Due to government environments this position supports, the role requires US Citizenship.
Your Career
Palo Alto Networks runs a large infrastructure and is one of the biggest GCP customers. As a Principal SRE, you'll be at the forefront of building and maintaining highly reliable, scalable, and secure cloud infrastructure within a FedRAMP compliant environment. You'll drive operational excellence, champion SRE best practices, and work collaboratively to ensure our systems are robust and performant. This includes automation, architecture, performance, observability, troubleshooting, security, and reliability.
Our Infrastructure Platform stack includes Terraform, Kubernetes, GitLab CI/CD, GitOps, Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, Docker, GCP, Backstage, MySQL, PagerDuty, FireHydrant, Python, Bash, Java, NodeJS and Go.
Your Impact
Design, build, and operate reliable, secure Cloud infrastructure across multi-cloud environments
Ensure applications are production-ready, scalable, and resilient, collaborating closely with developers, researchers, data scientists, and security experts
Develop expertise in new technologies and rapidly integrate them into our existing infrastructure, embracing continuous learning and the adoption of AI tools
Develop tools and automation frameworks, championing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and Monitoring as Code (MaC) principles
Automate robust deployments and orchestrate end-to-end monitoring and alerting solutions
Participate in on-call rotations with SRE and Dev teams to support critical business and production systems
Lead root cause analysis of critical business and production issues, driving improvements and preventing recurrence
Contribute to the success of SRE and DevOps initiatives, aligning technical decisions with business goals and understanding their impact
Qualifications:
Qualifications
Your Experience
Must be a US Citizen to be considered
7+ years of experience in Infrastructure, SRE, or DevOps roles required
BS or MS in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent professional experience required or equivalent military experience required
4+ years of experience with AWS and GCP and expertise in their architecture, services, advanced cloud networking, and PKI concepts
Expertise in troubleshooting and resolving cloud infrastructure and service issues, identifying root cause and devising effective solutions for high volume transactions
Proficiency with Python and shell scripting for automation; Golang is a plus
Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with Terraform and Helm, leveraging AI tools for development
Solid experience with Kubernetes, container networking, and container workloads.
Strong Linux administration skills
Proficiency with CI/CD pipelines, GitOps principles, GitLab, and Jenkins
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively and rally support across teams
Self-disciplined, self-managed, and highly driven with a strong sense of ownership and urgency
Ability to adapt quickly to evolving cloud technologies, security threats, and advancements through continuous learning
Able to understand and address customer needs effectively, and provide RCA to customers
Understanding how technical decisions impact the business and aligning cloud operations with business goals
Additional Information
The Team
Our engineering team is at the core of our products – 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 products 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.and downtime.
Compensation Disclosure
The compensation offered for this position will depend on 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 $147000/YR - $237500/YR. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found here.
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Our Commitment
We’re problem solvers that 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.
