Staff DevOps Engineer

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

This role is remote, but distance is no barrier to impact. Our hybrid teams collaborate across geographies to solve big problems, stay close to our customers, and grow together. You will be part of a culture that values trust, accountability, and shared success where your work truly matters.

Job Description

Your 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.You'll 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 collaboration

Qualifications (Additional Job Description)

Your Experience 5+ years of experience supporting systems in cloud environmentsSolid hands on experience with GCP Strong 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 - advantage

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 .