Principal Engineer Software (Prisma Access Infrastructure)

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

We are seeking a highly skilled Engineer specializing in Kubernetes Orchestration to lead our cloud-native infrastructure team. This role is ideal for someone with deep expertise in Kubernetes, container orchestration, multi-cloud resource orchestration and distributed systems. The team you will join is responsible for architecting, scaling, and optimizing our multi-cloud environments to build and maintain a high-availability, resilient infrastructure.

Prisma Access™ SASE provides protection straight from the cloud to make access to the cloud secure. It combines the connectivity and security you need and delivers it everywhere you need it. Using cutting-edge public and private cloud technologies extending the next-generation security protection to all cloud services, customers on-premise remote networks and mobile users.

We are seeking an experienced Software Engineer to design, develop and deliver next-generation technologies within our Prisma Access team. We want passionate engineers 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. The team you will join is responsible for the PrismaAccess Controller -  architecting and optimizing our multi-cloud environments to build and maintain a high-availability, resilient infrastructure.

This role is located at our dynamic Santa Clara California headquarters campus, and in office 3 days a week.

Your Impact

• Design, develop and implement highly scalable software features on our next-generation security platform as part of Prisma Access

• Work with different development and quality assurance groups to achieve best in quality software

• Suggest and implement improvements to the development process

• Work with DevOps and the Technical Support teams to troubleshoot customer issues

• Interview, mentor and coach new team members 

Your Experience 

• 8-10+ years of experience in software engineering or infrastructure roles.

• Experience with one or more cloud platforms, such as AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI, and their technologies (Lambda functions, SNS/SQS etc.)

• Deep expertise in Kubernetes internals, operators, controllers, RBAC, service discovery, and workload scheduling.

• Strong knowledge of databases SQL, NoSQL, Time series, GraphDB etc.

• Extensive hands-on programming skills in Python, Go, Java/JavaScript

• Solid understanding of networking concepts like ingress controllers, service meshes.

• Strong leadership skills with a can-do attitude

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

• Fast learner and eager to absorb new emerging technologies

Education:  

• M.S./B.S. degree in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering

The Team

Our engineering team is at the core of the Prisma Access service. Engineers on our team work on all aspects of the management and control plane of the service. This includes, Activation, Onboarding, Configuration, Orchestration, Data, APIs and much more. 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.

Compensation Disclosure

The compensation offered for this position will depend on qualifications, experience, and work location. For candidates who receive an offer at the posted level, the starting base salary (for non-sales roles) or base salary + commission target (for sales/commissioned roles) is expected to be between:     $191,000 - $215,000/YR. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found here.

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  [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.