Palo Alto Networks is hiring a
Principal Windows Low-Level Engineer

Summary

Join our team at Palo Alto Networks as a Principal Windows Internals Engineer and contribute to the research and development of Windows drivers, services, and other system components for Windows. You will be part of a team that designs and develops the windows internals components of our revolutionary endpoint security product for the windows platform.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in software development
• 4+ years of experience with system programming for any major OS (Windows/Linux/Android/Mac)
• Motivated to understand how things work
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent military experience required

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the research and development of Windows drivers, services and other system components for Windows
• Find and implement innovative solutions to counter cyberattacks
• Use diverse tools and technologies – IDA/python/rust/gcc/assembly
• Work closely with teams of experienced engineers, security researchers and product managers, leading projects, features, and initiatives

Preferred Qualifications

• Modern C++ development
• Experience with one or more of the following skills/technologies – User–mode internals, Windows security model, PE format, hooking, injection, etc., x86 / x64 assembly, Security technologies (ASLR, DEP, etc.), Reverse engineering with IDA Pro, Python
• Contributions to open source projects or a complex hobby project