prospect of a challenge, and empowered by the unknown risks facing our everyday lives that are only enabled by a secure digital environment.

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 [emailprotected]

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.

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Disclosure required by sb19-085 (8-5-20) of the minimum compensation (includes on-target earnings = base + on target incentives for sales roles) for this role to be located in the state of Colorado. If hired in Colorado, this position starts at $138,900/yr. Depending on the position offered, restricted stock units and incentive or bonus pay may be provided as part of this compensation package. Additional benefits may be found here.