Senior AI Platform Engineer | Cloud, Kubernetes & DevOps

Palo Alto Networks, Inc.; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 184,000 - 297,000; Full time

Job summary

Palo Alto Networks, Inc. is seeking an AI Platform Engineer to join a team building tooling to manage a large hybrid cloud infrastructure (GCP/AWS).

You will work on automation, architecture design, monitoring, security, and reliability, using Kubernetes, Terraform, Python, and Go to empower the platform. You will collaborate with developers, researchers, data scientists, and security experts to deliver production-ready, scalable services.

Qualifications

• BS or MS in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent professional experience
• Expertise in configuration management with a framework such as Kubernetes, Helm, Terraform, or Kustomize
• Expertise in managing distributed and autoscaled applications in Kubernetes clusters
• Experience in Production Engineering, DevOps, or Site Reliability
• Expertise in the public cloud (GCP, AWS, or OCI)
• Strong Linux administration, internals, and network troubleshooting
• Proficiency with programming languages like Python, Golang, or Rust to develop applications and tooling to manage advanced data systems and automate complex tasks
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, GitLab and GitHub preferred
• Ability to diagnose and troubleshoot complex distributed systems handling high‑volume transactions
• Excellent written and verbal communication, able to collaborate and rally support
• Self‑disciplined, self‑managed, self‑motivated, and strong sense of ownership
• Passion for infrastructure and monitoring as code
• Ready to understand and dissect new technology stacks quickly

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate reliable, secure Cloud infrastructure
• Adopt AI-SDLC and contribute to DevOps excellence
• Develop tools and automation frameworks
• Automate robust deployment of services
• Orchestrate end-to-end monitoring and alerting
• Lead root cause analyses of critical issues
• Mentor DevOps culture and participate in design reviews
• Collaborate with developers, researchers, data scientists, and security experts

Skills

Kubernetes

Terraform

Golang

Python

Linux

CI/CD

Distributed systems

GitLab

GitHub

Networking

Education

BS or MS in Computer Science

Tools

Kubernetes

Terraform

Docker

GitLab

GitHub

Job description

Palo Alto Networks, Inc. is seeking an AI Platform Engineer to join a team building tooling to manage a large hybrid cloud infrastructure (GCP/AWS).

You will work on automation, architecture design, monitoring, security, and reliability, using Kubernetes, Terraform, Python, and Go to empower the platform. You will collaborate with developers, researchers, data scientists, and security experts to deliver production-ready, scalable services.