Sr Principal Software Architect (Idira- Secure Infrastructure Access)
Palo Alto Networks2 months ago
Petaẖ Tiqwa, IsraelStaff+
Responsibilities
- Define the architectural vision and long-term technical strategy for the scalable SIA RDP platform.
- Establish architectural patterns, design principles, and engineering standards for distributed security components.
- Partner with Product Management and executives to translate business goals into technical roadmaps.
- Guide engineering teams through complex design decisions and conduct high-level design reviews.
- Foster technical excellence, continuous learning, and innovation across cross-functional teams.
Requirements
- 10+ years of software engineering experience across modern enterprise technology stacks.
- 5+ years of hands-on experience architecting and implementing highly available, fault-tolerant solutions on AWS.
- Deep expertise in security principles, OWASP guidelines, encryption standards, and enterprise authentication protocols including LDAP, RADIUS, SAML, and OIDC.
- Executive-level communication skills and the ability to explain complex technical decisions to senior stakeholders.
- 5+ years of C++ development experience designing and delivering high-performance, high-availability systems.
- Strong understanding of networking fundamentals and remote communication protocols including RDP, WinRM, and SSH.
- 5+ years of experience with CI/CD pipelines and cloud deployment automation, including Jenkins and infrastructure-as-code practices.
- Preferred: experience designing and integrating AI-driven autonomous systems through agentic development.
- Preferred: production experience with Python libraries.
Benefits
- Most teams work from the office full time, with flexibility when needed.
- Reasonable accommodations are available for qualified individuals with disabilities or special needs.
About Palo Alto Networks
Palo Alto Networks builds cybersecurity products for enterprises and governments, including next-generation firewalls, cloud security (Prisma Cloud/Prisma Access), and SOC tools (Cortex). It sells subscriptions and appliances with cloud-delivered threat intelligence, securing networks, endpoints, and applications across data centers and public clouds. Founded in 2005 and headquartered in Santa Clara, California, the company is publicly traded on the NYSE under the ticker PANW.