Palo Alto Networks Hiring for Principal Test Engineer (cloud Security) at Bengaluru, Karnataka, India Full Time

Job Description

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. We have the vision of a world where each day is safer and more secure than the one before. These aren’t easy goals to accomplish – but we’re not here for easy. We’re here for better. 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. Disruption is at the core of our technology and on our way of work to meet the needs of our employees now and in the future through FLEXWORK, our approach to how we work. We’re changing the nature of 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.

Your Career Palo Alto Networks NGFW (Next Generation Firewall) group is looking for a seasoned and accomplished Senior Principal Software Engineer in Test with experience in designing and developing infrastructure tools and scripts. You will be part of a world-class software test engineering team that focuses on development of infrastructures for test authoring and execution of various ground-breaking technologies in the Layer 2-7 domain. You will work with a multi-functional team of engineers solving interesting problems in the area of multi-product, customer focused end to end testing.. We are looking for highly motivated engineers who have intellectual curiosity, love the challenge of solving complex problems with variable factors and creativity in obtaining solutions. We are looking for leaders who take ownership of their areas of focus and who are driven to pursue problems at every level. Collaboration is at the heart of our culture and we need engineers who can communicate at a high level and work well with multi-functional teams towards achieving a common goal. Your Impact

• Work in a small and fast paced team to solve important customer problems and deliver most impactful results
• Work with different development and quality assurances groups to achieve the best quality
• Suggest and implement improvements to the testing process
• Interview, mentor and coach new team members
• Design and develop scripts and tools in Python for automated testing execution
• Consult with developers, Test Engineering, and IT engineers to define testing requirements
• Design and develop dashboards and tooling in Python
• Design of automation infrastructure testbeds and tools

Qualifications
Your Experience

• 10+ years of experience in a test position
• Education: Degree in Computer Science or Engineering
• Detailed understanding of modern network design, implementation, and troubleshooting
• Experience testing network security products, preferably with firewalls and intrusion prevention
• L3 network testing experience with knowledge of most common switching and routing protocols. Knowledge of L4-L7 network layers
• Experience with Python and similar scripting language, and strong ability to develop, maintain, and monitor automated processes is must
• Experience with testing public Cloud and virtualization environments is plus
• Good knowledge of networking and ability to work with open source traffic generators and tools
• Experience with commercial and non-commercial networking test equipment (e.g. Avalanche, IXIA, SPIRENT) is essential
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills are a must
• Past experience with technical presentations, customer interfacing, and requirements interpretation is highly desirable

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 trailblazers that dream big, 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.
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