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Palo Alto Networks - Intern - Software Engineer, application via RippleMatch

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Reston, VA Intern
POSTED ON 2/13/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 3/14/2025
This role is with Palo Alto Networks. Palo Alto Networks uses RippleMatch to find top talent.

Intern - Software Engineer (Unit 42 )

Location: Reston, VA or Santa Clara, CA

Intern

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.

We have the vision of a world where each day is safer and more secure than the one before. These aren't easy goals to accomplish – but we're not here for easy. We're here for better. 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.

Disruption is at the core of our technology and on our way of work to meet the needs of our employees now and in the future through FLEXWORK, our approach to how we work. We're changing the nature of work from benefits to learning, location to leadership, we've rethought and recreated every aspect of the employee experience at Palo Alto Networks. And because it FLEXes around each individual employee based on their individual choices, employees are empowered to push boundaries and help us all evolve, together.

Your Career

Our global internship program trains the next-generation of cybersecurity talent across a range of specializations, from threat intelligence to information security, engineering and marketing. Interns and recent graduates can learn about the tech inclusive hiring industry from leading thinkers, grow their professional networks, and be part of a career-defining experience.

As a Recruiting Intern for the Global Inclusive Recruiting Programs team, you will have the opportunity to work with Recruiters, Sourcers and Program Managers. This is entry-level into the Palo Alto Networks Recruiting organization and this group is responsible for supporting our employees with making our hiring process more inclusive, especially for people from underrepresented communities.

You will be the first intern ever on our team and get to have a major impact on our inclusive hiring efforts.

Our Summer Internship Program from May-August or June-September provides you:

  • 1:1 mentorship
  • Fun and engaging events that inspire your intellectual curiosity
  • The opportunity to expand your knowledge and work on challenging projects
  • Connections to other recent grads, and employees across the company as well as our leaders

Your Impact

  • Develop, optimize, test, and maintain tools and applications to accelerate and enable the Unit 42 Proactive and Reactive teams
  • Work on both front-end and backend tasks
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design, build, and optimize features

Your Experience

  • Experience in full-stack development
  • Strong proficiency in Python
  • Good understanding of web application architecture, including frontend and backend
  • Experience with at DevOps technologies such as CI/CD pipelines
  • Experience with Docker containers

Requirements – To apply, you must be pursuing a 4-year Undergraduate Degree with a GPA of 3.0 or above, a 2-year Master's Degree or a Doctorate degree and returning to school in the fall. You must have the authorization to work within the United States.

The Team



Our Unit42 engineering team is at the core of our business – connected directly to the mission of preventing cyberattacks. We are constantly innovating – challenging the way we, and the industry, think about cybersecurity. Our engineers don't shy away from building tools to solve problems no one has pursued before.

We define the industry, instead of waiting for directions. We need individuals who feel comfortable in ambiguity, excited by the prospect of a challenge, and empowered by the unknown risks facing our everyday lives that are only enabled by a secure digital environment.

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.

The compensation offered for this position will depend on year in school, qualifications, experience, and work location. For candidates who receive an offer at the posted level, the starting base salary (for non-sales roles) or base salary commission target (for sales/commissioned roles) is expected to be between $()/hr to $()/hr.

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