Company DescriptionOur MissionAt 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 AreWe take our mission of protecting the digital way of life seriously. We are relentless in protecting our customers and we believe that the unique ideas of every member of our team contributes to our collective success. Our values were crowdsourced by employees and are brought to life through each of us everyday - from disruptive innovation and collaboration, to execution. From showing up for each other with integrity to creating an environment where we all feel included.
As a member of our team, you will be shaping the future of cybersecurity. We work fast, value ongoing learning, and we respect each employee as a unique individual. Knowing we all have different needs, our development and personal wellbeing programs are designed to give you choice in how you are supported. This includes our FLEXBenefits wellbeing spending account with over 1,000 eligible items selected by employees, our mental and financial health resources, and our personalized learning opportunities - just to name a few!
At Palo Alto Networks, we believe in the power of collaboration and value in-person interactions. This is why our employees generally work full time from our office with flexibility offered where needed. This setup fosters casual conversations, problem-solving, and trusted relationships. Our goal is to create an environment where we all win with precision.
Job DescriptionYour CareerBring your backend java engineering skills to work on the latest cloud software/web applications. Help us deploy and scale the next generation of cloud security utilizing big data and analytics. We are looking for an Engineer to join the team that is building our latest cloud security product - Data Loss Prevention (DLP). Our DLP service is the industry's first cloud-delivered Enterprise DLP that consistently protects sensitive data across all networks, clouds and users. This fast-growing cloud service prevents data breaches by identifying sensitive data consistently throughout the entire enterprise. It also guarantees that your data security strategy adheres to compliance and data privacy regulations. This role will also give you an unrivaled opportunity to build micro services to process terabytes of data efficiently with different cloud providers.
Your Impact- Partner with data scientists / ML engineers to operationalize machine learning models, integrating them into scalable production systems
- Implement automated ML pipelines and optimized performance across data ingestion, model serving, and inference workflows
- Execute on the software development strategy to improve our dynamic highly distributed system
- Understand and implement software development/engineering lifecycle concepts to drive features from conception to delivery
- Collaborate closely with the product management, architects and devops to achieve quality releases
- Work hand-in-hand with customer support, documentation and downstream teams to enable customer success
- Make appropriate trade-offs to optimize time-to-release while maintaining performance and scalability requirements
- Be able to clearly communicate goals and desired outcomes to internal project teams
- Interview, mentor and coach new team members
Principal Software Engineers are:- Hands-on engineers who can code and build great products
- Technical experts who help accelerate adoption of the very best engineering practices, while maintaining knowledge on industry innovations, trends and practices
- Experts who deliver on critical business needs and are recognized across the company as go-to engineering resources on given domains
- Engineers who willingly work with others towards common goals, understands the responsibilities, activities, and ways to foster relationships
- Role models and mentors who exemplify the best of Palo Alto Networks culture
- Leaders who can communicate cogently with hands-on engineers
- Members of the team who deeply understands customers' needs by doing the research to develop insight into their needs and desires
- Engineers who have the ability to make complex ideas simple; consistent focus on usability and scalability
QualificationsYour Experience - BS/MS in Computer Science/Engineering with 10+ years or equivalent experience or equivalent military experience required
- Solid experience of backend development using Java, Spring Boot, J2EE, and cloud-native platforms like Google Cloud Platform or AWS, Kubernetes and Docker
- Strong experience and knowledge with micro services, distributed systems, and performance optimization
- Proven track record of successful architecture and design for high transactions and data volume in enterprise and/or consumer facing applications
- Experience with Agile development process and embrace Agile methodologies
- Strong believer of automation test and strive for higher code coverage
- Can-do attitude on problem-solving, quality and ability to execute
Preferred Qualifications- Experience in building Cloud Security products
- Experience building products with ML/AI techniques will be a big plus
- Experience to develop APIs (REST) based project using and experience with JSON
- Experience in NoSQL DB (Mongo, Cassandra) and RelationDB
- Experience in ElasticSearch, Redis and Kafka
- Experience in modern containerization (& cloud) technologies like Docker and Kubernetes
- Experience in mentoring junior team members in a high-performing teams
- Experience in AWS/Google Cloud Platform/Azure cloud
- Big plus if you have CASB or general SaaS application experience
- Big plus if you have experience with data security domain
Additional InformationThe TeamYou'll be working in a top tier cybersecurity company and collaborating with some of the brightest minds in technology. Our team doesn't shy away from tackling big problems. You will help build and support the tools and infrastructure enabling our developers to release the products that our customers depend on to defend against cyberattacks. Joining this dynamic and fast-paced team will give you the opportunity and thrill of resolving the technical and process gaps that hold back productivity.
Compensation DisclosureThe 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 $$149,000 - $220,500/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 CommitmentWe'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.
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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.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
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