Principal Software Engineer (Cloud Management)
Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 · Santa Clara, CA · Yesterday
Engineering$170k–$277k/yrFull-time
About the role
This role will collaborate closely with senior engineers and, in some cases, operate independently to deliver security posture-related features in partnership with Product Line Management (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.
Responsibilities
Consistent delivery of high-quality features within planned timelines.
Effective collaboration and influence across Product Line Management (PLM) and Quality Assurance (QA) teams.
Ability to manage multiple concurrent tasks within a fast-paced development environment with ongoing CI/CD release cadence.
Requirements
- Strong programming and scripting skills (Golang, Python, etc.)
- Solid understanding of infrastructure and cloud environments (experience with Kubernetes infrastructure context and Google Cloud Platform preferred, AWS experience acceptable)
- Hands-on experience developing and operating cloud-based services
- 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)
Qualifications
- Strong communication skills, with the ability to clearly articulate both high-level system architecture and detailed technical design
- Strong analytical thinking with close attention to implementation details
- Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams
Skills
- Security domain knowledge: familiarity with security best practices, risk assessment, and common threat models
- Configuration schema expertise: experience working with configuration schemas such as JSON, YAML, or XML, especially in the context of security policy enforcement
- Understanding of security policies, access control models, and configuration profiles across operating systems, cloud environments, and enterprise applications
Benefits
Not specified
Pay
$170,000.00 - $277,000.00/yr
Schedule
Not specified
Is role eligible for Immigration Sponsorship?
Yes