Principal Engineering

Your Career

We are seeking an experienced Software Engineer to design, develop and deliver next-generation cloud security service technologies within our Cloud Next Generation Firewall as a Service team. We want passionate engineers who love to architect and code world-class security services on Cloud Providers.

We are looking for engineers who bring new ideas in all facets of software development. They are individual leaders who take ownership of their areas of focus and who are driven to solve problems at every level. Collaboration and teamwork are at the foundation of our culture and we need engineers who can communicate at a high level and work well with others towards achieving a common goal.

As a Principal Software Engineer in Test engineer in the CPTe (Customer Profile Test Engineering) team, you will be responsible for testing the upcoming new features on Palo Alto Networks’ next-generation firewall platforms.

You will participate in the requirements and design discussions and make a difference in shaping the future direction. The work will involve close interaction with development and product management teams. You will write and execute test plans based on requirements and design specs. You will maintain complex testbeds to validate the design.

You will drive the efficiency and reliability of our products by testing them thoroughly to understand potential risks, bugs, or issues, providing an exemplary product experience for our end users. You strive for the best in everything you do—meaning you won’t rest until the products you work on at the highest quality. You love hunting for problems within the code, seeking issues to correct, and enjoy the challenge of a code-based scavenger hunt that includes testing, providing feedback, and identifying alternative suggestions for our product’s environment.

Your Impact

• Design, develop and implement highly scalable software features on our next-generation security platform as part of Cloud NextGen Firewall as a Service
• Ownership of end to end workflow for major components of the service in its first release
• Leadership opportunity to drive collaboration with internal/external cross-functional efforts to deliver best in quality software
• Open Engineering environment to suggest and improve the development process for an agile team
• Collaboratively work with DevOps and the Technical Support teams to troubleshoot customer issues and build better customer experiences
• Interview, mentor and coach new team members as part of the growing team

Requirements

Your Experience

• Detailed understanding of modern network design, implementation, and troubleshooting
• Involve with analyzing, testing, and modeling Palo Alto Networks platforms in complex deployment scenarios
• Utilize your experience in customer deployments and network operations to model networks, and to develop, automate, and execute complex system test plans
• Work closely with Development and Product Management to author test plans, methodologies for new features, technologies, and platforms
• Experience testing network security products, preferably with firewalls and intrusion prevention
• Experience with GNU tools and good to have experience with typical test tools from Spirent and Ixia
• Experience with Python and similar scripting language, and strong ability to develop, maintain, and monitor automated processes is must
• Experience testing L4-L7 Network layers
• L3 network testing experience with knowledge of most common switching and routing protocols
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills are a must
• Experience with testing in a Virtualization environment, including cloud platforms AWS, Azure, GCP etc. is plus
• Past experience with technical presentations, customer interfacing, and requirements interpretation is plus
• BS/MS degree with minimum 8+ years of experience in the networking security industry, or equivalent experience or equivalent military experience required