Principal Engineer Software, Tools and Platforms (Cortex)
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Job Location:
Santa Clara County, CA - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
18 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Department:
Job Summary
Your Career
We seek a Principal Software Engineer who is first and foremost a software craftsman with a passion for building innovative tools and platforms. The ideal candidate will possess a deep-rooted background in software engineering and a strong understanding of the needs and challenges of R&D and DevOps teams. This role is for a true developer at heart someone who excels at building high-quality maintainable and scalable software. If you have a passion for creating tools that enhance productivity streamline workflows and support the operational needs of a growing infrastructure youre the candidate were looking for.
Your Impact
- Architect and implement resilient infrastructure solutions with a strong focus on performance security and sound system design principles.
- Write product or system development code.
- Lead the design and development of complex product and system features.
- Initiate and lead technical design reviews with peers and stakeholders driving decisions on best design practices and architectural patterns.
- Maintain/build resilient infrastructure focused on performance security and sound system design practices
- Provide expert-level code reviews offering in-depth feedback on best practices including style accuracy testability efficiency and overall code quality.
- Spearhead the creation and improvement of technical documentation establishing standards and best practices.
- Provide advanced operational support and lead troubleshooting efforts for tools and applications maintained by the Cortex DevOps Tooling team.
Qualifications :
Your Experience
- Graduate degree or equivalent practical experience in the field of Computer Science or Electrical Engineering or equivalent military experience
- Proficiency with software development in one or more programming languages (Python preferred)
- Proficiency in developing large-scale infrastructure distributed systems or networks or experience with Compute technologies storage or hardware architecture
- Proficiency with any major Cloud Provider(s)
- Experience with developing deploying and/or maintaining micro-services architecture with Kubernetes
- Proficiency in code and system health diagnosis and resolution and software test engineering
Additional Information :
The Team
As part of Palo Alto Networks Cortex DevOps Tooling team you will be at the heart of our software-driven approach to infrastructure and operations. Our team is the powerhouse behind the infrastructure cost optimization and security driving customer tenants orchestration and lifecycle management across our suite of SaaS products including XDR XSIAM XPANSE and the Cortex DevOps Tooling group youll play a pivotal role in architecting building and refining the sophisticated internal platform tools vital to our engineering teams productivity and innovation. As a software engineer on our team you will ensure robust and scalable solutions driving operational excellence through top-tier software development.
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 $176000/YR - $224500/YR. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found here.
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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.
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 .
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: Yes
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Full-time
Key Skills
- Continuous Integration
- Docker
- Jenkins
- Python
- System Design
- Agile
- C/C++
- Go
- Systems Engineering
- Software Development
- Java
- Distributed Systems
About Company
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