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# Principal Engineer Software, Security...

- **Company:** Palo Alto Networks
- **Location:** Jacksonville, FL, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $147,000.0 - $237,500.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** C++ (Programming Language), Cyber Security, Python (Programming Language), System Software, Software Vulnerability Management
- **Published:** June 28, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.juju.com/job/00000000gc3yap

## About the Role

+ 10+ years in security or infra-focused engineering roles with meaningful security ownership.

 + The ability to independently own projects from inception to delivery.

 + A systematic problem-solving approach, coupled with strong communication skills and a sense of ownership and drive.

 + Empathy for the problems faced by developers, and a passion for building tools and systems that address those problems.

 + Built vulnerability management systems that actually drive risk down.

 + Led security incident response efforts and postmortem improvements.

 + Strong interest in how things work. Curiosity and persistence is key to building the understanding needed to apply.

 + A flexible, collaborative working style. We're a small team working in a rapidly evolving space, and we're looking for people who will help build a positive, supportive environment.

Preferred Qualifications

 + Experience building foundational security programs at growth-stage companies.

 + Familiarity with compliance frameworks, but a healthy skepticism of security theater.

 + An outstanding ability to communicate risk with both technical and non-technical audiences.

 + Significant experience building infrastructure software in Go, C++, Rust, or Python.

## Description

As a hands-on Security Engineer, you will play a crucial role within the infrastructure engineering team. Your responsibilities include defining and building core security engineering efforts to create a foundational security infrastructure used across the entire company. Success in this role requires leveraging a deep understanding of security infrastructure, strong system software development skills, and empathy for other developers. Your goal is to ensure security serves as a shared guardrail, never a bottleneck, regardless of the project., + Design, implement, and work with other engineering teams to operate security tools and programs across the organization, including access control & workflows, vulnerability management, and detection/response systems.


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