Sr. Staff Engineer Software; Strata Cloud Control Plane

Our Mission

At Palo Alto Networks®, we’re united by a shared mission—to protect our digital way of life. We thrive at the intersection of innovation and impact, solving real-world problems with cutting‑edge technology and bold thinking. Here, everyone has a voice, and every idea counts. If you’re ready to do the most meaningful work of your career alongside people who are just as passionate as you are, you’re in the right place.

In order to be the cybersecurity partner of choice, we must trailblaze the path and shape the future of our industry. This is something our employees work at each day and is defined by our values:
Disruption, Collaboration, Execution, Integrity, and Inclusion. We weave AI into the fabric of everything we do and use it to augment the impact every individual can have. If you are passionate about solving real‑world problems and ideating beside the best and the brightest, we invite you to join us!

We believe collaboration thrives in person. That’s why most of our teams work from the office full time, with flexibility when it’s needed. This model supports real‑time problem‑solving, stronger relationships, and the kind of precision that drives great outcomes.

Help build what is next. Our Cloud Management Platform is a public‑cloud delivered management platform to manage all Palo Alto Networks Next‑generation network security solutions. It’s an easy‑to‑use, scalable and secure platform to operationalize complex deployments using the Palo Alto Networks network security portfolio.

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.

• Technical experts that help accelerate adoption of the very best engineering practices, while maintaining knowledge on industry innovations, trends and practices.
• Experts who deliver on critical business needs and are recognized across the company as go‑to engineering resources on given domains.
• Role models and mentors who exemplify the best of Palo Alto Networks culture.
• Leaders who can communicate cogently with hands‑on engineers.
• Hands‑on engineers that can code and build great products.

• Conceptualize, collaborate and develop a highly scalable cloud control plane for managing services at scale in hybrid deployments.
• Hands‑on participation in developing next‑generation configuration management architecture.
• Technical leadership and end‑to‑end delivery of solutions in collaboration with cross‑functional product management, development and quality assurance teams in a fast‑paced environment.
• Deliberate and build frameworks to improve quality of microservices.
• Work with Dev Ops and Technical Support teams to investigate and resolve critical customer defects.
• Recruit and mentor new team members.

• 5+ years of experience in building large enterprise applications required.
• Proven ability to lead and collaborate with many cross‑functional teams with an emphasis on end‑to‑end delivery.
• Experience in the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, peer review, and operations.
• Experience with Certificate Life Cycle management is preferred.
• Excellent programming skills in GoLang is a must, Python is a plus.
• Strong fundamentals in object‑oriented design and development is a must. Experience with or familiarity of Test‑Driven Development and Continuous Integration is required.
• Experience developing microservice‑based solutions on public cloud infrastructure is highly desirable. Experience developing in Kubernetes‑based environments is a plus.
• Experience building data…