Principal Software Engineer (Cortex Vulnerability Experience Platform)
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!
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 Description
Your Career
The Cortex Vulnerability Experience Platform team is expanding, and we’re looking for a Full Stack Engineer to join our team. This team is responsible for building unified vulnerability and exposure management experience within XSIAM. This experience involves visualizing, prioritizing and remediating the posture security problems (vulnerabilities, misconfigurations etc) in the customer’s environment.
Your Impact
Design, build, and maintain the features for the unified vulnerability and exposure management experience
Take part in architecture strategy sessions - design solutions that accommodate the requirements of the various groups across Cortex
Collaborate with teams to solve problems, reduce technical debt, and evolve development practices
Drive technical best practices and evangelize new technologies within the engineering org
Collaborate with other engineers and ensure that your team delivers high-quality output
Take ownership of projects, drive them to completion, and support them in production
Be a champion of test driven development
Qualifications
Your Experience
6+ years of experience as a professional software engineer writing software
Strong Proficiency in Python
Experienced and opinionated about Software development and best practices across backend and frontend
Able to switch between research, design, prototype, and implementation
Working knowledge of at least one of the major cloud platforms (eg GCP, AWS, or Azure), preferably GCP
Experience with CI/CD process
Strong problem solving skills
Technical team leadership
Nice To Haves
Experience with Go, Angular and React
Common understanding of CVEs or Software vulnerabilities
Knowledge of cybersecurity frameworks and vulnerability methodologies
Proficiency in Linux and Windows operating systems
Demonstrates a basic understanding of how a variety of exploits work and shows skills in enumerating and selecting the correct exploit for a given system
Experience with Jenkins or Gitlab Runners
Experience with Grafana and Prometheus
Experience with StackDriver for log based debugging
Experience working in vulnerability management domain
Experience working with BigQuery
Additional Information
Compensation Disclosure
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/commissioned roles) is expected to be between $147,000 - $237,500 The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found here.
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.
Is role eligible for Immigration Sponsorship?: Yes