Palo Alto Principal Software Engineer NGFW Platform 

United States, California 

598930281

Being the cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting our digital way of life.

Your Career

As a member of the Platform Software group at Palo Alto Networks, you will participate in the design and development of diags/software of our Next-Generation Firewall platforms. Responsibilities will include platform bring-up diags (both pizza-box and chassis-based platforms), platform security using TPM chip, development of both kernel and use-space drivers, provisioning of third-party vendor switch/fabric and the overall development of consistent platform diags and software for all Next-Gen Firewall platforms.

As a Platform Software Diags Engineer, you will be expected to participate in all phases of the product development cycle, from definition, design, implementation, test and field deployment. This includes developing diags, test cases, assessing task requirements and scheduling, and collaborating with cross-functional teams like Manufacturing, Ops, ASIC, Hardware, Software, and Quality assurance teams.

Your Impact

• Work with various stakeholders from diags, product design, software development and QA organization on delivery of platforms.

• Innovate new product features based on customer, partner, and technical support engineer feedback

• Proactively identify product features that will differentiate from the competition.

• Troubleshoot changes to the product to ensure high quality output of product design

Your Experience

• 10+ years experience in device drivers, platform software, hardware bring-up and support

• Experience with Linux Kernel, DPDK, Platform and user-space drivers, FPGA, Firmware, PHY, Switch/Fabric SDK, Optics, Storage, POE controllers

• Ability to go over different vendor specifications to get details on testing each components

• Experience with fixed/chassis based appliances

• Strong C coding/debugging skills

• Strong scripting skills with bash and python

• Experience with debugging Linux kernel performance, memory and platform boot-time issues

• Experience with TPM, FIPS and CC Certifications is a plus

• Ability to work well in a dynamic, fast-paced environment

• Familiarity with x86 and MIPS architecture is a plus

• Related programming experience required

We define the industry, instead of waiting for directions. We need individuals who feel comfortable in ambiguity, excited by the prospect of a challenge, and empowered by the unknown risks facing our everyday lives that are only enabled by a secure digital environment.

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/YR. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found .

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.