Staff Performance Engineer (Secrets Manager)

Our Mission At 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 Are In 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 Summary We are looking for a Staff Performance Engineer with hands-on experience, great problem-solving skills, and self-learning ability. You should be highly motivated and have excellent interpersonal skills. A performance engineer who will identify performance and stability issues, preferably in the early stages of design, find the root cause, and suggest solutions or better design Responsibilities: Act as the software Performance focal point in the R&D team, lead and centralize all the relevant activities, consulting, and guidance for performance and functionality for the team Provide actionable tasks to R&D by analysing performance results and tracking benchmarks. Design, execute, and analyse scalability, stability, and load tests. Review new features and assess the Performance Risk Investigate Production/customer issues/tickets when needed Own and maintain the performance lab environment Provide production resource settings and optimization Qualifications Database performance. Tuning databases, finding performance issues and configuration issues Performance Engineering hands-on experience, including designing, executing, and analysing enterprise software. Knowledge of Linux Knowledge of networking Knowledge of application servers Knowledge of databases performance Advantages: Experience in software development Experience with Web Protocol; additional protocols are an advantage. Experience with developing scripts in Python, Shell, and Bash is an advantage Experience with AWS, Azure, GCP Understanding concepts of multi-threading, cache, memory management. Ability to identify and resolve system bottlenecks using profiling tools Experience with CI/CD process and tools Education / Experience: B.Sc. in Computer Science or equivalent work experience. Team player with excellent interpersonal skills Self-learning ability Our Commitment We’re trailblazers that dream big, 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. Is role eligible for Immigration Sponsorship? No. Please note that we will not sponsor applicants for work visas for this position.