Remote Senior Infrastructure Engineer: Cloud-Native Tooling

Palo Alto Networks; United States; Remote; USD 126,000 - 205,000; Full time

Job summary

Palo Alto Networks is seeking an Infrastructure Engineer to build developer tooling and an observability-centric infrastructure platform for the engineering organization. You will own the end-to-end lifecycle from local tooling to CI/CD and dynamic testing environments, using cloud-native tech to empower teams.

The role emphasizes large-scale, resilient systems, Terraform-based IaC, Kubernetes, and collaboration across geographies.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of relevant experience with backend systems and cloud-scale infrastructure.
• Proficiency in at least one backend language (Go/Java/Python/Rust).
• Cloud-native understanding and experience with AWS or GCP.
• Knowledge of Linux internals, process management and resource isolation.
• Understanding of OSI model, service meshes, load balancing and zero-trust security.

Responsibilities

• Architect & Build: Design and maintain high-scale developer tooling and backend services in a cloud-native ecosystem.
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Define, deploy, and manage environments using Terraform.
• Drive Systemic Quality: Eliminate bottlenecks in the SDLC through architecture and tooling.
• Scale & Reliability: Ensure resilience under heavy load with performance and cost optimization.
• Strategic Leadership & Mentorship: Define platform standards and mentor across teams.

Skills

Go

Java

Python

Rust

Kubernetes

Terraform

Linux

Networking

Security

Distributed Systems

CI/CD tooling

AI tools

Tools

Terraform

Kubernetes

Job description

Palo Alto Networks is seeking an Infrastructure Engineer to build developer tooling and an observability-centric infrastructure platform for the engineering organization. You will own the end-to-end lifecycle from local tooling to CI/CD and dynamic testing environments, using cloud-native tech to empower teams.

The role emphasizes large-scale, resilient systems, Terraform-based IaC, Kubernetes, and collaboration across geographies.