Senior Principal DevOps Engineer, Remote, Eastern or Central TimeZone

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 technical Sr. Principal DevOps Engineer to join a team of highly energized and professional engineers working on mission-critical systems in the red-hot cybersecurity industry. This position is focused on accelerating developer productivity across the CI/CD lifecycle by building platform-oriented application infrastructures and tooling, focused across security, governance, and R&D efficiency.

As part of your role, you will lead the design of features and infrastructure, collaborate with Product teams, and own the outcomes of your unit. You will participate in design, task-planning, and facilitating the professional growth of your fellow engineers, all while remaining hands-on.

Responsibilities: 

• Define architecture and requirements for initiatives focused on accelerating productivity across the CI/CD lifecycle and improving security posture.

• Architect and maintain scalable, reliable, and secure internal tooling via infrastructure as code

• Mentor and coach engineers, imparting wisdom and best practices into the team’s DNA as a subject matter expert.

• Ensure code quality, delivery timelines, and satisfaction of stakeholders across your work.

• Manage projects from conception to delivery, including requirements gathering, planning work, and performing work.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of hands-on technical experience working as an infrastructure or platform developer. 

• Significant development experience with the following: Python, Groovy, Bash 

• Deep knowledge and experience in cloud infrastructure such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud (AWS Preferred)

• Experience with Containers and Orchestrators (Docker, Kubernetes, ECS, etc.) 

• Experience with CI/CD Tools and IaC languages (e.g. Jenkins, Git, Terraform, etc.) 

• Experience with building the full application release cycle (CI/CD). 

• Experience with being a power user of AI and building AI-based automations. 

• Knowledge of operating system administration (Both windows and linux) 

• Excellent design and analytical skills 

• Creative troubleshooting skills and out-of-the-box thinking

• Experience aligning expectations across multiple stakeholders at multiple levels of the business.

• Requires US Citizen or GreenCard to met requirements for regulatory compliance.

• Must be available during Eastern Time Zone business hours

Personal skills 

• Strong communication skills, team player 

• Open-minded and creative – a problem-solver. 

• A thorough and methodical approach to any task, ability to plan, conduct, prioritize, track and measure processes. 

• Decision-making skills: taking into account both architectural and business considerations, at times with incomplete information  

• Strong ability to use new technologies and understand them in depth through rapid self-learning.

• Proactive by nature; internal drive for excellence and improvement.

• Highly motivated, autonomous.

• Fluent in English, good writing skills.

What makes you stand out: 

• Experience with MCP, AWS Bedrock, Agentic AI, or RAG solutions. 

• BA/BS in Computer Science 

• Experience in testing methodologies and developing tests (e.g Unit tests, integration tests, system tests) 

• Strong networking foundations (TCP/IP, DNS, Network Protocols, Routing) 

• Security principles and techniques (Risk management, Threat modeling, secure configuration)  

• Database usage experience and understanding  

• Experience with Agile development and practices  

• Professional certifications 

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/com-missioned roles) is expected to be the annual range listed below. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found here.

$173,000.00 - $279,500.00/yr

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.