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Principal Software Engineer (Cloud Network and AI Security)

at Palo Alto Networks

📍 Santa Clara, United States of America Unknown Posted March 08, 2026
Type Not Specified
Experience senior
Exp. Years 10+ years
Education BS/MS degree in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering or equivalent
Category Cybersecurity

This role involves developing virtualization and network security features for cloud environments, focusing on core platform improvements and container integrations.

  • Design and implement virtualization features
  • Develop cloud and network security solutions
  • Integrate with cloud platforms
  • Support container and Kubernetes environments
  • Optimize packet processing

Technical scope includes systems programming, network security, virtualization, cloud deployment, and container orchestration with Kubernetes and CNI.

The ideal candidate is a senior engineer with over 10 years of experience in systems programming, network security, and cloud environments, proficient in C, Python, and Go, with hands-on experience in virtualization and container technologies like Kubernetes.

10+ years of related engineering experienceprogramming in CPythonGoLinux systems programmingnetwork security knowledgecloud deployment experience
KubernetesCNIcloud service architectures
AzureAWSGCPKubernetes
programming languagesCPythonGoLinux systems programmingeBPFnetwork securityfirewallpacket processingnetwork ACLcloud deploymentsKubernetesCNI
programming languagesCPythonGoLinux systems programmingeBPFnetwork securityfirewallpacket processingnetwork ACLcloud deploymentsKubernetesCNI
designimplementationdebuggingsupportcollaboration
Industry Cybersecurity & Technology
Job Function Engineering of virtualization and network security solutions for cloud environments
programming languagesCPythonGoLinux systems programmingeBPFnetwork securityfirewallpacket processingnetwork ACLcloud deploymentsKubernetesCNILinux

Less than 10 years of engineering experience, Lack of experience with Linux systems programming, No background in network security or cloud deployment

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