Senior Staff Engineer Software (SDWAN Solution) - NetSec

Your Career

Palo Alto Networks SD-WAN group is looking for an exceptionally skilled Senior Staff Software Engineer. This pivotal individual contributor role demands deep expertise in core networking security and a keen understanding of security certification needs for network and firewall appliances. Youll be instrumental in shaping the future of our next-generation SD-WAN platform driving the architecture design and development of its core software components alongside a world-class team. We require strong proficiency in networking protocols distributed systems and modern software engineering practices.

We expect office-based employees to be in the office four days per week with one day working from where they choose. We believe being together facilitates casual conversations and those magic moments where we can work on issues and ideas informally. These moments build capability and deepen trusted relationships and allow our people to feel safe in taking risks and being disruptive. Like so many companies we are working through the details and things could change.. but in general if a role is deemed office-based we want our teams to be together four days per week.

Your Impact

• SD-WAN Architecture & Design: Lead the architectural design and development of critical software modules for our SD-WAN platform including control plane data plane orchestration and management components.
• Hands-on Development: Write high-quality scalable efficient and well-tested code primarily in C/C Go or Python for core SD-WAN functionalities.
• Feature Development & Enhancement: Drive the end-to-end implementation and/or enhancement of SD-WAN features such as dynamic path selection application-aware routing traffic engineering and network security features 
• Cross-functional Collaboration: Work closely with Product Management QA and other engineering teams to translate product requirements into technical specifications and deliver high-quality solutions.
• Technical Leadership & Mentorship: Serve as a technical expert and mentor for other engineers providing architectural guidance technical direction and conducting thorough code reviews.

Qualifications :

Your Experience 

• Bachelors/Masters in Computer Science or a related fields or equivalent military experience required
• 6 years of experience in Software Development
• Strong leadership skills with a can-do attitude
• Expertise in control plane data plane and security features of SD-WAN platforms
• Expertise with standard TCP/IP protocols such as ARP IP ICMP TCP UDP & IPSec VPNs
• Expertise in testing of  Layer 2/3 networking routing protocols such as BGP OSPF IPSec QoS NAT and policies etc.
• Expertise in networking features like Multicast IPv6 DNS NAT & DHCP
• Expertise in Network Security Protocols like TACACS RADIUS etc.
• Expertise in Solution scale Performance interoperability and failover testing of SD-WAN solutions 
• Familiarity with Network Security Certifications such as FIPS Common Criteria ITSAR will be an added advantage. 
• Familiarity with virtualization technologies such as VMware ESXi OpenStack qemu/kvm Microsoft Hyper-V 
• Excellent problem-solving system debugging/troubleshooting skills with proficiency with GDB protocol analyser tools (Wireshark)  and a customer-focused mindset

Additional Information :

The Team

Our engineering team is at the core of SDWAN products connected directly to the mission of providing world class SASE solutions. We are constantly innovating challenging the way we and the industry think about SD WAN. 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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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.

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