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Palo Alto Senior Software Engineer - Security Research 
United States, California 
568550010

24.06.2024
Description

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

Your Impact

  • Research protocol RFC and related application implementation
  • Research common file types for file identification, blocking, DLP, etc.
  • Research and provide defense mechanisms against popular protocol/firewall evasions
  • Develop protocol and file type decoders, and integrate the detection solutions into the IPS engine of the Palo Alto Networks next generation firewall
  • Build common services to support various network security services
  • Develop internal tools to monitor and support the cyber security products
  • Cross-team collaboration, discover and integrate advanced cybersecurity features to inline product solutions

Your Experience

  • Strong programming and debugging skills, C/C++ or go experience is preferred
  • Excellent understanding of common networking protocols such as HTTP, SSL, SMTP, FTP, Websocket, GRPC, etc.
  • Experience in analyzing network traffic using tools like Wireshark, Fiddler, tcpdump etc.
  • Familiar with Linux/Unix development environment
  • Team player, and good communication skills to work with cross-functional groups
  • Knowledge and experience of next generation firewall and cyber security services is a plus
  • Experience with research of GenAI applications is a plus
  • BS/MS in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering or equivalent experience or equivalent military experience required

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

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 $124600/yr to $201650/yr. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found .