Company Description

Our Mission

At Palo Alto Networks® everything starts and ends with our mission:

Being the cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting our digital way of life.
Our vision is a world where each day is safer and more secure than the one before. We are a company built on the foundation of challenging and disrupting the way things are done, and we’re looking for innovators who are as committed to shaping the future of cybersecurity as we are.

Who We Are

We take our mission of protecting the digital way of life seriously. We are relentless in protecting our customers and we believe that the unique ideas of every member of our team contributes to our collective success. Our values were crowdsourced by employees and are brought to life through each of us everyday - from disruptive innovation and collaboration, to execution. From showing up for each other with integrity to creating an environment where we all feel included.

As a member of our team, you will be shaping the future of cybersecurity. We work fast, value ongoing learning, and we respect each employee as a unique individual. Knowing we all have different needs, our development and personal wellbeing programs are designed to give you choice in how you are supported. This includes our FLEXBenefits wellbeing spending account with over 1,000 eligible items selected by employees, our mental and financial health resources, and our personalized learning opportunities - just to name a few!

At Palo Alto Networks, we believe in the power of collaboration and value in-person interactions. This is why our employees generally work full time from our office with flexibility offered where needed. This setup fosters casual conversations, problem-solving, and trusted relationships. Our goal is to create an environment where we all win with precision.

Job Description

NOTE: This role requires a US Citizen.

Your Career

The Cortex team builds and delivers the industry’s most advanced SecOps platform, including XSIAM, XSOAR, and XPANSE. As a Staff DevOps Engineer, you will help build, operate, and evolve the infrastructure and automation that powers our large-scale cloud platform.

In this role, you’ll work closely with senior DevOps engineers and software engineering teams to support reliable software delivery, improve system performance, and maintain scalable cloud infrastructure. You’ll be hands-on with day-to-day operations while continuing to expand your ownership, technical depth, and understanding of large-scale production systems.

This position is ideal for an experienced DevOps engineer who enjoys automation, cloud infrastructure, and CI/CD, and is ready to grow toward more advanced responsibilities. You’ll contribute to improving existing systems by applying best practices in Infrastructure as Code, configuration management, containerization, and observability.

Your Impact

• Cloud Infrastructure – Build, operate, and maintain cloud-native infrastructure in Google Cloud Platform (GCP) to support scalability, reliability, and performance

• Automation & Infrastructure as Code – Develop and maintain Infrastructure-as-Code using Terraform, assist with configuration management using tools like Ansible, and follow GitOps-based workflows

• CI/CD Pipelines – Support and improve CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitLab CI, ArgoCD, or similar tools to enable reliable software delivery

• Containerization & Orchestration – Deploy and operate containerized workloads using Kubernetes (GKE preferred) and Docker, following established reliability and security practices

• Monitoring & Performance – Use monitoring, logging, and alerting tools to help identify, troubleshoot, and resolve performance or reliability issues

• Security & Compliance – Apply security best practices across infrastructure, networking, and deployments, working closely with security and platform teams

• Collaboration – Partner with development teams to troubleshoot production issues, improve developer workflows, and support operational excellence

• On-Call Rotation – Participate in on-call rotations and assist with incident response and post-incident reviews

Qualifications

Your Experience

• 2–5 years of experience in DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering, or Cloud Infrastructure roles

• Hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform (preferred) or AWS

• Working knowledge of Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform and Ansible

• Experience scripting or automating tasks using Python, Go, or Bash

• Familiarity with Kubernetes and containerized workloads (GKE, EKS, or similar)

• Exposure to CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI, or ArgoCD

• Solid understanding of Linux systems and basic system administration

• Foundational knowledge of cloud networking, IAM, and security best practices

• Experience assisting with production troubleshooting and incident response

Additional Information

The Team

Our DevOps team is at the core of Cortex’s cloud infrastructure, enabling our engineering teams to build and deploy software at scale. We thrive on automation, efficiency, and reliability, always pushing the boundaries of DevOps excellence.

If you’re excited about building scalable infrastructure, improving deployment workflows, and driving DevOps culture, we want to hear from you.

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/commissioned roles) is expected to be between $126000/YR - $203500/YR. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found here.

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Our Commitment

We’re problem solvers that 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 [email protected].

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.