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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.

Who We Are

We take our mission of protecting the digital way of life seriously. We are relentless in protecting our customers and we believe that the unique ideas of every member of our team contributes to our collective success. Our values were crowdsourced by employees and are brought to life through each of us everyday - from disruptive innovation and collaboration, to execution. From showing up for each other with integrity to creating an environment where we all feel included.

As a member of our team, you will be shaping the future of cybersecurity. We work fast, value ongoing learning, and we respect each employee as a unique individual. Knowing we all have different needs, our development and personal wellbeing programs are designed to give you choice in how you are supported. This includes our FLEXBenefits wellbeing spending account with over 1,000 eligible items selected by employees, our mental and financial health resources, and our personalized learning opportunities - just to name a few!

At Palo Alto Networks, we believe in the power of collaboration and value in-person interactions. This is why our employees generally work full time from our office with flexibility offered where needed. This setup fosters casual conversations, problem-solving, and trusted relationships. Our goal is to create an environment where we all win with precision.

Your Career

Palo Alto Networks SASE (Secure Access Service Edge) group is looking for a seasoned and accomplished leader to design, develop and deliver next- generation technologies within our SDWAN team. You will be part of a world-class software engineering team that works on various ground-breaking technologies in the SDWAN area. You will work with a multi-functional team of engineers solving interesting problems in the SDWAN area. We want passionate leaders who love to code and build great products. Engineers who bring new ideas in all facets of software development. We are looking for leaders who take ownership of their areas of focus and who are driven to solve problems at every level. Collaboration and teamwork are at the foundation of our culture and we need engineers who can communicate at a high level and work well with others towards achieving a common goal.

Your Impact

• Design, develop and implement highly scalable software features on our SDWAN solution

• Design and implementation of large distributed systems

• Database design and implementation for custom use cases, graph and time-series databases & in-memory databases

• Use AI to improve quality and productivity for the SDWAN product

• Work with different development and quality assurances groups to achieve the best quality

• Suggest and implement improvements to the development process. Work with DevOps and the Technical Support teams to troubleshoot customer issues

• Mentor and coach team members

Your Experience

• Career-level software development experience

• Overall 10+ years of Engineering experience

• Strong leadership skills with a can-do attitude

• High energy and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment

• Enjoys working with many different teams with strong collaboration and communications skills

• Experience building highly available, scalable and performant systems

• Fast learner and eager to absorb new emerging technologies

• Experience with Large Scale Distributed systems with service oriented architecture

• Good exposure and experience with REST API definition and implementation

• Experience with building and running containerized applications in distributed environments such as kubernetes

• Experience with messaging infra like Kafka, AWS SQS

• Extensive hands-on programming skills in Java and Python

• Knowledge of multi-core/multi-process/multi-threaded programming

• Cloud platforms, such as AWS, Azure, GCE, Kubernetes Virtualization, such as ESXi, KVM, Hyper-V

• Good experience with SQL and/or No-SQL databases

• Application layer protocol experience with one or more of the following HTTP, SMTP, SIP

• Experience and exposure to networking technologies like TCP/IP, routing protocols, DNS, DHCP would be an added advantage

• M.E./B.E. degree in Computer Science/Engineering or equivalent military experience required

The Team

Our engineering team is at the core of our products and connected directly to the mission of preventing cyberattacks. We are constantly innovating — challenging the way we, and the industry, think about cybersecurity. Our engineers don’t shy away from building products to solve problems no one has pursued before.

We define the industry instead of waiting for directions. 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.

Our Commitment

We’re problem solvers that 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 accommodations@paloaltonetworks.com .

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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