Palo Alto Networks
Sr Staff Software Engineer Cortex Xpanse Collections
Palo Alto Networks, Santa Clara, California, us, 95053
Job Description
Your Career
The Xpanse Collections team is expanding, and we’re looking for a Senior Staff Software Engineer. The Collections team is responsible for scanning the public Internet, extracting public data sets, and integrating with 3rd party data sets to create the foundation for Xpanse’s Attack Surface Management and Threat Hunt products. We gather an “attacker’s view” of every publicly accessible service so our customers can better understand their technology footprint and vulnerability risk. In this role, you will play a key part in securing some of the world’s largest and most consequential organizations in both the public and private sector.
Your Impact
As a Senior Staff Engineer on the Collections team, you will
Design and develop robust data collection pipelines using Java multithreading and Apache Beam frameworks
Architect and implement scalable ETL and ELT processes to handle data ranging from gigabytes to petabytes in size
Design and optimize data storage and indexing solutions for both real-time streaming and batch processing applications
Enhance and optimize Internet scanning workloads in Golang
Investigate new data sources and perform data analysis to estimate customer impact
Collaborate with the rest of your team on architectural direction, managing technical debt, and continuously evolving the team's agile development process
Engage with downstream teams to enable the creation of new customer-facing features
Mentor other engineers and ensure that your team delivers high-quality output
Take ownership of projects, drive them to completion, and support them in production
Qualifications: Qualifications
Your Experience
4+ years of experience as a professional software engineer writing back end software
Have a passion for writing software that boosts the productivity of other software development teams. Excited to dig in, prototype, build, test, and see projects through to production; results driven, with strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Experienced and opinionated about API design and distributed backend systems. Able to switch between research, design, prototype, and implementation
Are proficient in Java or Golang
Familiar with at least one of the major cloud platforms (eg., GCP, AWS or Azure)
These will fetch you bonus points
Have expertise with any of the following: GCP, Kubernetes, Terraform, BigQuery, PostgreSQL, MySQL, BigTable, Apache Beam, low-level Internet protocols, database profiling
Have experience using and enhancing CI/CD systems
Additional Information
The Team
The Collections team is responsible for scanning the public Internet, extracting public data sets, and integrating with 3rd party data sets to create the foundation for Xpanse’s Attack Surface Management and Threat Hunt products. We gather an “attacker’s view” of every publicly accessible service so our customers can better understand their technology footprint and vulnerability risk.
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 $170000/YR - $277000/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 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.
Your Career
The Xpanse Collections team is expanding, and we’re looking for a Senior Staff Software Engineer. The Collections team is responsible for scanning the public Internet, extracting public data sets, and integrating with 3rd party data sets to create the foundation for Xpanse’s Attack Surface Management and Threat Hunt products. We gather an “attacker’s view” of every publicly accessible service so our customers can better understand their technology footprint and vulnerability risk. In this role, you will play a key part in securing some of the world’s largest and most consequential organizations in both the public and private sector.
Your Impact
As a Senior Staff Engineer on the Collections team, you will
Design and develop robust data collection pipelines using Java multithreading and Apache Beam frameworks
Architect and implement scalable ETL and ELT processes to handle data ranging from gigabytes to petabytes in size
Design and optimize data storage and indexing solutions for both real-time streaming and batch processing applications
Enhance and optimize Internet scanning workloads in Golang
Investigate new data sources and perform data analysis to estimate customer impact
Collaborate with the rest of your team on architectural direction, managing technical debt, and continuously evolving the team's agile development process
Engage with downstream teams to enable the creation of new customer-facing features
Mentor other engineers and ensure that your team delivers high-quality output
Take ownership of projects, drive them to completion, and support them in production
Qualifications: Qualifications
Your Experience
4+ years of experience as a professional software engineer writing back end software
Have a passion for writing software that boosts the productivity of other software development teams. Excited to dig in, prototype, build, test, and see projects through to production; results driven, with strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Experienced and opinionated about API design and distributed backend systems. Able to switch between research, design, prototype, and implementation
Are proficient in Java or Golang
Familiar with at least one of the major cloud platforms (eg., GCP, AWS or Azure)
These will fetch you bonus points
Have expertise with any of the following: GCP, Kubernetes, Terraform, BigQuery, PostgreSQL, MySQL, BigTable, Apache Beam, low-level Internet protocols, database profiling
Have experience using and enhancing CI/CD systems
Additional Information
The Team
The Collections team is responsible for scanning the public Internet, extracting public data sets, and integrating with 3rd party data sets to create the foundation for Xpanse’s Attack Surface Management and Threat Hunt products. We gather an “attacker’s view” of every publicly accessible service so our customers can better understand their technology footprint and vulnerability risk.
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 $170000/YR - $277000/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 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.