Senior Staff Software Engineer in Test - Performance

Our Mission

At Palo Alto Networks®, we're united by a shared mission-to protect our digital way of life. We thrive at the intersection of innovation and impact, solving real-world problems with cutting-edge technology and bold thinking. Here, everyone has a voice, and every idea counts. If you're ready to do the most meaningful work of your career alongside people who are just as passionate as you are, you're in the right place.

Who We Are

In order to be the cybersecurity partner of choice, we must trailblaze the path and shape the future of our industry. This is something our employees work at each day and is defined by our values: Disruption, Collaboration, Execution, Integrity, and Inclusion. We weave AI into the fabric of everything we do and use it to augment the impact every individual can have. If you are passionate about solving real-world problems and ideating beside the best and the brightest, we invite you to join us!

We believe collaboration thrives in person. That's why most of our teams work from the office full time, with flexibility when it's needed. This model supports real-time problem-solving, stronger relationships, and the kind of precision that drives great outcomes.

Job Summary

As a Sr. Staff Software Engineer you will be working on our Performance Team who automates testing using Python, executes performance tests and develops new test tools.The Performance QA Team is responsible for validating all products including physical, virtual and cloud performance as defined in specifications.

• 1:1 mentorship
• Fun and engaging events that inspire your intellectual curiosity

• Opportunity to contribute to one of the most critical aspect of company's vision

• The opportunity to expand your knowledge and work on challenging projects
• Connections to other employees across the company as well as our leaders

• Build automation Frameworks for, HW, Cloud, and Virtualization test environments
• Design and implement AI/ML-driven test strategies to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of performance testing.
• Responsible for performance testing of our next-generation firewall platforms
• Build and maintain complex test environment
• Develop and execute test plans and test cases
• Develop tools and infrastructure to improve the quality and efficiency of testing
• Work closely with the Software Engineering, Product Management teams during product development from design to release
• Reproduce and debug issues found during and after softwarerelease.
• Develop and maintain complex test bed environments

• Able to design, monitor and administer a scale-able, development and test automation system: From test integration to automation framework with proficiency in Python is a must
• L2-L3 network testing experience with knowledge of most common switching and routing protocols
• Knowledge of L4-L7 network layers and protocols such as TCP/IP, HTTP and SSL
• Hands-on experience with Python, Linux, MySQL, and Networking.
• Knowledge of setting test beds and testing in a Virtualization environment, including cloud platforms AWS, Azure, GCP etc.
• Experience testing network security products, preferably with firewalls and intrusion prevention is a plus
• Knowledge of encryption and tunneling protocol test methods is a plus
• Experience with typical test tools from Spirent, Breaking Point, and Ixia is a must
• Experience with bug tracking systems such as Jira
• Provide innovative insight to better the reliability, scale-ability, and maintainability of systems
• Create and execute automated and manual test plans and maintain accurate documentation of results and process
• Knowledge of Windows and Linux system set up and administration is a plus
• Requirements - To apply, you must have a 4-year Undergraduate Degree with 4+ years of experience in relevant fields. You must have the authorization to work within the United States.