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Principal Software Automation/Test Engineer (Prisma Access)

Office - USA - CA - Headquarters💼 Full-time💰 $147,000–$147,000🗓 2026-08-11 → 2026-09-26

Core

Principal SQA engineer validating core networking and security features in the SD-WAN team for Palo Alto Networks SASE.

Role type

Principal Software Automation/Test Engineer

Builds

SD-WAN networking and security products

Domain

Cybersecurity / Networking / SD-WAN

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

TCP/IP protocols (ARP, IP, ICMP, TCP, UDP, IPSec), enterprise routing protocols (BGP, OSPF, EIGRP), Linux platform testing, control plane and data plane architecture, performance characterization, Python automation, RestAPIs, virtualization technologies (VMware ESXi, qemu/kvm, Hyper-V), complex networking testbeds

Preferred skills

system/scale testing simulating large enterprise networks

Technologies

Python, RestAPIs, VMware ESXi, qemu/kvm, Microsoft Hyper-V, Linux, TCP/IP, BGP, OSPF, EIGRP

Responsibilities

Contribute in all phases of end to end product and solution validation; Work with different development and quality assurances groups to achieve the best quality; Suggest and implement improvements to the QA process; Work with DevOps and the Technical Support teams to troubleshoot customer issues.

Seniority

Principal, hands-on IC

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