Senior Principal Platform Architect - AI-Driven SRE

Palo Alto Networks, Inc.

Santa Clara (CA)

On-site

USD 170,000 - 277,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Palo Alto Networks is seeking a Senior Principal Engineer/Architect to serve as the technical authority for global SRE and Platform Engineering initiatives across the US and India. You will architect AI-driven, self-healing platform capabilities and partner with product architectures and engineering teams to translate complex requirements into automated infrastructure.

You will own projects end-to-end, drive innovation with AI tooling, and ensure reliability and cost efficiency in cloud-native

Qualifications

Proven technical leadership for large-scale platform projects.
Experience designing, debugging, and scaling distributed systems and cloud infrastructure.
Practical experience applying AI/LLMs and agentic workflows to automate tooling and observability.
Empathy for internal software developers and strong collaboration skills.
Fluent in modern backend languages with a track record of big projects.

Responsibilities

Identify and architect end-to-end solutions to reduce friction in infrastructure and pipelines.
Drive AI-powered innovation by integrating AI tooling and AI-assisted workflows.
Lead scale and reliability engineering across cloud-native environments.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to improve platform workflows and developer experience.
Share accountability for tooling, validation frameworks, and self-healing infrastructure.
Mentor senior engineers and lead design reviews to raise engineering standards.