Principal DevOps Engineer
About Palo Alto Networks
Principal DevOps Engineer
Our team builds and provides Idira Secure Workload Access solutionThe team’s mission is to solve workload identity and authentication problems our customers face, and to secure workload communication while practicing the highest security standards and providing the best possible user experienceWe are seeking a Principal DevOps Engineer to treat the software release lifecycle as a first-class product. In this role, you will move beyond basic automation to architect a resilient, high-velocity delivery ecosystemBy engineering the end-to-end lifecycle for diverse components—including SDKs, Terraform providers, installable software, and Cloud services—you will ensure our deployment pipeline is seamless, scalable, and fortified by the highest security standardsYou will also be responsible for maintaining and automating the underlying infrastructure to enable the testingDesign, build and maintain pipelines for testing and shipping our software, involving multiple steps and complex dependencies. We want reliable and robust pipelines that will involve testing in multiple environments and across multiple versions, as well as other steps such as security scanning and code signingMaintain the test infrastructure underlying these pipelines with devops tooling, involving third-party dependencies, test environments with multiple versions of platforms we support, cloud accounts, and moreWork with the development team to build a great developer experience, with ad-hoc environments for manual testing, easily debuggable pipelines and moreMonitor test pipelines and triage issues, passing off to the developers when it’s a real problem. Look for underlying issues, and work with developers to troubleshoot as neededProvide feedback on the product to make it better for our users as well as making it more testable and debuggable for usContinuous Improvement: Analyze pipeline bottlenecks and “flaky” deployment steps, relentlessly optimizing for speed without sacrificing security and reliabilityBenefitsHealthcare: We value your health and provide options so you can choose what best supports your lifestyle and personal health goals. Various nationwide plans — including Blue Shield of California, Kaiser Permanente, Delta Dental, VSP, and more — are available to you and your family. Our providers offer the flexibility you want and the coverage you needWellness: With a large on-site gym and daily, instructor-led exercise classes at HQ in Santa Clara, Palo Alto Networks actively supports employee fitness. Our juice bar, Gym & Juice, features fresh juice blends, a quick and nutritious option pre- or post-workout. And our ongoing wellness speaker series highlights the latest trends in health and wellnessDevelopment: Professional development is serious business at Palo Alto Networks, where the Talent Development team offers 25+ courses to help employees boost their careers and develop leadership capabilityFinancial: Most roles are eligible for equity grants, and we now offer new hires a quarterly vesting schedule right away. We want you to be fairly compensated and rewarded as soon as you make an impact – on our team, that happens immediately! And because we consider every employee a stakeholder in our long-term success, we offer an Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) with a 24-month lookback. From life insurance to health savings accounts, we provide ways to help you protect and grow your wealth. Palo Alto Networks offers both traditional and Roth 401(k) options, along with a company match of 50% to a max annual amount of $1,000Time Off: In addition to paid corporate holidays, Flexible Time Off programs empower our employees to balance their work schedules with personal time off. We offer 12 weeks of full pay for medical leave and 6 weeks of full pay for parental leave. As a company with strong ties to the military and veterans, we also offer 26 weeks of full pay for military leavePerks: Our corporate discount program provides employees with significant discounts on merchandise, travel and entertainment. We offer many on-site perks at headquarters, including cafeterias, fuel service, dry cleaning service, EV charging stations, and a company store. We also provide complimentary drinks, fresh fruit, and snacks in break rooms across our campus to help everyone power through the day.Life at Palo Alto NetworkExperience working with monitoring tools such as datadog, knowing both how to build good dashboards, and also ad-hoc techniques to isolate issuesSharp debugging skills, using a methodical approach to isolate issues within a highly complex environmentA track record of working in a highly collaborative waySome experience with programming/scriptingMotivated by providing a great developer experienceExtensive experience with DevOps tooling and automation, including Terraform, Jenkins, AWS, GitOps, and other toolsPreferably experience with supply chain security practices such as vulnerability scanning and code signing#J-18808-Ljbffr