Company DescriptionOur MissionAt Palo Alto Networks everything starts and ends with our mission: Being the cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting our digital way of life. Our vision is a world where each day is safer and more secure than the one before. 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.Who We AreWe take our mission of protecting the digital way of life seriously. We are relentless in protecting our customers and we believe that the unique ideas of every member of our team contributes to our collective success. Our values were crowdsourced by employees and are brought to life through each of us everyday - from disruptive innovation and collaboration, to execution. From showing up for each other with integrity to creating an environment where we all feel included.As a member of our team, you will be shaping the future of cybersecurity. We work fast, value ongoing learning, and we respect each employee as a unique individual. Knowing we all have different needs, our development and personal wellbeing programs are designed to give you choice in how you are supported. This includes our FLEXBenefits wellbeing spending account with over 1,000 eligible items selected by employees, our mental and financial health resources, and our personalized learning opportunities - just to name a few!Job DescriptionYour CareerAs a Senior DevOps Engineer supporting our Research Group, you will lead all DevOps and infrastructure initiatives that empower our researchers to move quickly, securely, and reliably. You will be responsible for designing, building, and maintaining the group’s cloud environments, ensuring scalability, stability, and performance across a wide range of experimental and production workloads.Youll serve as the primary point of contact between the Research Group and other critical stakeholders including Security, Networking, Compliance, and Platform teams ensuring that research projects align with organizational standards while still enabling innovation at a rapid pace.Your ImpactOwn and evolve the Research Group’s infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines, enabling reproducible, automated, and scalable experimentationPartner with security and compliance teams to enforce best practices around data governance, access controls, and regulatory requirementsCollaborate with networking and platform engineers to integrate research workloads into the broader company ecosystemMentor engineers and researchers on DevOps best practices, helping to instill a culture of operational excellence in the research domainDefine and implement standards for infrastructure-as-code, observability, monitoring, and resource optimization tailored to research use casesBalance technical depth with cross-functional collaborationQualificationsYour Experience5+ years of experience supporting systems in cloud environmentsSolid hands on experience with GCPStrong hands-on experience with Linux systems and networking fundamentalsHands-on experience running Kubernetes workloadsExpertise with Terraform and infrastructure-as-code principlesStrong scripting skills (e.g., Python, Bash) to build automation and toolingExperience leading cross-team projectsExcellent communication and collaboration skillsExperience with GCP Composer/Apache AirFlow - advantageAdditional InformationThe TeamOur engineering team is at the core of our products and connected directly to the mission of preventing cyber attacks. 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 environmentOur CommitmentWe’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 [email protected].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.
