Principal Backend Software Engineer -KSPM (Cortex Cloud)

Palo Alto Networks

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Company Description

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 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!

Job Description

Your Career

We are hiring for a Principal Backend Engineer to join our fast-paced KSPM (Kubernetes Security Posture Management) team in Cortex Cloud, located in our TLV office. Cortex Cloud is Palo Alto Networks' next-generation cloud security solution.

In this role, you'll be key in developing and scaling the core parts of our KSPM solution. Our team's goal is to help Cortex Cloud customers understand and fix security issues in their Kubernetes workloads across all major cloud providers.

The ideal candidates are software engineers with a "can-do" attitude and a passion for solving real customer problems. You should be a person who wishes and is able to work closely with the team and our partners across Cortex Cloud to make decisions and drive features end-to-end.

For us, caring about people is not a slogan; we are looking for individual contributors who enjoy and want to work with great people and collaborate on delivering business value across PANW’s vast customer portfolio.

Your Impact

  • End-to-end backend development of features and core components across the software development life cycle (design, develop, test, deploy, maintain)
  • As a principal software engineer, independently drive and collaborate with others to deliver high impact features in the KSPM domain
  • Work with customers and provide solutions to their day-to-day work and challenges
  • Contribute to team-wide efforts - code reviews, design reviews, technical and architectural decisions

Qualifications

Your Experience

  • B.Sc. in computer science, equivalent knowledge, or equivalent military experience
  • 8+ years of software engineering experience
  • Experience in developing and maintaining cloud-native distributed software applications
  • Ability to comfortably drive features independently in close collaboration with other engineers
  • Advantage: Experience in designing, building, and maintaining high-scale server-side application
  • Advantage: Experience with major cloud service providers (AWS, GCP, Azure) and managed Kubernetes solutions (EKS, GKE, AKS)
  • Advantage: Experience with Kubernetes or container technologies
  • Advantage: Knowledge in the cybersecurity space, cloud security in particular

Additional Information

The Team

Join our dynamic team where innovation and collaboration thrive. Experience a workplace that fosters personal and professional growth, providing opportunities to take ownership of your career journey. Embrace the cutting edge of technology as we encourage professional work in software engineering, particularly in the cloud domain. Make a real impact in the security domain, contributing to solutions that directly benefit and protect our valued customers.

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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 accommodations@paloaltonetworks.com.

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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