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# Principal Engineer Software (Device Security)

- **Company:** Palo Alto Networks
- **Location:** United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $147,000.0 - $237,500.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Amazon Web Services, Systems Engineering, Microsoft Azure, Cloud Computing, Databases, Data Warehousing, Linux, Apache Hive, Python (Programming Language), MongoDB, Node.Js, NoSQL, Redis, Shell Script, Single Sign-On, Software Engineering, SQL Databases, Web Services, EndPointSecurity, Google Cloud, Apache Spark, Information Technology, Palo Alto Networks, Data Analytics, Enterprise Integration, Apache Kafka, Spark Streaming, Machine Learning Operations, Data Lakehouse, IoT Security, Data Pipelines, Cisco, Servicenow
- **Published:** October 5, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/224a4927-c900-4c22-8e89-3c079c91c729

## About the Role

* BS/MS in Computer Science/Engineering with 5~10 years software development experience
 * 5+ years of working experience with Amazon AWS, Google Google Cloud Platform or MS Azure
 * Experience building large-scale distributed serving system
 * 5-10 years of software development experience with NodeJS/JAVA/Python
 * Experience with Linux and Shell scripting
 * Strong communication skills
 * Great problem-solving skills

Preferred Qualifications

 * Knowledge of MongoDB, Kafka/firehose, Redis, Spark/Spark Streaming/Spark SQL, Redshift, or other data warehousing solutions.
 * Knowledge of Network Domain
 * Experiences in building real-time analytics systems or machine learning systems
 * Experience in Single Sign On (SSO) integration, Graph Data Lakehouse

## Description

* Design and implement the highly scalable and easily managed services for IoT security products to exchange IoT intelligences and extend system functionality through integrations with third party systems like ServiceNow, SIEMs and Cisco/ISE etc.
 * Design and implement the highly scalable and high performance services to support IoT devices' operational technology support
 * Design and implement IoT Security Web Service APIs using NodeJS and SQL/Nosql database technology to provide key metrics and analytics for IoT devices
 * Design and implement algorithms for Device Security event connector and inspector management services to transfer customer network data into the cloud for storage and analytics at scale
 * Design and implement data pipeline to support IoT security features like device Identification, alert publishing, and device status tracking

The Team

As part of the IoT security cloud infrastructure team, you'll be working on building our state of art realtime data analytics system and high performance serving system. You won't find someone at Palo Alto Networks that isn't committed to your success - with everyone pitching in to assist when it comes to solutions selling, learning, and development. As a member of our systems engineering team, you are motivated by a solutions-focused sales environment and find fulfillment in working with clients to resolve incredible complex cyberthreats.