Sr Principal DevOps Engineer (AIOps)
Palo Alto Networks
Office - USA - CA - HeadquartersPosted Discovered via the company's careers siteMatch locked
Full time8+ years exp
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.
Your Career
Palo Alto Networks runs a large hybrid infrastructure and is one of the largest GCP customers. As a Sr Principal DevOps Engineer, you will be part of a team supporting the services running on this infrastructure. This includes automation, architecture, performance, metrics, troubleshooting, security, and reliability.
Our stack includes Kubernetes, Docker, GCP, AWS, Ansible, Terraform, Vault, Gitlab, Spinnaker, Tensorflow, Datadog, Elasticsearch, Kafka, Hadoop, MySQL, Percona, MongoDB, Python, and Go. We don't expect you to know all these, but we do expect you to learn the ones needed for this role.
Your Impact
- Define and drive
org-level SRE and platform engineering strategy
- Architect
multi-region, multi-cloud (GCP & AWS)
highly available systems
- Establish
SLO/SLI standards, error budgets, and reliability governance
across teams
- Lead design of
platform abstractions
(Terraform modules, Kubernetes platforms, GitOps)
- Drive
end-to-end observability architecture
and reduce MTTR at scale
- Ensure services are
production-ready, scalable, secure, and cost-optimized
- Lead
SEV-1 incidents
, RCA, and executive-level communication
- Influence product and engineering teams on
architecture and reliability decisions
- Mentor senior engineers and act as a
technical authority across orgs
- Drive
Your Experience
•
12–15+ years
in Infrastructure, SRE, DevOps, or Systems Engineering
•
8–10+ years
building and operating
large-scale distributed systems
on AWS/GCP
- Proven experience driving
cross-team or org-level technical initiatives
- Strong expertise in
Terraform, Helm, or similar IaC frameworks
- Deep experience in
automation (Python, Go, shell scripting)
- Strong hands-on expertise in
Kubernetes at scale
- Advanced knowledge of
Linux, networking, and distributed systems debugging
- Experience with
CI/CD (GitLab) and GitOps (ArgoCD)
- Strong background in
observability (Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, tracing)
- Ability to
lead incident management and complex production troubleshooting
- Excellent communication skills; ability to influence
directors and VPs
- Demonstrated leadership in
mentoring and setting engineering standards
- Strong ownership, with focus on
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 .
$177,500.00 - $287,100.00/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 accommodations@paloaltonetworks.com .
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?: Yes
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Skills
gcpawsdevopskubernetesterraformgopythonsreci-cdcybersecuritygrafanalinux
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