Security Research Software Developer (Cortex)

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.

Our vision is a world where each day is safer and more secure than the one before. 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.

Our Approach to Work

We lead with flexibility and choice in all of our people programs. We have disrupted the traditional view that all employees have the same needs and wants. We offer personalization and offer our employees the opportunity to choose what works best for them as often as possible - from your well-being support to your growth and development, and beyond!

Job Description

Your Career

We are looking for a Security Research Software Developer for our Tel Aviv R&D center.

You will be part of a team that researches the most recent and advanced cybersecurity threats, and designs and tests concepts to protect against them.

Your Impact

• You will be responsible for designing, developing and maintaining security research infrastructures integrated into the product and on cloud env across multiple OS in Lua, Python and more
• You will cooperate with the researchers in the group to design and develop adequate solutions to the problems posed
• You will design and enhance software architecture to improve reliability, scalability, and performance
• You will work on automation projects to improve the capabilities of our data analysis to enhance the product
• You will work with LL, HL and Cloud development teams to integrate the applications within the product, and to make sure that they satisfy the reliability, scalability and performance requirements
• You will improve your knowledge on Exploits and Malware, to improve the current solutions
  
  

Qualifications

Your Experience

• Strong sense of architecture and design for reliability, scalability, and performance
• Strong development/automation skills - Must be very comfortable with reading and writing Python code
• 2+ years of developing in Python language
• Experience with Lua code - big advantage
• Familiar with networking and cyber security concepts (experience in a security company is an advantage)
• Devops tools and frameworks knowledge - advantage
• Team player
• Independent, organized, focused on building, improving, resolving and delivering. Good communicator in and across teams, taking the lead
• Play-2-Win attitude
  
  

Additional Information

The Team

Our engineering team is at the core of our products and 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 [email protected].

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 guidelines.

Is role eligible for Immigration Sponsorship?: No. Please note that we will not sponsor applicants for work visas for this position.