Systems Engineer

Palo Alto Networks; California City (CA); Remote; USD 139,000 - 191,000; Full time

Job summary

Palo Alto Networks is seeking a Platform Engineer to own the technical execution for a security product pillar. You will enable scalable, repeatable demos and evaluations across global sales motions, bridging DevOps practices with cloud infrastructure.

You will partner with Product, Marketing, and GTM teams to ensure high-quality demos and readiness for new product releases, while continuously improving automation and lab environments.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in Cloud Engineering, DevOps, SRE, Solutions Engineering, or related highly technical role.
• Deep hands-on expertise in identity and access management (IAM) and privileged access management (PAM).
• Experience deploying with CyberArk Secrets Manager (Conjur) for secrets management and DevOps security workflows.
• Advanced cloud infrastructure skills (AWS, Azure, GCP), including containers and scaling distributed environments.
• Proven experience with Terraform or Ansible for IaC.
• Experience deploying AI tools and autonomous AI agents in cloud or dev workflows.
• Advanced system administration across Windows and Unix with strong CLI and troubleshooting.
• Proficiency in Python, Bash, PowerShell for automation and CI/CD.
• Experience architecting or leading automated lab/demo environments is preferred.
• Strong systems thinking and cross-functional collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Demo Engineering & Cloud Infrastructure: Build and maintain scalable, cloud-native demo environments and IaC pipelines.
• DevOps & Solution Building: Create automated, ephemeral evaluation environments simulating complex architectures.
• Technical Evaluation Architecture: Define use cases, success criteria, and update guidance and scripts.
• Release Readiness & Field Enablement: Lead technical readiness for new releases with tools and environments for field demos.
• Analytics, Insights & Continuous Improvement: Monitor environments and drive improvements.

Skills

IAM & PAM

Cloud infrastructure

SRE/DevOps

Automation scripting

CI/CD pipelines

Communication

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Docker

Kubernetes

CyberArk Secrets Manager

AWS

Azure

GCP

Job description

Our Mission

At Palo Alto Networks®, we're united by a shared mission - to protect our digital way of life. We thrive at the intersection of innovation and impact, solving real-world problems with cutting-edge technology and bold thinking. Here, everyone has a voice, and every idea counts. If you're ready to do the most meaningful work of your career alongside people who are just as passionate as you are, you're in the right place.

Who We Are

In order to be the cybersecurity partner of choice, we must trailblaze the path and shape the future of our industry. This is something our employees work at each day and is defined by our values: Disruption, Collaboration, Execution, Integrity, and Inclusion. We weave AI into the fabric of everything we do and use it to augment the impact every individual can have. If you are passionate about solving real-world problems and ideating beside the best and the brightest, we invite you to join us!

This role is remote, but distance is no barrier to impact. Our hybrid teams collaborate across geographies to solve big problems, stay close to our customers, and grow together. You will be part of a culture that values trust, accountability, and shared success where your work truly matters.

Job Summary

As a Platform Engineer, you will serve as the technical execution and operational owner for a specific identity security product pillar's representation, enablement, and execution across our global technical sales motion.

This role sits within the Technical Solutions Center of Excellence and is responsible for defining key use cases and managing the technical readiness of our scaled demo and evaluation environments. You will partner closely with Product Management, Product Marketing, Technical Marketing, and GTM Strategy teams. The Platform Engineer ensures that product strategy translates into high-quality, scalable, and repeatable technical execution across live demos, customer evaluations, and new product releases. This is a senior individual contributor role requiring deep product expertise, strong systems engineering thinking, and significant hands-on technical execution - specifically bridging the gap between DevOps practices, cloud infrastructure, and technical sales engineering.

Your Impact

• Demo Engineering & Cloud Infrastructure: Architect, build, and maintain scalable, cloud-native demo environments, use-case flows, and value framing for the product pillar. Ensure seamless product representation within shared cloud lab environments via heavy hands-on contribution to infrastructure-as-code (IaC) and automated provisioning pipelines.
• DevOps & Solution Building: Act as a core technical builder, applying DevOps methodologies to create robust, automated, and ephemeral evaluation environments that simulate complex, real-world customer architectures.
• Technical Evaluation Architecture: Define technical evaluation use cases, success criteria, and best practices. Continuously update evaluation guidance and automation scripts as the product evolves, ensuring alignment with modern enterprise technology stacks.
• Release Readiness & Field Enablement: Serve as the technical lead for new product releases within the assigned pillar. Partner with Product and Marketing teams to ensure the field has the technical tools, automation scripts, and stable cloud environments needed to demonstrate new capabilities effectively at scale.
• Analytics, Insights & Continuous Improvement: Monitor the health and adoption of shared technical environments. Identify execution gaps, environment instability, or technical friction, and drive corrective action through code refactoring, pipeline improvements, or infrastructure optimization.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in Cloud Engineering, DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), Solutions Engineering, or a related highly technical role.
• Deep hands-on expertise in identity and access management (IAM), privileged access management (PAM), or adjacent enterprise security platforms.
• Demonstrated experience deploying, managing, or integrating with CyberArk Secrets Manager (formerly Conjur) for secrets management and DevOps security workflows.
• Advanced strength with Cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, and/or GCP), including containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) and scaling distributed enterprise environments.
• Proven experience building, deploying, and managing infrastructure-as-code using tools such as Terraform or Ansible.
• Experience deploying, managing, or integrating AI tools and autonomous AI agents into cloud infrastructure or development workflows.
• Advanced system administration skills across Windows and *nix environments, with strong CLI proficiency and troubleshooting capabilities.
• Fluent in scripting and programming languages needed for automation, API integration, and CI/CD workflows: Python, Bash, and PowerShell.
• Experience architecting, supporting, or leading complex, automated lab/demo environments or sandbox platforms is highly preferred.
• Strong systems thinking with the ability to translate business strategy into scalable, automated technical execution.
• Possessing the ability to build credibility working with senior field architects, sales engineers, and cross-functional core engineering partners.
• Comfortable operating as a senior individual contributor in a fast-paced, highly technical matrixed environment.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, capable of explaining complex architectural designs to both technical and business audiences.

Compensation Disclosure

The compensation offered for this position will depend on qualifications, experience, and work location. For candidates who receive an offer at the posted level, the starting base salary (for non-sales roles) or base salary + commission target (for sales/com-missioned roles) is expected to be the annual range listed below. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found here .

$139,200.00 - $191,400.00/yr

Our Commitment

We're trailblazers that dream big, take risks, and challenge cybersecurity's status quo. It's simple: we can't accomplish our mission without diverse teams innovating, together.

We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for all qualified individuals with a disability. If you require assistance or accommodation due to a disability or special need, please contact us at .

Palo Alto Networks is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity in our workplace, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or other legally protected characteristics.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Is role eligible for Immigration Sponsorship? No. Please note that we will not sponsor applicants for work visas for this position.