Staff DevOps Engineer

Palo Alto Networks; United States; On-site; USD 130,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare options

On-site gym & wellness programs

Professional development courses

Equity grants & ESPP

Job summary

Palo Alto Networks is seeking a talented DevOps Platform Developer to join a team building mission-critical systems for cybersecurity. You will design, implement and deploy infrastructure and tools to boost stability and velocity at scale.

Responsibilities include developing scalable infrastructures, enhancing development flow, and reducing time-to-market through automation and CI/CD excellence. Candidates should have cloud experience, automation skills, and hands-on tooling proficiency.

Qualifications

• BS in Computer Science or related field required.
• Hands-on experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS/Azure/Google Cloud).
• Strong scripting and automation capabilities with Python, Groovy, Bash, or PowerShell.
• Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines and automated tests.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement and deploy scalable products and infrastructures.
• Improve stability and quality while reducing time to market.
• Build applications and tools to enhance development flow productivity.

Skills

Cloud infra

CI/CD

Automation

Python

Groovy/Bash/PowerShell

Networking basics

Education

B.S. in CS or related

Tools

Jenkins

Docker

Kubernetes

ECS

Job description

• We are looking for a bright, talented DevOps Platform Developer to join a team of highly energized and professional engineers working on mission-critical systems in the red-hot cybersecurity industry. Focused on development flow productivity, building application infrastructures and tools, with huge challenges related to hyper-growth of engineering and application scale
• As part of your role, you will design, implement and deploy products and infrastructures which will directly increase our stability and quality, while reducing our time to market

Benefits

• Healthcare: We value your health and provide options so you can choose what best supports your lifestyle and personal health goals. Various nationwide plans — including Blue Shield of California, Kaiser Permanente, Delta Dental, VSP, and more — are available to you and your family. Our providers offer the flexibility you want and the coverage you need
• Wellness: With a large on-site gym and daily, instructor-led exercise classes at HQ in Santa Clara, Palo Alto Networks actively supports employee fitness. Our juice bar, Gym & Juice, features fresh juice blends, a quick and nutritious option pre- or post-workout. And our ongoing wellness speaker series highlights the latest trends in health and wellness
• Development: Professional development is serious business at Palo Alto Networks, where the Talent Development team offers 25+ courses to help employees boost their careers and develop leadership capability
• Financial: Most roles are eligible for equity grants, and we now offer new hires a quarterly vesting schedule right away. We want you to be fairly compensated and rewarded as soon as you make an impact – on our team, that happens immediately! And because we consider every employee a stakeholder in our long-term success, we offer an Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) with a 24-month lookback. From life insurance to health savings accounts, we provide ways to help you protect and grow your wealth. Palo Alto Networks offers both traditional and Roth 401(k) options, along with a company match of 50% to a max annual amount of $1,000
• Time Off: In addition to paid corporate holidays, Flexible Time Off programs empower our employees to balance their work schedules with personal time off. We offer 12 weeks of full pay for medical leave and 6 weeks of full pay for parental leave. As a company with strong ties to the military and veterans, we also offer 26 weeks of full pay for military leave
• Perks: Our corporate discount program provides employees with significant discounts on merchandise, travel and entertainment. We offer many on-site perks at headquarters, including cafeterias, fuel service, dry cleaning service, EV charging stations, and a company store. We also provide complimentary drinks, fresh fruit, and snacks in break rooms across our campus to help everyone power through the day.

Life at Palo Alto Network

• 2-5 years of hands‑on experience working as a Software, DevOps, or infrastructure developer
• Deep knowledge and experience in cloud infrastructure such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud
• Creative troubleshooting skills and out-of-the-box thinking
• Extensive experience managing high-scale Jenkins clusters as code
• Experience and understanding of software dependency supply chains
• Experience in the creation of highly automated Infrastructures - as code
• Experienced with building the full application release cycle (CI/CD)
• Know your way around the open-source community
• Experience with Containers and Orchestrators (Docker, Kubernetes, ECS, etc.)
• Knowledge of operating system administration
• Excellent design and analytical skills
• Significant development experience with the following: Python, Groovy, Bash, PowerShell
• Strong ability to use new technologies and understand them in depth through rapid self-learning
• Highly motivated, autonomous
• Open-minded, creative, out of the box thinker
• A thorough and methodical approach to any task, ability to plan, conduct, prioritize, track and measure processes
• Proactive by nature; internal drive for excellence and improvement
• Strong communication skills, team player
• Decision-making skills: taking into account both architectural and business considerations, at times with incomplete information
• Experience in testing methodologies and developing tests (e.g Unit tests, integration tests, system tests)
• BA/BS in Computer Science or Computer Information Systems
• Strong networking foundations (TCP/IP, DNS, Network Protocols, Routing)
• Security principles and techniques (Risk management, threat modeling, secure configuration)
• Database usage experience and understanding
• Cloud Solution Architect Certificate
• Experience with Agile development and practices
• Must be a U.S Citizen or GreenCard holder for meeting with FedRAMP High authorized access requirements