Senior DevOps Engineer (Cortex)

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! We believe collaboration thrives in person. That’s why most of our teams work from the office full time, with flexibility when it’s needed. This model supports real-time problem-solving, stronger relationships, and the kind of precision that drives great outcomes. Job Summary Your Career The cloud security platform empowers teams through automation and security-as-code. We are looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer to design, scale, and secure our global infrastructure while setting the standard for performance, reliability, and engineering excellence across the organization. Your Impact Architect, implement, and optimize scalable, highly available cloud infrastructure solutions for enterprise environments. Define and drive the technical roadmap, leading complex infrastructure initiatives from strategic conception through deployment. Establish enterprise-grade reliability by defining and enforcing SLOs/SLIs, building advanced observability ecosystems, and leading incident response strategies. Spearhead the integration of advanced security measures, enforcing zero-trust architectures and championing security-as-code principles. Mentor and elevate the broader engineering team, establishing cross-departmental standards for infrastructure, deployment, and security. Partner directly with product leadership as a domain expert and power-user, shaping the strategic direction and feature development of our cloud security platform. Qualifications Your Experience 5-8 years of progressive experience in DevOps and managing high scale systems. Strong internal collaboration skills, with a focus on unblocking peers, leading technical deep-dives, and fostering a cohesive, high-trust environment within the devops squad and beyond. Extensive experience designing, scaling, and managing complex Kubernetes clusters and containerized workloads, with deep architectural expertise in GCP. Expert-level proficiency in Linux system architecture, advanced network engineering, and automation development (Python, Go, or Bash). Mastery of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and configuration management using Terraform, Ansible, and Helm to drive immutable infrastructure at scale. Proven track record of designing secure, high-velocity CI/CD pipelines from scratch using GitLab CI, Jenkins, or similar enterprise tooling. Deep expertise in deploying observability platforms and managing distributed datastores at scale (BigQuery, MongoDB, Neo4j, or ElasticSearch). Demonstrated leadership ability with a history of driving architectural decisions, mentoring engineers, and supporting complex, multi-service production environments. 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 [contact details removed]. 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. Please use this form to provide us with information that will help direct your request and find your data in all of our systems