Job Description

Your Career

As a Principal Software Engineer in Test engineer in the CPTe (Customer Profile Test Engineering) team, you will be responsible for testing the upcoming new features on Palo Alto Networks’ next-generation firewall.

You will participate in the requirements and design discussions and make a difference in shaping the future direction. The work will involve close interaction with development and product management teams. You will write and execute test plans based on requirements and design specs. You will maintain complex testbeds to validate the design.

You will drive the efficiency and reliability of our products by testing them thoroughly to understand potential risks, bugs, or issues, providing an exemplary product experience for our end users. You strive for the best in everything you do—meaning you won’t rest until the products you work on at the highest quality. You love hunting for problems within the code, seeking issues to correct, and enjoy the challenge of a code-based scavenger hunt that includes testing, providing feedback, and identifying alternative suggestions for our product’s environment.

Qualifications

​YOUR IMPACT

Responsible for customer profiles and use case testing of Palo Alto Networks’ next-generation firewall

Develop and execute test plans and test cases

Develop tools and infrastructure to improve the quality and efficiency of testing

Work closely with the Software Engineering, Product Management teams during product development from design to release

Reproduce and debug issues found during and after software release

Develop and maintain complex testbed environments

YOUR EXPERIENCE

• Experience setting testbeds in a Virtualization environment is desirable

• Good understanding of KVM, Vmware and other Virtualization technologies

• Experience with Jenkins, Kubernetes and Terraform.

• Exposure to Cloud Technologies (AWS,GCP,Azure or any other cloud) 

• L3 network testing experience with knowledge of most common switching and routing protocols.

• Knowledge of L4-L7 network layers

• Experience testing network security products, preferably with firewalls and intrusion prevention

• Knowledge of encryption and tunneling protocol test methods

• Experience with GNU tools and good to have experience with typical test tools from Spirent, Breaking Point, Teravm and Ixia

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• Experience with bug tracking tools such as Jira/Bugzilla and versioning systems like Perforce/git is desirable

• Experience setting up of third-party networking equipment i.e. Routers and Switches

• Proficient in Python or other programming languages. Experience of automation in cloud/virtualization environments is desirable. Knowledge of Windows and Linux system set up and administration

• BS/MS degree with minimum 5+ years of experience in the networking security industry, or equivalent experience

Additional Information

​THE TEAM

Our engineering team is at the core of our products and 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 trailblazers who dream big, take risks, and challenge cybersecurity’s status quo. It’s simple: We can’t accomplish our mission without diverse teams innovating, together.

Palo Alto Networks is evolving and changing the nature of work to meet the needs of our employees now and in the future through FLEXWORK, our approach to how we work. From benefits to learning, location to leadership, we’ve rethought and recreated every aspect of the employee experience at Palo Alto Networks. And because it FLEXes around each individual employee based on their individual choices, employees are empowered to push boundaries and help us all evolve, together.

We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for all qualified individuals with disabilities. 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.