Senior IT Software Engineer (Java backend)

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.

Your Career

Palo Alto Networks is looking for a Java developer who has experience in building Applications and Rest Api’s. As a Sr Software Engineer you will develop and maintain microservices in Java stack. You will work alongside Product Owner, Scrum master, Dev OPS engineer and Software developers to rollout changes to microservices some of them are external facing and many of them are involved in processing business transactions.

The microservices team works on a range of projects that includes exposing Rest Api for Serving content updates to Activating, Licensing and Renewal of SAAS products and Subscriptions. The ideal candidate also has experience in Java and has worked on event driven microservices. You will make a big impact in this highly visible role by adding new features and improvements to Updates Api and also by working on different microservices in the Nova platform.

Join a dynamic and fast-paced team of seasoned fellow engineers designing and developing multi-tiered applications in a rapidly growing company for both consumers and to support our internal operations. You will work on our business applications, implementing features across the entire stack. Accomplish business requirements by developing and maintaining software applications and databases hosted in a cloud.

Your Impact

• Implementation of low-latency, high-availability, and high performance Rest Api using Java
• Write reusable, testable, and efficient code
• Document technical design for new projects and enhancements to existing solutions
• Diagnose problems with existing application code and develop technical solutions that resolve the problems
• Maintain effective relationships and rapport with your team and cross functional team members
• Identify business requirements by establishing personal rapport with actual, potential, and internal clients
• Design, develop, test, and document scalable, high-quality business applications
• Build cloud-hosted services using primarily Java
• Good understanding and experience in Microservice architecture, Java, Springboot, Rest Api, JSON, SQL, NO-SQL
• Collaborate with other cross-platform team members to build effective integrations
• Participate in design sessions and code reviews
• Confirms program operation by conducting unit, system and integration tests - modifying program sequence and/or codes as necessary
• Prepare project-related documentation, GAP analysis, functional specifications, design specifications, and complete development activities including reports, interfaces, conversions, enhancements, and forms during different stages of a project

Your Experience 

• BE/B.Tech engineering, equivalent technical degree or equivalent military experience required
• 2+ years of experience in Java development within Agile / Scrum team environments and large implementations using Test Driven Development (TDD)
• Experience in designing and developing applications and services using SOA and Microservice methodology
• Experience in building event driven microservices using Java and Spring boot
• Experience with developing Api’s leveraging Google Cloud Platform (GCP) OR Amazon Web Services (AWS) 
• Understand containerization using Docker or similar technologies
• Must be comfortable accessing and manipulating various web and local data sources such as relational MySQL and NOSQL (Firebase, Redis) databases, RESTful API’s calls
• Communicate project status and needs to the team and project lead to minimize any impact of change
• Must have experience debugging, logging, and tracking issues
• Java, Spring Boot, Linux, MySQL, microservice, GIT, GCP, AWS

The Team

This is not a traditional IT department !! We continuously challenge the status quo and build solutions to make IT services better. We also partner closely with our security, engineering and product teams, to secure our state of the art cyber security solutions.

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  [email protected].

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.

Is role eligible for Immigration Sponsorship? No. Please note that we will not sponsor applicants for work visas for this position.

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