Principal Software Engineer (Cloud Network and AI Security)

Palo Alto Networks • Santa Clara, CA

1d • $170,000 - $277,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Join our Cloud Network and AI Security team and contribute to developing next-generation virtualization and service offerings for our Next-Gen firewalls and AI Runtime security solutions. You will be pivotal in designing and implementing new features and integrations across various cloud environments including public and private clouds, and Kubernetes clusters, focusing particularly on core platform and network improvements in both virtual machines and container form factors.

Requirements

• 10+ years of related engineering experience.
• Strong expertise in programming languages such as C, Python, and Go.
• Proficiency in low-level linux systems programming technologies such as eBPF.
• Strong knowledge in network security fields like stateful firewall, packet processing, and network ACL.
• Strong scripting skills in bash and Python.
• Experience with cloud deployments on platforms like Azure, AWS, and GCP.
• Knowledge of network virtualization technologies like DPDK, XDP.
• BS/MS degree in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering or equivalent or equivalent military experience.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Kubernetes and CNI.
• Familiarity with cloud service architectures, including compute, networking, load-balancers, and identity management.
• Familiarity with Terraform/CFT/PowerShell ARM templates.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement new features and integrations for virtualization features across diverse cloud environments and deployments.
• Engage in all phases of the product development cycle from concept definition, design, through implementation, and testing.
• Develop comprehensive functional specifications, evaluate task requirements and timelines, and contribute to design, development, debugging, and support processes.
• Hands-on experience with virtualization technologies, various hypervisors, system software, and networking.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level