Our Mission

At Palo Alto Networks® everything starts and ends with our mission:

Being the cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting our digital way of life.
Our vision is a world where each day is safer and more secure than the one before. We are a company built on the foundation of challenging and disrupting the way things are done, and we’re looking for innovators who are as committed to shaping the future of cybersecurity as we are.

Who We Are

We believe collaboration thrives in person. That’s why most of our teams work from the office full time, with flexibility when it’s needed. This model supports real-time problem-solving, stronger relationships, and the kind of precision that drives great outcomes.

Your Career

Palo Alto Networks's SASE (Secure Access Service Edge) group is looking for a seasoned and accomplished leader to design, develop and deliver next- generation technologies within our SDWAN team.

You will be part of a world-class software engineering team that works on various ground-breaking technologies in the SD WAN area. You will work with a multi-functional team of engineers solving interesting problems in the SDWAN area. We want passionate leaders who love to code and build great products. Engineers who bring new ideas in all facets of software development.

We are looking for 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.

Your Impact

• Design, develop and implement highly scalable software features on our SDWAN solution

• Design and implementation of large distributed systems

• Database design and implementation for custom use cases, graph and time-series databases, in-memory databases

• Work with different development and quality assurances groups to achieve the best quality

• Suggest and implement improvements to the development process Work with DevOps and the Technical Support teams to troubleshoot customer issues

• Mentor and coach team members

Your Experience 

• 9+ years of career-level software development experience

• Strong leadership skills with a can-do attitude

• High energy and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment

• Enjoys working with many different teams with strong collaboration and communications skills

• Experience building highly available, scalable and performant systems Fast learner and eager to absorb new emerging technologies

• Familiarity with machine learning and related topics

• Extensive hands-on programming skills in C/C++, Python and Go 

• Expertise in control plane, data plane, and security features of SD-WAN platforms. Experience with DPDK is beneficial.

• Knowledge of multi-core/multi-process/multi-threaded programming Experience with network packet processing software development Experience with large-scale and/or high-performance software design and development with strong OS concepts.

• Networking and Routing

• Expertise with standard TCP/IP protocols such as ARP, IP, ICMP, TCP, UDP & IPSec VPNs

• Expertise of  Layer 2/3 networking, routing protocols such as BGP, OSPF, IPSec, QoS, NAT, and policies etc.

• Firewall, IPSec, SSL, VPN

• TLS internals, cryptography, and OpenSSL

• Application layer protocol experience with one or more of the following HTTP, SMTP, SIP, etc.

• Cloud platforms, such as AWS, Azure, GCE, Kubernetes Virtualization, such as ESXi, KVM, Hyper-V are beneficial. 

• M.E./B.E. degree in Computer Science/Engineering

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 don’t 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

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  [email protected].

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.