AI-Driven DevOps Architect for Cortex Cloud

Jobs Paloaltonetworks; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Palo Alto Networks in the United Kingdom is seeking a Senior Principal DevOps Engineer to define the technical strategy for our Cortex Cloud production services. You will shape architectures for reliability, security, and performance while guiding a broad team of engineers.

You will drive AI-powered automation, implement GitOps with FluxCD and Terraform, and mentor staff to scale Kubernetes clusters and complex platforms while balancing cost and compliance.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in DevOps/SRE/Infrastructure leadership roles.
• Design and deploy large-scale distributed systems.
• AI-driven automation and LLM-based tooling in engineering.
• Strong communication to technical and leadership peers.
• Cloud & IaC mastery with Terraform and GCP.
• Advanced Kubernetes scaling and operator patterns.
• Proficient in Python or Go.
• Proven cross-team leadership experience.
• Linux kernel, networking, and performance expertise.

Responsibilities

• Architectural vision for scalable, resilient systems.
• Lead IaC and GitOps initiatives across teams.
• Mentor engineers and define technical roadmaps.
• Improve developer velocity with AI-driven workflows.
• Ensure security-by-design in platform architecture.

Skills

DevOps leadership

Cloud architecture

Kubernetes

Terraform

Python or Go

AI automation

Linux systems

Communication

SRE

Tools

FluxCD

Terraform

GitOps

Job description

Palo Alto Networks in the United Kingdom is seeking a Senior Principal DevOps Engineer to define the technical strategy for our Cortex Cloud production services. You will shape architectures for reliability, security, and performance while guiding a broad team of engineers.

You will drive AI-powered automation, implement GitOps with FluxCD and Terraform, and mentor staff to scale Kubernetes clusters and complex platforms while balancing cost and compliance.