Director of Engineering - Firewall Data Lake
Company: Palo Alto Networks
Location: Santa Clara
Posted on: June 24, 2022
Job Description:
Company DescriptionOur MissionAt 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.Job DescriptionYour Impact
- Drive development of highly scalable product and infrastructure
features on our world-class data lake as part of our next
generation cyber-security cloud platform
- Lead teams of distributed systems engineers leading by example,
mentoring the team, and establishing credibility through quality
technical execution
- Recruit and retain top technical talent required to deliver
services
- Own the organizational objective of end-to-end services health
and customer experience
- Develop communication programs to connect the team with the
rest of the engineering and product organizations
- Cultivate a safe work culture that inspires individual
decision-making and innovation
- Coach for frequent and effective feedback among team
members
- Represent Cloud engineering and leadership at industry
eventsQualificationsYour Experience
- Domain expertise and solid skills in computer science, applied
math, statistics, and machine learning, alongwith quantitative data
analysis of large volumes of observational data
- Practitioner experience in designing and developing
high-performance distributed systems
- Proficiency in core systems areas like operating systems,
messaging and streaming systems, data management, consensus models,
api management
- Some combination of hands-on programming skills in native and
managed language runtimes like C/C++, Java, Golang, Python
- Passionate about management, coaching, and creating
opportunities to support your directs success
- Leadership style makes space for multiple senior engineers and
supports the growth of everyone on your team to keep pace with
rapid change
- Able to weigh several, often conflicting constraints, and make
quick decisions in a dynamic and quickly-growing company
- Highly organized. With many people doing many things in a
fast-paced company, strong organizational skills both for yourself
and for the team is needed for success
- Several years experience serving in an engineering management
role in an Agile development environment
- Previous experience building and running high-scale
geographically distributed always-on systems plus a good mix of
Unix toolchain and systems programming experience
- Possess exceptional written and verbal communication
skills
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related
field, or equivalent training, fellowship, or work
experienceAdditional InformationThe TeamDrawing on the near
real-time data collected through PAN-OS device telemetry, our
industry-leading next generation insights product (Device Insights)
gives large cybersecurity operators a force multiplier that
provides visibility into the health of their
next-generation-firewall (NGFW) devices. It enables early detection
of issues at various levels of the stack via advanced time-series
forecasting and anomaly detection using novel deep learning
techniques. Our goal is to be able to prevent service-impacting
issues in critical security infrastructure that operates 24/7/365
with zero false positives and zero false negatives.Our
CommitmentWe'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.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 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.All your information will be kept
confidential according to EEO guidelinesCovid-19 Vaccination
Information for Palo Alto Networks Jobs
- Vaccine requirements and disclosure obligations vary by
country.
- Unless applicable law requires otherwise, you must be
vaccinated for COVID or qualify for a reasonable accommodation if:
- The job requires accessing a company worksite
- The job requires in-person customer contact and the customer
has implemented such requirements
- You choose to access a Palo Alto Networks worksite
- If you have questions about the vaccine requirements of this
particular position based on your location or job requirements,
please inquire with the recruiter.
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