Lead AI Native Cloud Reliability Engineer

Jobs Paloaltonetworks; California (MO); On-site; USD 175,000 - 284,000; Full time

Job summary

Palo Alto Networks is seeking an AI‑Native Reliability Software Engineer to build engines, intelligent pipelines, and autonomous systems powering our cloud presence. You will design and optimize highly available cloud applications across AWS and GCP, treating the cloud as a programmable, AI‑orchestrated entity.

You will drive enterprise architectural strategy across cloud platforms, enable secure-by-design pipelines, and lead autonomous agents for incident response and RCA in a globally

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in Cloud Software Engineering, SRE, or Distributed Systems Infrastructure (BS or equivalent).
• Strong track record with large-scale distributed systems, multi-cloud platforms (GCP, AWS), and container orchestration.
• Strong software engineering fundamentals in TypeScript (Node.js), Go, or Python.

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise architectural strategy across AWS, Azure, and GCP, integrating AI workflows and LLM agents for automated infrastructure refactoring.
• Architect next-gen telemetry and secure-by-design pipelines, utilizing LLMs for dynamic IAM auditing and automated vulnerability patching at scale.
• Spearhead the engineering of autonomous agents using Go, Python, or TypeScript to establish standards for predictive auto-scaling and self-healing systems.
• Act as the authority for complex anomalies, leading the design of internal AI agents for autonomous root-cause analysis and defect resolution.
• Define the technical vision for globally distributed Kubernetes fleets, championing AI-driven traffic routing and predictive capacity planning.

Skills

Cloud software engineering

SRE experience

Distributed systems

Multi-cloud platforms

TypeScript/Node.js

Go

Python

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

GitHub Actions

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

Palo Alto Networks is seeking an AI‑Native Reliability Software Engineer to build engines, intelligent pipelines, and autonomous systems powering our cloud presence. You will design and optimize highly available cloud applications across AWS and GCP, treating the cloud as a programmable, AI‑orchestrated entity.

You will drive enterprise architectural strategy across cloud platforms, enable secure-by-design pipelines, and lead autonomous agents for incident response and RCA in a globally