Staff Site Reliability Engineer
Palo Alto Networks21 days ago
Bengaluru, IndiaStaff+
Responsibilities
- Own and operate large-scale global production environments using AI-assisted reliability and automation practices.
- Design and manage production-grade GKE clusters, including upgrades, node pools, workload optimization, and multi-tenancy.
- Lead the architecture, deployment, and operation of Kong API Gateway infrastructure, including rate limiting, authentication, traffic management, and plugins.
- Build LLM-powered runbooks, intelligent alerting, predictive operations, anomaly detection, and automated incident remediation.
- Implement and maintain infrastructure as code using Terraform and Helm.
- Develop automation and operational tooling with Python, Bash, and Go.
- Monitor, investigate, and resolve P1/P2 incidents and lead troubleshooting, incident bridges, and post-mortems.
- Participate in a daytime on-call rotation with occasional weekend and holiday coverage.
Requirements
- 6–10 years of experience in SRE or DevOps roles in large-scale production environments.
- Deep hands-on Linux experience at scale, including RHEL, Ubuntu, kernel tuning, and system internals.
- Strong hands-on experience with Kubernetes, GKE, and Kong API Gateway.
- Strong hands-on experience with GCP; AWS or Azure experience is a plus.
- Mastery of Terraform and proficiency in Python for scripting, automation, and AI/ML integrations.
- Familiarity with GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, ArgoCD, and Flux.
- Experience leading P1/P2 incident bridges and post-mortems for complex global application stacks.
- Experience or strong interest in AIOps platforms and tools, plus familiarity with security, vulnerability management, and CIS compliance.
- Experience with Istio or Kong Mesh is preferred.
- CKA, CKAD, or Google Cloud Professional certifications are preferred.
Benefits
- Most teams work from the office full time, with flexibility when needed.
- The role includes daytime on-call coverage and occasional weekends and holidays on a rotation basis.
- Palo Alto Networks provides reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities or special needs.
Tech Stack
AWSAzureBashGitHub ActionsGitLab CI/CDGoGoogle Cloud PlatformHelmIstioKubernetesLinuxPythonTerraform
Categories
DevOpsSite Reliability
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.