Principal Data Engineer, Security Research, FedRamp (Xpanse)

Company Description

To comply with U.S. federal government requirements, U.S. citizenship is required for this position.

Our Mission

At Palo Alto Networks everything starts and ends with our mission: Being the cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting our digital way of life. Our vision is a world where each day is safer and more secure than the one before. We are a company built on the foundation of challenging and disrupting the way things are done, and we’re looking for innovators who are as committed to shaping the future of cybersecurity as we are.

Our Approach to Work

At Palo Alto Networks, we believe in the power of collaboration and value in-person interactions. This is why our employees generally work from the office three days per week, leaving two days for choice and flexibility to work where you feel most effective. This setup fosters casual conversations, problem-solving, and trusted relationships.

Job Description

Your Career

We’re looking for a Data Engineer to join the Cyber Research team at Xpanse, the latest addition to Palo Alto Networks Cortex.

Your Impact

At Xpanse, You Will:

1. Help bring a new threat intelligence product to market.
2. Design and implement methods to store, query, and analyze datasets ranging in size from gigabytes to petabytes in unconventional ways to produce unparalleled cybersecurity insights.
3. Develop novel techniques and approaches for understanding the Internet and characterizing data for insights relevant to cyber threat intelligence.
4. Empower threat intelligence analysts at Palo Alto and its customers to counter bad actors across the internet.

Qualifications

Your Experience

Required:

1. 4+ years of experience as a professional Software Engineer or Data Engineer for a SaaS business.
2. Professional experience designing and implementing solutions for large-scale data storage and analysis, using tools such as Google BigQuery, ClickHouse, Google BigTable, Apache HBase, or ElasticSearch.
3. Experience developing and maintaining stream-processing pipelines using Apache Beam or Apache Spark.
4. Familiarity with ETL management tools, such as Apache Airflow.
5. Experience in software development, including some level of proficiency in Python.
6. Excited to work closely with analysts to build a toolkit for discovering and tracking APT campaigns across the internet.
7. High-level understanding of computer networks, protocols, and how the Internet works.

Nice to have:

1. Background or interest in threat intelligence and applied security.
2. Familiarity with datasets associated with cyber threat hunting.
3. Knowledge of Google Cloud Platform services.

Additional Information

The Team

Xpanse’s Cyber Research Engineering team is a cross-functional team that uses Xpanse’s unique datasets to deliver cybersecurity insights and help defend Fortune 500 companies and government networks. Our Cyber Research Engineers work with datasets ranging in size from gigabytes to petabytes in unconventional ways.

Our Commitment

We’re trailblazers that dream big, take risks, and challenge cybersecurity’s status quo. It’s simple: we can’t accomplish our mission without diverse teams innovating, together.

Palo Alto Networks is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity in our workplace, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any legally protected characteristics. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Please note that we will not sponsor applicants for work visas for this position.