Senior DevOps Engineer - Backend Infrastructure Team (Cortex)
Palo Alto Networks11 days ago
Tel Aviv-Yafo, IsraelSenior
Responsibilities
- Own the reliability, scaling, and end-to-end operation of high-scale Cortex production SaaS infrastructure on GCP.
- Design and execute Terraform infrastructure automation for production and development environments.
- Build Jenkins CI/CD pipelines and automated remediation tools.
- Partner with development teams on distributed platform components, backend architecture, databases, HA, and disaster recovery.
- Drive technical standards, platform efficiency, cost optimization, and cross-team processes.
- Participate in an on-call rotation, troubleshoot production incidents, and lead customer-facing root cause analyses and post-mortem improvements.
Requirements
- 5+ years of hands-on experience in a DevOps, Platform, or Site Reliability Engineering role managing high-scale production environments.
- High proficiency with cloud infrastructure, preferably GCP, Kubernetes, Docker, and Terraform.
- Strong software engineering skills with solid Python proficiency; Go is a plus.
- Deep proficiency with Linux internals, troubleshooting, and system performance tuning.
- Ability to lead complex technical designs, drive cross-functional projects, and communicate with R&D stakeholders.
- Preferred experience with MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redis, high availability, disaster recovery, AI-enabled workflows, and cloud security tools or cybersecurity.
Benefits
- Most teams work from the office full time, with flexibility when needed.
- Participation in an on-call rotation that includes weekends and holidays.
- Reasonable accommodations are available for qualified individuals with disabilities or special needs.
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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.