Staff Software Engineer(Cloudops)
Palo Alto Networks2 months ago
USA (city not specified)Staff+
Base Salary
$125k - $201k/yr
Responsibilities
- Architect and maintain scalable multi-cloud systems across AWS, Azure, and GCP using Pulumi, AWS CDK, or Terraform.
- Build internal software utilities, autonomous agents, and intelligent workflows for provisioning, predictive scaling, and self-healing infrastructure.
- Apply predictive machine learning and API-driven automation to optimize cloud spending and resource allocation.
- Implement observability, anomaly detection, deployment security, vulnerability scanning, and automated patch generation.
- Manage production Kubernetes clusters, including EKS, AKS, and GKE, with AI-assisted traffic routing and capacity planning.
- Serve as a tier-3 escalation engineer and help develop an AI agent for log analysis, root-cause analysis, and automated pull requests.
Requirements
- 6+ years of experience in cloud software engineering, Site Reliability Engineering, or distributed systems infrastructure.
- 2+ years of hands-on experience integrating AI tools, LLMs, or predictive analytics into deployment workflows, pipelines, or software platforms.
- Strong software engineering fundamentals in TypeScript/Node.js, Go, or Python.
- Deep proficiency in at least two of AWS, Azure, and GCP, with architectural understanding of the third.
- Expert-level Kubernetes knowledge; CKA certification is preferred.
- Experience with LLM APIs, vector databases, prompt engineering, intelligent CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, security gates, and AI-assisted code reviews.
- Deep understanding of Linux internals, distributed systems, asynchronous programming, and performance tuning.
- Proven experience architecting and operating large-scale, high-throughput distributed systems and collaborating with AI/ML teams.
Benefits
- Most teams work from the office full time, with flexibility when needed.
- Compensation may include restricted stock units and a bonus.
- The company provides reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities or special needs.
Tech Stack
AWSAzureGitHub ActionsGitLab CI/CDGoGoogle Cloud PlatformKubernetesLinuxNode.jsPrometheusPythonTerraformTypeScript
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About Palo Alto Networks
Palo Alto Networks builds cybersecurity products for enterprises and governments, including next-generation firewalls, cloud security (Prisma Cloud/Prisma Access), and SOC tools (Cortex). It sells subscriptions and appliances with cloud-delivered threat intelligence, securing networks, endpoints, and applications across data centers and public clouds. Founded in 2005 and headquartered in Santa Clara, California, the company is publicly traded on the NYSE under the ticker PANW.