Senior Manager, Engineering (Strata Network Security Management) - NetSec

Company Description

Our Mission

At Palo Alto Networks® everything starts and ends with our mission:

Being the cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting our digital way of life.
Our vision is a world where each day is safer and more secure than the one before. We are a company built on the foundation of challenging and disrupting the way things are done, and we’re looking for innovators who are as committed to shaping the future of cybersecurity as we are.

Who We Are

We take our mission of protecting the digital way of life seriously. We are relentless in protecting our customers and we believe that the unique ideas of every member of our team contributes to our collective success. Our values were crowdsourced by employees and are brought to life through each of us everyday - from disruptive innovation and collaboration, to execution. From showing up for each other with integrity to creating an environment where we all feel included.

As a member of our team, you will be shaping the future of cybersecurity. We work fast, value ongoing learning, and we respect each employee as a unique individual. Knowing we all have different needs, our development and personal wellbeing programs are designed to give you choice in how you are supported. This includes our FLEXBenefits wellbeing spending account with over 1,000 eligible items selected by employees, our mental and financial health resources, and our personalized learning opportunities - just to name a few!

At Palo Alto Networks, we believe in the power of collaboration and value in-person interactions. This is why our employees generally work full time from our office with flexibility offered where needed. This setup fosters casual conversations, problem-solving, and trusted relationships. Our goal is to create an environment where we all win with precision.

Job Description

Your Career

As part of the Strata Network Security Management Infra Leader, you are responsible for developing and innovating solutions for Palo Alto Networks' next-generation Firewalls. Specifically in the areas of Platform Infrastructure, Board-bringup, System Infra, Kernel Infra, Device Drivers, Certifications, Interfaces, Optics and Disk management, Online / Offline Diagnostics, and more. You will also be responsible for innovation, developing proof of concept, and productizing 'new' ideas by implementing them and collaborating with team members.

Your Impact:

• Build and create high high-performing team
• Ability to manage influence through persuasion, negotiation, and consensus building. Ideally combined background of various cloud and Hardware product development lifecycle
• Push engineering boundaries, coming up with high-quality, simple solutions to complex engineering and product problems, while continuously growing your skillset to induce increased innovation within the team over time
• Maintain and cultivate high quality in terms of engineering practices, code quality, and work/foster a culture of engineering excellence and dynamic execution.
• Strong ownership mindset while owning the execution of complex engineering challenges, including their architecture, their timelines, while collaborating with stakeholders
• Champion engineering excellence, establish business metrics and drive continuous operational improvement
• Enthusiastic and creative leader with the ability to inspire others
• Responsible for the development team of NextGen Firewall Platform / NPI development and deployment
• Development of features and architecture for NextGen Security management with Hardware and Virtual platforms in areas of Network Security.
• Develop a scalable architecture.
• Work with X-functional team to define, develop, and manage the product through its entire lifecycle.
• Develop scalable software and HW based solutions for a distributed session architecture spanning across multiple solutions provided by Palo Alto.
• Work with multi-functional team members on feature requirements, including but not limited to Product Management, Hardware, QA, Support, etc
• Product visionary, ideas on competitive edge, Effective decision maker, takes ownership and independently drives, leads tasks and assignments

Qualifications

Your Experience 

• BS/MS degree in Computer Science/Engineering or equivalent experience  
• 16+ years of Strong experience in C Programming  and large scale software development 
• Strong experience in Programming and large-scale software development.
• Strong technical knowledge in computer architecture, Systems engineering, Board bringup, Platform Drivers, Linux Kernel, DPDK, Peripherals, and SOC Bringup.
• Experience in High Availability *
• Experience in Firewall and Security  is desired.
•  Can-do attitude and ability to take initiative and drive open issues to completion
• Strong communication skills to work effectively with multi-functional groups.

Additional Information

The Team

Our engineering team is at the core of our products – connected directly to the mission of preventing cyberattacks. We are constantly innovating – challenging the way we, and the industry, think about cybersecurity. Our engineers don’t shy away from building products to solve problems no one has pursued before.

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. 

Our Commitment

We’re problem solvers that take risks and challenge cybersecurity’s status quo. It’s simple: we can’t accomplish our mission without diverse teams innovating, together.

We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for all qualified individuals with a disability. If you require assistance or accommodation due to a disability or special need, please contact us at  accommodations@paloaltonetworks.com.

Palo Alto Networks is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity in our workplace, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or other legally protected characteristics.

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