Principal Engineer Software (Network Security)

Job Description 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. 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. 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. Your Career We are looking for motivated, smart, hardworking and passionate individuals to join the Next-gen Firewall dataplane team as a Software Engineer. You will be part of a world-class software engineering team that works on various cutting-edge technologies for the firewall. As a member of a data plane networking software group, you will be responsible for designing and developing the next-firewall core operating system and applications. Your Impact Responsible for the development of the critical dataplane and network/routing components for the State-of-the-art Next Firewalls deployed at Enterprise, Data Center, Cloud, and Service Provider environments Design & Develop L2-L4 network security features Develop network security high availability service infrastructure products Support critical customer escalations and provide root cause analysis in a timely manner Work with multi-functional team members on user requirements, including but not limited to Product Management, QA, Support, etc. Effective decision maker, take ownership and independently drive, lead tasks and assignments Qualifications Strong in-depth C Programming experience Strong experience in large scale software development on Unix/Linux Multi-core and Multi-threading programming experience is a MUST In-depth knowledge in networking, especially in L2, L3, L4 protocols such as IPv4, IPv6, TCP, UDP is a MUST Strong technical knowledge in computer architecture and systems engineering Experience in routing protocols (BGP, OSPF, Multicast etc) is desired Strong experience in developing & debugging packet processing, parsing, networking (L1-L7) protocols/architecture Experience in data plane forwarding and any network processor programming Can-do attitude and ability to take initiative and drive open issues to completion Strong communication skills to work effectively with multi-functional groups Desired Python, Shell script programming skills BS/MS degree in Computer Science/Engineering or equivalent experience Compensation Disclosure The compensation offered for this position will depend on qualifications, experience, and work location. The starting base salary is expected to be between $200,000 - $225,000/YR. Our Commitment We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for all qualified individuals with a disability. We celebrate diversity in our workplace, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, family or medical care leave, or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, sex (including pregnancy), or other legally protected characteristics.

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