Senior Data Center & OpenShift Engineer

Palo Alto Networks, Inc.; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 147,000 - 237,500; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive health insurance

401(k) retirement plan

Competitive salary

Job summary

Palo Alto Networks, Inc. is seeking a Senior Data Center & OpenShift Operations Engineer in Santa Clara, CA. The role involves ensuring high availability and reliability of data center systems while managing OpenShift clusters.

The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or IT, at least 5 years of experience with Red Hat OpenShift, and strong skills in Python, Bash, and automation tools like Ansible. This position offers a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits package.

Qualifications

• 5+ years experience in Red Hat OpenShift in a production environment.
• Deep experience in racking and cabling high-density GPU systems.
• Strong Python and Bash scripting skills for health checks and API integrations.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and maintain data center systems for high availability.
• Implement and manage OpenShift 4.x clusters to ensure uptime.
• Design and execute automated disaster recovery strategies.

Skills

Red Hat OpenShift (OCP)

Ansible

Python

Bash

CoreOS

RHEL administration

GPU systems

Networking (BGP, VLAN)

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or IT

Tools

vSphere

KVM

OpenShift Data Foundation (ODF)

Ceph

DCIM tools (Netbox)

Monitoring stacks (ELK/Loki)

Job description

Palo Alto Networks, Inc. is seeking a Senior Data Center & OpenShift Operations Engineer in Santa Clara, CA. The role involves ensuring high availability and reliability of data center systems while managing OpenShift clusters.

The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or IT, at least 5 years of experience with Red Hat OpenShift, and strong skills in Python, Bash, and automation tools like Ansible. This position offers a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits package.