Staff DevOps Engineer, Remote

About Us

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. We weave AI into the fabric of everything we do and use it to augment the impact every individual can have.

Our culture values trust, accountability, and shared success where your work truly matters. This role is remote, enabling collaboration across geographies to solve big problems, stay close to our customers, and grow together.

About the Role

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 cybersecurity industry. You will focus on development flow productivity, building application infrastructures and tools to address challenges related to hyper-growth of engineering and application scale.

In this role, you will design, implement, and deploy products and infrastructures that directly increase our stability and quality while reducing our time to market.

Qualifications

• 2-5 years of hands-on experience working as a Software, DevOps, or infrastructure developer
• Significant development experience with Python, Groovy, Bash, PowerShell
• Deep knowledge and experience in cloud infrastructure such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud
• Experience with Containers and Orchestrators (Docker, Kubernetes, ECS, etc.)
• Extensive experience managing high-scale Jenkins clusters as code
• Experience building the full application release cycle (CI/CD)
• Experience in the creation of highly automated infrastructures as code
• Knowledge of operating system administration
• Excellent design and analytical skills
• Creative troubleshooting skills and out-of-the-box thinking
• Familiarity with the open-source community
• Experience and understanding of software dependency supply chains

Skills

• Strong communication skills and a team player
• Open-minded, creative, and out-of-the-box thinker
• Thorough and methodical approach to tasks; ability to plan, conduct, prioritize, track, and measure processes
• Decision-making skills: balancing architectural and business considerations, sometimes with incomplete information
• Strong ability to adopt new technologies and understand them in depth through rapid self-learning
• Proactive by nature; internal drive for excellence and improvement
• Highly motivated and autonomous

What Will Make You Stand Out

• BA/BS in Computer Science or Computer Information Systems
• Experience in testing methodologies and developing tests (e.g., unit tests, integration tests, system tests)
• Strong networking foundations (TCP/IP, DNS, Network Protocols, Routing)
• Understanding of security principles and techniques (risk management, threat modeling, secure configuration)
• Database usage experience and understanding
• Experience with Agile development and practices
• Cloud Solution Architect Certificate
• Must be a U.S. Citizen or Green Card holder for meeting FedRAMP High authorized access requirements

Pay

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 range is $104,000.00 - $169,500.00 per year. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus.