Sr Staff Software Engineer – Cortex Xpanse Network Scanning
| Company | Palo Alto Networks |
|---|---|
| Location | Santa Clara, CA, USA |
| Salary | $Not Provided – $Not Provided |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | |
| Experience Level | Mid Level, Senior |
Requirements
- 3+ years of experience as a professional software engineer writing full stack software
- Experienced and opinionated about API design and distributed backend systems
- Able to switch between research, design, prototype, and implementation
- Experience using cloud managed services (ideally in GCP)
- Proficient in Python and one of Rust, Golang, or C
- Working knowledge of at least one of the major cloud platforms (eg GCP, AWS, or Azure)
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and maintain the end to end experience for running our network vulnerability scanner
- Research and utilize leading open source network scanning solutions
- Analyze existing solutions, identify barriers to scaling, recommend changes, then implement
- Take part in architecture strategy sessions – design solutions that accommodate the requirements of the various groups across Cortex
- Collaborate with teams to solve problems, reduce technical debt, and evolve development practices
- Drive technical best practices and evangelize new technologies within the engineering org
- Collaborate with other engineers and ensure that your team delivers high-quality output
- Take ownership of projects, drive them to completion, and support them in production
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with Angular
- Cybersecurity knowledge demonstrated with base level certifications (eg OSCP, GPEN, or Pentest+) or willingness to obtain
- Knowledge of cybersecurity frameworks and vulnerability methodologies
- Familiarity with current penetration and security assessment tools such as Metasploit, Nmap, Burp Suite, Wireshark, etc.
- Experience contributing to open source software
- Proficient knowledge of common networking protocols such as HTTP, DNS, DHCP, ARP, FTP, etc – Basic knowledge in other less common protocols such as ICS/SCADA or database protocols
- Familiarity with common open source security software such as Nuclei, OpenVAS, and Nmap
- Proficient knowledge in network architectures – understands subnetting and routing and how VLANs work and affect network scanning
- Proficiency in Linux and Windows operating systems
- Demonstrates a basic understanding of how a variety of exploits work and shows skills in enumerating and selecting the correct exploit for a given system
- Familiarity with packaging, deploying, and supporting on-prem / private cloud software