Palo Alto Domain Consultant - Cloud 

Taiwan, Taichung 

949631788

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

Your Career

As a member of a data plane networking software group, you will be responsible for designing and developing the next-generation firewall. You will take ownership for large software components, work with product management on real life customer requirements, apply your knowledge to functional design, utilize your programming skills for efficient and robust implementation, and interact with quality assurance and field support teams in the whole software development cycle. The culture at Palo Alto Networks is creative, dynamic and inspiring to tackle real work cyber-attacks.

Your Impact

• Responsible for development of the critical dataplane and network/routing components for the State-of-the-art Next Generation Firewalls deployed at Enterprise, Data Center, Cloud, and Service Provider environments

• Develop L2-L4 network security features

• Develop network security high availability service infrastructure

• Support critical customer escalations and provide root cause analysis in a timely manner;

• Work with multi-functional team members on user requirements, including but not limited to Product Management, QA, Support, etc.

• Effective decision maker, take ownership and independently drive, lead tasks and assignments

Your Experience

• Strong in-depth C Programming experience

• Multi-core and Multi-threading programming experience is a MUST

• In-depth knowledge in networking, especially in L2, L3, L4 protocols such as IPv4, IPv6, TCP, UDP is a MUST

• Strong experience in large scale software development on Unix/Linux.

• Strong technical knowledge in computer architecture and systems engineering

• Experience in routing protocols (BGP, OSPF, Multicast etc) is desired.

• Strong experience in packet processing, parsing, networking (L1-L7) protocols/architecture

• Experience in data plane forwarding and any network processor programming

• Can-do attitude and ability to take initiative and drive open issues to completion

• Strong communication skills to work effectively with multi-functional groups

• Desired Python, Shell script programming skills

• BS/MS degree in Computer Science/Engineering or equivalent experience

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 $200,000 - $225,000/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.