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Palo Alto Senior Linux Research Engineer Cortex 
Israel, Tel Aviv District, Tel Aviv-Yafo 
986951832

24.06.2024
Description

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

Your Impact

  • Learn new security features, technologies, and platforms quickly
  • Gain hands-on experience with scalable, real-time detection/prevention systems
  • Analyze and identify real-world vulnerabilities, malware, and exploits
  • Code / Create POCs for variety of Linux / Nix features
  • Leverage data-driven approaches to identify threats and mitigations
  • Reproduce and analyze security issues and bugs
  • Enrich our security automation coverage and infrastructure / tooling
  • Collaborate with research and low-level engineering groups to identify security issues and gaps
  • Scale existing tooling and infrastructure for both on-prem and cloud workloads

Your Experience

  • 4+ years of C/C++ programming skills
  • Deep understanding of operating system infrastructure
  • 3+ years of information security experience, including coverage testing (red/blue/purple teaming)
  • Proficient in file formats like ELF, Mach-O, Zip, Packers, etc.
  • Experience in Linux user-mode development
  • Comfortable with multi-distro software development
  • Strong knowledge of fundamental computer science concepts (computer architecture, operating systems, compilers, file systems, algorithms, data structures)
  • Working knowledge of Git and Jira
  • Always ready to learn and step outside of your comfort zone
  • Comfortable working collaboratively and remotely with others to achieve complex team goals
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Proven track record of delivering features in large-scale applications or core systems

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Experience with software security and Linux security models (e.g., SELinux, Secure Boot, AppArmor)
  • Experience with containers, docker, k8s
  • Experience with Linux namespaces/cgroups/other isolation techniques
  • Deep understanding of operating system attack surfaces
  • Knowledge of Python and Bash scripting
  • Experience with disassemblers, debuggers, and other reverse engineering tools
  • Familiarity with multiple Linux distributions and networking stack
  • Strong debugging skills on various Linux platforms
  • Experience with Rust/GO or other low-level programming languages
  • Experience with various cybersecurity technologies and standards (e.g., MITRE ATT&CK framework)

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