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. Job Summary Job Summary As a Sr. Staff DevOps Engineer at Palo Alto Networks, you will be a cornerstone in architecting the tooling and frameworks for our massive hybrid-cloud ecosystem. Your mission is to push the boundaries of infrastructure efficiency, performance, and security through high-level automation and visionary architectural design. You will be expected to master and integrate a diverse tech stack including Kubernetes, AWS, GCP, Terraform, Python, and Go to solve enterprise-scale challenges and protect our digital way of life. Key Responsibilities Manage and improve the reliability, performance, and scalability of production and pre-production systems. Spearhead the transition to autonomous operational processes using infrastructure-as-code (IaC) and sophisticated CI/CD pipelines. Define and govern SLIs/SLOs/SLAs to ensure rigorous service standards and measurable reliability improvements. Build and oversee comprehensive observability ecosystems, integrating metrics, logging, and distributed tracing. Proactively collaborate with developers and security experts to bake resilience and fault tolerance into product designs. Design, deploy, and operate secure, high-availability cloud infrastructure while aggressively optimizing for cost and efficiency. Participate in on-call rotation and incident response, driving post-incident reviews and root cause analysis. Mentor junior and senior engineers, championing a high-performance DevOps culture and leading complex design reviews. Qualifications Required Qualifications Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience. 5+ years of professional experience in a DevOps, SRE, or Infrastructure Engineering role. Expertise in managing distributed and autoscaled applications in Kubernetes clusters. Expertise in configuration management and infrastructure-as-code using Terraform or similar frameworks. Extensive experience managing hyper-scale environments within GCP or AWS. Proficiency in a high-level programming language such as Python or Golang to build custom tooling and automate workflows. Preferred Qualifications Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field. Experience building and managing CI/CD pipelines, preferably with GitLab or GitHub Actions. A proven ability to dissect and debug complex distributed systems handling high-volume, mission-critical transactions. Strong Linux administration, internals, and network troubleshooting skills. 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? No. Please note that we will not sponsor applicants for work visas for this position.