Sr Staff Security Researcher (Decoder)

Skip to main content Saved Jobs (0) Job Alerts EN Deutsch (German) English (English) 日本語 (Japanese) Search Jobs Keywords Location Search Jobs Close Button Security Awareness! Read more to learn about how we're keeping job seekers safe. Palo Alto Networks is on a mission to keep the digital world safe, and this extends to job seekers as well. Please be mindful of a current bad actor practice of recruiters impersonating us. If you receive an email from someone who does not have a @paloaltonetworks.com email address, please do not respond or engage. Job Details Revolutionizing protection. Define what’s next in cybersecurity. Sr Staff Security Researcher (Decoder) Santa Clara, California, United States Product Engineering Ref ID: JR-019098 Apply Save Job Current Employees, apply here Our MissionAt Palo Alto Networks®, we’re united by a shared mission—to protect our digital way of life. We thrive at the intersection of innovation and impact, solving real-world problems with cutting-edge technology and bold thinking. Here, everyone has a voice, and every idea counts. If you’re ready to do the most meaningful work of your career alongside people who are just as passionate as you are, you’re in the right place.Who We AreIn order to be the cybersecurity partner of choice, we must trailblaze the path and shape the future of our industry. This is something our employees work at each day and is defined by our values: Disruption, Collaboration, Execution, Integrity, and Inclusion. We weave AI into the fabric of everything we do and use it to augment the impact every individual can have. If you are passionate about solving real-world problems and ideating beside the best and the brightest, we invite you to join us!We believe collaboration thrives in person. That’s why most of our teams work from the office full time, with flexibility when it’s needed. This model supports real-time problem-solving, stronger relationships, and the kind of precision that drives great outcomes.Job SummaryYour CareerYou will be part of the team that develops the Intrusion Prevention System to power the Palo Alto Networks’s next generation firewall. The Decoder team is responsible for decoding network protocols and inspecting application traffic on enterprise customers’ networks, providing common service to support a variety of network security services. As a member of the Decoder team, you have the opportunity to work on our security engine, and collaborate with different intelligent teams on various advanced cybersecurity products. Your ImpactResearch networking protocols and related application networking behavior.Research file types and file properties.Research and provide defense mechanisms against popular protocol/firewall evasionsDevelop protocol and file decoders, and integrate the detection solutions with Palo Alto Networks productsBuild common services to support various network security services.Develop internal tools to monitor and support the cyber security products.Cross-team collaboration, discover and integrate advanced cybersecurity features to inline product solutions.Qualifications Strong programming and debugging skills, experience coding in Go required and C/C++ experience preferred.Strong understanding of Go concurrency, memory optimization, and scalable system design.Excellent understanding of L4-7 networking protocols such as HTTP, TLS, SMTP, FTP, Websocket, GRPC, TCP/IP, etc.Experience with packet processing, stream reassembly, protocol parsing, and traffic analysis systems.Experience in analyzing network traffic using tools like Wireshark, Fiddler, tcpdump etc.Familiar with Linux/Unix development environment.Team player, and good communication skills to work with cross-functional groups.BS/MS in...