Sr Staff DevOps Engineer (SASE) - job 1 of 2

Our Mission

At 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 Are

We 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!

At Palo Alto Networks, we believe in the power of collaboration and value in-person interactions. This is why our employees generally work full time from our office with flexibility offered where needed. This setup fosters casual conversations, problem-solving, and trusted relationships. Our goal is to create an environment where we all win with precision.

Your Career

We are seeking a Development heavy DevOps Engineer who will be responsible for improving and maintaining a software development, test and live infrastructure. The ideal candidate will be self-motivated, articulate, have experience with Linux and is comfortable working in a fast-paced development environment.

Your primary mission as a DevOps engineer is working closely with the development, technical operations, quality assurance, and product management teams, to ensure the timely delivery of robust technical solutions for Palo Alto Networks' customers and internal teams. At Palo Alto networks we believe in the policy of building Infrastructure as code.

This role is an on campus opportunity, located at our dynamic Santa Clara California headquarters campus.

Your Impact

• Support and deploy mission critical, front-end and back-end production
• Improving site performance, monitoring, and overall stability of our infrastructure
• Interacting with the Engineering for supporting/maintaining/designing backend infrastructure for product support
• Automation of deployment, customization, upgrades and monitoring through DevOps tools meant for Cloud management
• As a DevOps Engineer, building, deploying, and maintaining our cloud environment is your day-to-day focus
• Automation is a part of your daily functions, so thorough familiarity with Unix Bourne shell scripting and other languages such as Python is a critical survival skill
• Participate in 24×7 operation support and on-call rotation

Your Experience 

• 5+ years experience - BS or MS in Computer Science or related field or equivalent military experience 
• Previous production environment engineering, configuration management, release engineering
• Excellent development experience with bash and python is a must
• Excellent knowledge of Linux systems administration and architecture
• Proficient working with AWS and/or GCP in a highly available and scalable production environment
• Experience managing web servers (nginx)
• Experience with continuous integration and deployment automation tools such as Jenkins, Ansible GIT
• Experience with containers and Kubernetes
• Experience with building and deploying monitoring solutions like Prometheus, Kibana
• Experience documenting processes, labs and test environments

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. 

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 $126000 - $203500/YR. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found here.

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  [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.

Is role eligible for Immigration Sponsorship?: Yes