Senior Lab Automation Engineer

Company Description

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.

Who We Are

We take our mission of protecting the digital way of life seriously. We are relentless in protecting our customers and we believe that the unique ideas of every member of our team contributes to our collective success. Our values were crowdsourced by employees and are brought to life through each of us everyday - from disruptive innovation and collaboration, to execution. From showing up for each other with integrity to creating an environment where we all feel included.

As a member of our team, you will be shaping the future of cybersecurity. We work fast, value ongoing learning, and we respect each employee as a unique individual. Knowing we all have different needs, our development and personal wellbeing programs are designed to give you choice in how you are supported. This includes our FLEXBenefits wellbeing spending account with over 1,000 eligible items selected by employees, our mental and financial health resources, and our personalized learning opportunities - just to name a few!

At Palo Alto Networks, we believe in the power of collaboration and value in-person interactions. This is why our employees generally work full time from our office with flexibility offered where needed. This setup fosters casual conversations, problem-solving, and trusted relationships. Our goal is to create an environment where we all win with precision.

Job Description

Your Career

• Implementation and management of Lab Automation utilizing Spirent Velocity platform/framework using Python

• Build Virtual machines in VMware ESXi environment using tools like Ansible.

• Maintain and expand back-end REST api calls using FastAPI and PonyORM.

• Training and assisting users with lab systems, tools and processes.

• Building software libraries that interact with many common engineering/IT services such as LDAP/Active Directory, JIRA, GCP, AWS, GMail suite, DNS, Salesforce. ServicesNOW, VMware SDK, and others.

• Ability to develop tools within a virtual environment as well as within a task queue system such as Celery and RabbitMQ.

• Managing code using git and the repository GitLab as well as complying with security concerns when managing a company's proprietary intellectual property. 

• UI/UX and CLI development that allows for control and reporting of new and existing tools using both backend API’s as well as SSO authentication.

• Interaction with Docker containers, GCP, Kubernetes, and AWS and other cloud systems to deploy and maintain back end services.

• Experience with both a waterfall and agile development environment for developing, sustaining, testing, and supporting new and existing services.

• Must be willing to create functional specifications and documentation for new features and tools as they are developed. 

Your Impact

• Python 2.7 and Python 3.6+ development.

• Building tools and automation to manage daily tasks as well as UI interfaces to control and configure those tools.

• REST and SOAP API development.

• Git and GitLab source code tools and repository management.

• Experience managing Ubuntu, RedHat or other Linux distributions is a plus

• Windows and VMware admin experience is a plus

• REST API endpoint creation for backend services.Knowledge of common network protocols such as TCP/IP, UDP, Dynamic Routing Protocols, SSH/SCP/SFTP, DNS, NFS, LDAP, DIFS, SMTP, SNMP, NIS+.

Qualifications

Your Experience 

• BS Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or equivalent work experience.

• 5-10  years’ experience working as a Software Engineer.

• Python coding experience. 

• Cloud platforms GCP and AWS.

• Qualified candidates will be proficient in creating, sustaining, testing and supporting new tools and automation that will support a global support organization.
• You must be self-motivated, articulate and organized and ready to work within a small close-knit team, able to collaborate with other team members all over the globe to help meet the needs of the entire organization.
• The work that is created will need to show value to the organization, using provable metrics that can be articulated to leadership on a weekly basis. 
• You have a talent for finding and resolving issues before they become larger problems.  Prefer candidates with experience in a support or engineering network lab environment.  Experience with the Velocity lab automation platform is a plus.

• Experience with Spirent Velocity lab automation platform is a plus

• Experience with TCP Replay, IXIA, Breaking Point, Spirent Test Center, and Spirent Avalanche a plus

• BS Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or equivalent work experience

• 5-10 years’ experience working as a tools and automation software engineer.

Additional Information

The GCS LAB Team

Our engineering team is at the core of our products – connected directly to the mission of preventing cyberattacks. We are constantly innovating – challenging the way we, and the industry, think about cybersecurity. Our engineers don’t shy away from building products to solve problems no one has pursued before.

We define the industry, instead of waiting for directions. We need individuals who feel comfortable in ambiguity, excited by the prospect of a challenge, and empowered by the unknown risks facing our everyday lives that are only enabled by a secure digital environment.

Our Commitment

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

We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for all qualified individuals with a disability. If you require assistance or accommodation due to a disability or special need, please contact us at  accommodations@paloaltonetworks.com.

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 age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or other legally protected characteristics.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.