Palo Alto Networks · 2 months ago
Principal DevOps Engineer (Cortex- Prisma Cloud)
Santa Clara, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Lead/Staff
$173K/yr - $230K/yr
8+ years expPalo Alto Networks is a cybersecurity company dedicated to protecting the digital way of life. The Principal DevOps Engineer will be responsible for operating and maintaining large-scale AWS and GCP production environments, optimizing infrastructure, managing incidents, and collaborating with engineering teams to ensure service reliability.
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Responsibilities
Gain Cloud Experience - Utilize your prior experience in maintaining cloud platforms to optimize our infrastructure
Manage Incidents - Participate in incident management, following established processes to ensure prompt resolution of system issues, minimizing impact on services
Implement CI/CD - Develop and maintain application deployment configuration, using tools such as Terraform and Helm
Continuously Improve - Stay up-to-date with cutting-edge technologies, evaluate their potential impact on our operations, and implement them when appropriate
Participate in On-Call - Participate in an on-call rotation with our DevOps teams to provide follow-the-sun operational coverage in the production of our SaaS product
Collaborate - Work with our Engineering teams to influence the operability of the product and ensure the reliability and availability of our services
Qualification
Required
8+ years of experience as a DevOps/SRE engineer with a passion for technology and a strong motivation for high reliability at the service level
Design, deployment and maintenance of SQL DBs (e.g. PostgreSQL, MySQL) and NoSQL databases (e.g. Redis, Cassandra, Hadoop). Experience with Kafka is preferred
A strong understanding of Linux internals allowing for quick troubleshooting
Clear understanding of incident and alerts management in Site Reliability Engineering
Ability to effectively troubleshoot and address emerging and complex problems
Proficiency in Google Cloud Platform, Amazon Web Services or similar public cloud platform
Experience with Docker and Kubernetes for container orchestration
Proficiency in Python programming and Linux Shell commands
Experience with Terraform for infrastructure as code
Familiarity with security concepts and best practices
Experience with observability and incident response tools
Effective communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work with and coordinate between multiple teams
Preferred
Experience with Kafka
Benefits
FLEXBenefits wellbeing spending account with over 1,000 eligible items selected by employees
Mental and financial health resources
Personalized learning opportunities
Restricted stock units
Bonus
Company
Palo Alto Networks
Palo Alto Networks is a cybersecurity company that offers cybersecurity solutions for organizations.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$65MKey Investors
Icon VenturesLehman HoldingsGlobespan Capital Partners
2012-07-20IPO
2008-11-03Series C· $10M
2008-08-18Series C· $27M
Leadership Team
Helmut Reisinger
CEO EMEA
Nikesh Arora
Chairman CEO
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