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# Sr. Software Engineer (Client/Server Infrastructure)

- **Company:** Palo Alto Networks
- **Location:** Santa Clara, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** C (Programming Language), Client Server Models, Configuration Management, Linux, Distributed Systems, Networking Hardware, Enterprise Messaging Systems, Apache Zookeeper, Information Technology, Palo Alto Networks, Apache Kafka
- **Published:** August 9, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.wayup.com/i-j-palo-alto-networks-227537922563444/

## About the Role

+ Development in Linux platform.
 + Client/Server, distributed system development experience.
 + Excellent C programming skills.
 + Experience developing cluster solutions is desirable
 + Experience with Zookeeper/Kafka or other messaging systems is a plus
 + Network appliance development experience is a plus.
 + Experience with appliance configuration management is a plus.
 + Experience developing for cloud is a plus.
 + MS/BS in Computer Science or equivalent.
 + 5 years of relevant experience.
Learn more about Palo Alto Networks HERE and check out our FAST FACTS

## Description

PALO ALTO NETWORKS® is the fastest-growing security company in history. We offer the chance to be part of an important mission: ending breaches and protecting our way of digital life. If you are a motivated, intelligent, creative, and hardworking individual, then this job is for you! You will be responsible for building a scalable architecture, design and development of the central management solutions to manage Palo Alto Networks' next-generation firewall. RESPONSIBILITIES:

 + Actively participate and collaborate with team members to develop next-generation architecture.
 + Define and scope new features for firewall appliance and central management software.
 + Design, develop and maintain control plane infrastructure and features.
 + Work with different development and quality assurance groups to achieve best quality. Suggest and implement improvements to development processes.
 + Improve scale and performance of central management software.


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