Senior Manager, Engineering (Strata Network Security Management) - NetSec

Your Career

As part of the Strata Network Security Management Infra Leader you are responsible for developing and innovating solutions for Palo Alto Networks next-generation Firewalls. Specifically in the areas of Platform Infrastructure Board-bringup System Infra Kernel Infra Device Drivers Certifications Interfaces Optics and Disk management Online / Offline Diagnostics and more. You will also be responsible for innovation developing proof of concept and productizing new ideas by implementing them and collaborating with team members.

Your Impact:

• Build and create high high-performing team
• Ability to manage influence through persuasion negotiation and consensus building. Ideally combined background of various cloud and Hardware product development lifecycle
• Push engineering boundaries coming up with high-quality simple solutions to complex engineering and product problems while continuously growing your skillset to induce increased innovation within the team over time
• Maintain and cultivate high quality in terms of engineering practices code quality and work/foster a culture of engineering excellence and dynamic execution.
• Strong ownership mindset while owning the execution of complex engineering challenges including their architecture their timelines while collaborating with stakeholders
• Champion engineering excellence establish business metrics and drive continuous operational improvement
• Enthusiastic and creative leader with the ability to inspire others
• Responsible for the development team of NextGen Firewall Platform / NPI development and deployment
• Development of features and architecture for NextGen Security management with Hardware and Virtual platforms in areas of Network Security.
• Develop a scalable architecture.
• Work with X-functional team to define develop and manage the product through its entire lifecycle.
• Develop scalable software and HW based solutions for a distributed session architecture spanning across multiple solutions provided by Palo Alto.
• Work with multi-functional team members on feature requirements including but not limited to Product Management Hardware QA Support etc
• Product visionary ideas on competitive edge Effective decision maker takes ownership and independently drives leads tasks and assignments

Qualifications :

Your Experience 

• BS/MS degree in Computer Science/Engineering or equivalent experience  
• 16 years of Strong experience in C Programming  and large scale software development 
• Strong experience in Programming and large-scale software development.
• Strong technical knowledge in computer architecture Systems engineering Board bringup Platform Drivers Linux Kernel DPDK Peripherals and SOC Bringup.
• Experience in High Availability *
• Experience in Firewall and Security  is desired.
•  Can-do attitude and ability to take initiative and drive open issues to completion
• Strong communication skills to work effectively with multi-functional groups.

Additional Information :

The Team

Our engineering team is at the core of our products connected directly to the mission of preventing cyberattacks. We are constantly innovating challenging the way we and the industry think about cybersecurity. Our engineers dont 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

Were problem solvers that take risks and challenge cybersecuritys status quo. Its simple: we cant accomplish our mission without diverse teams innovating together.

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