Palo Alto Networks

Palo Alto Networks

Principal Software Engineer (Cloud Management)

Office - USA - CA - Headquarters · Principal · Full-time

No sponsorshipDetected 5 hours ago
PythonGoAWSGCPCloud PlatformsKubernetesCI/CDCybersecurityResearchCommunicationCollaborationProblem Solving

About the role

  • Must-Have Skills, Experience, or Qualifications
  • Strong analytical thinking with close attention to implementation details.

Responsibilities

  • Ability to manage multiple concurrent tasks within a fast-paced development environment with ongoing CI/CD release cadence.

Requirements

  • Participation in the team's on-call rotation is required.
  • Role Summary
  • This role will collaborate closely with senior engineers and, in some cases, operate independently to deliver security posture-related features in partnership with PLM.
  • The engineer will be responsible for the end-to-end development lifecycle, including:
  • Requirements analysis
  • Technical design
  • Implementation
  • QA collaboration
  • Release and deployment
  • Ongoing maintenance and operational support
  • The role may also involve occasional customer interactions for production support.

Nice to have

  • Solid understanding of infrastructure and cloud environments (experience with k8s infra context and GCP preferred, AWS experience acceptable).

Skills

  • Strong programming and scripting skills (Golang, Python, etc).
  • Hands-on experience developing and operating cloud-based services.
  • Nice-to-Have Skills or Experience

Compensation

  • 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/com-missioned roles) is expected to be the annual range listed below.
  • The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus.

Company info

  • In order to be the cybersecurity partner of choice, we must trailblaze the path and shape the future of our industry. This is something our employees work at each day and is defined by our values: Disruption, Collaboration, Execution, Integrity, and Inclusion. We weave AI into the fabric of everything we do and use it to augment the impact every individual can have. If you are passionate about solving real-world problems and ideating beside the best and the brightest, we invite you to join us!
  • 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.
  • Demonstrated willingness and ability to leverage AI tools and agents to improve productivity across research, design, implementation, and operational support activities.
  • Experience with observability frameworks and operational monitoring for cloud-native services (metrics, logging, tracing, and alerting).
  • At Palo Alto Networks®, we're united by a shared mission-to protect our digital way of life.
  • We thrive at the intersection of innovation and impact, solving real-world problems with cutting-edge technology and bold thinking.
  • Here, everyone has a voice, and every idea counts.
  • If you're ready to do the most meaningful work of your career alongside people who are just as passionate as you are, you're in the right place.
  • In order to be the cybersecurity partner of choice, we must trailblaze the path and shape the future of our industry.
  • This is something our employees work at each day and is defined by our values: Disruption, Collaboration, Execution, Integrity, and Inclusion.
  • We weave AI into the fabric of everything we do and use it to augment the impact every individual can have.
  • If you are passionate about solving real-world problems and ideating beside the best and the brightest, we invite you to join us!
  • 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.

Equal opportunity

  • If you require assistance or accommodation due to a disability or special need, please contact us at accommodations@paloaltonetworks.com.
  • equal opportunity employer.
  • All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Visa & Work Authorization

  • Is role eligible for Immigration Sponsorship?
  • Please note that we will not sponsor applicants for work visas for this position.
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