Principal Site Reliability Engineer (Sovereign Cloud)

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

Your Career

We are looking for a Principal Engineer to join our SDWAN engineering team. You will be responsible for ensuring the reliability, scalability, and performance of our systems and services, which process trillions of events daily to deliver real-time protection to customers in our Sovereign Cloud. As  Principal Engineer, you will bridge the gap between software development and operations, applying engineering practices to solve operational challenges at a massive scale.

Your Impact

• Implement and optimize CI/CD pipelines and cloud infrastructure using our technology stack, ensuring efficient and reliable deployment to production.

• Participate in the deployment of monitoring and alerting systems to maintain high system performance and reliability.

• Collaborate with software development and other cross-functional teams to streamline and enhance processes, aiming for efficiency and alignment with business goals.

• Contribute to the management of the cloud infrastructure, utilizing Infrastructure as Code principles.

• Participate in on-call rotations to support critical business and production systems.

Qualifications

• 6+ years as DevOps engineer with a passion for technology, strong motivation and responsibility

• Proficiency in DevOps and Platform Engineering with expertise in AWS, GCP, Terraform, ArgoCD, Kubernetes, and related tools.

• Experience in developing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines for continuous delivery in agile environments.

• Skilled in managing cloud infrastructure, particularly with AWS and GCP, and adept in infrastructure as code practices using Terraform/Terragrunt.

• Demonstrated capability in supporting high-scale SaaS applications, focusing on scalability, reliability, and performance.

• Excellent written and verbal communication, able to collaborate and rally support

• Self-disciplined, self-managed, self-motivated, strong sense of ownership, urgency, and drive. 

• Passion for infrastructure and monitoring as code

• Ready to understand and dissect new technology stacks quickly

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.