Lead ML Engineer, Cloud Security & AI Ops

Palo Alto Networks; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 163,000 - 264,000; Full time

Job summary

Palo Alto Networks is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to drive cloud security solutions and ML lifecycle orchestration. You will lead end-to-end architecture, mentor teams, and deliver scalable, secure software across multiple cloud platforms.

You will own model deployment and MLOps, integrate CI/CD, and optimize infrastructure for performance and cost in a fast-paced security environment.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of software development experience, with a focus on cloud-native and SaaS applications.
• Experience designing and building large-scale, distributed systems on public cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure).
• Strong proficiency in at least one modern programming language such as Python, Go, or Java.
• Demonstrated experience with the full machine learning lifecycle, including model deployment and MLOps.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership for end-to-end solution delivery, collaborating with cross-functional teams to align engineering efforts with business objectives.
• Drive the development of scalable cloud security architecture through a balance of strategic planning and hands-on coding.
• Establish and evangelize best practices for model versioning, reproducibility, auditing, and compliance to ensure code quality and data privacy across the organization.
• Architect and lead the entire ML lifecycle, from initial development and training to production deployment and real-time inference.
• Build and maintain automated, resilient systems for CI/CD and monitoring of backend and ML components.
• Continuously evaluate and integrate cutting-edge MLOps tools to enhance scalability, reliability, and efficiency.
• Design and implement robust, next-generation cloud security solutions to resolve complex backend infrastructure and ML model challenges.
• Strategically manage and optimize ML infrastructure and pipelines to improve performance and reduce costs.

Skills

ML frameworks

Programming languages

MLOps

Python

Go

Java

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS, Engineering, or related field

Master's or PhD (preferred)

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Job description

Palo Alto Networks is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to drive cloud security solutions and ML lifecycle orchestration. You will lead end-to-end architecture, mentor teams, and deliver scalable, secure software across multiple cloud platforms.

You will own model deployment and MLOps, integrate CI/CD, and optimize infrastructure for performance and cost in a fast-paced security environment.