Linux Internals Software Engineer (Cortex)
Palo Alto Networks1 month ago
Tel Aviv-Yafo, IsraelSenior
Responsibilities
- Design and implement product capabilities across bare-metal and cloud platforms.
- Develop user- and kernel-mode Linux internals components in C and C++.
- Build capabilities for real-time event collection, anti-malware, anti-exploitation, and network filtering.
- Lead features and coordinate with development and QA teams.
- Contribute to software development best practices and high quality standards.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent military experience.
- At least 5 years of Linux system-level programming experience.
- Extensive knowledge of Linux internals.
- Very strong C++ system-programming skills.
- Strong debugging skills with various tools across different Linux platforms.
- Proven experience developing multithreaded applications.
- Preferred: Linux kernel programming experience; experience with containers, Docker, or Kubernetes; familiarity with multiple Linux distributions such as RHEL and Ubuntu; and experience with software security or Linux Security modules such as SecureBoot, SELinux, or AppArmor.
Benefits
- The role is based at the Tel Aviv R&D center.
- Most teams work from the office full time, with flexibility when needed.
- Palo Alto Networks provides reasonable disability accommodations and is an equal opportunity employer.
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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.