Principal Devops Engineer

Company Description Our Mission At Palo Alto Networks everything starts and ends with our mission Being the cybersecurity partner of choice protecting our digital way of life Our vision is a world where each day is safer and more secure than the one before We are a company built on the foundation of challenging and disrupting the way things are done and we re looking for innovators who are as committed to shaping the future of cybersecurity as we are Who We Are We take our mission of protecting the digital way of life seriously We are relentless in protecting our customers and we believe that the unique ideas of every member of our team contributes to our collective success Our values were crowdsourced by employees and are brought to life through each of us everyday - from disruptive innovation and collaboration to execution From showing up for each other with integrity to creating an environment where we all feel included As a member of our team you will be shaping the future of cybersecurity We work fast value ongoing learning and we respect each employee as a unique individual Knowing we all have different needs our development and personal wellbeing programs are designed to give you choice in how you are supported This includes our FLEXBenefits wellbeing spending account with over 1 000 eligible items selected by employees our mental and financial health resources and our personalized learning opportunities - just to name a few At Palo Alto Networks we believe in the power of collaboration and value in-person interactions This is why our employees generally work full time from our office with flexibility offered where needed This setup fosters casual conversations problem-solving and trusted relationships Our goal is to create an environment where we all win with precision Your Career We re looking for a Principal Engineer to join the Cortex SRE Production team at our India Development Center IDC This is a high-impact role where you ll collaborate with global SRE and DevOps teams to enhance visibility reliability and automation across our production infrastructure via tooling and platform development Your Impact As a Principal Engineer in the Global SRE Automation group you will shape the future of infrastructure reliability scale and developer productivity You will lead the design and development of cloud-native automation tools streamline operational workflows and embed resilience into every layer of the platform You will Architect and build automation systems that support self-healing observability and service-level assurance Contribute to the developer experience and internal tooling ecosystem driving reliability through code Influence the SRE strategy by introducing innovations in cloud-native backend services Kubernetes automation and platform engineering Partner with global teams to deliver reliable infrastructure integrating AI models event-driven systems and data pipelines to unlock operational insights Set standards for code quality system design and operational excellence across the organization Qualifications Your Experience 10 years of experience in Cloud Engineering DevOps or Infrastructure Software Development with a strong focus on automation reliability and platform scalability Deep expertise in AWS and Google Cloud Platform GCP with strong understanding of networking compute serverless and cost-optimization services Proficient in Python or Go with a solid grasp of modern backend development frameworks e g Flask FastAPI Gin and cloud-native application design Hands-on experience building RESTful APIs microservices and cloud-native platforms supporting high availability and self-service Designed and integrated Generative AI and LLM-based pipelines including Retrieval-Augmented Generation RAG into internal tooling and operational systems to enhance developer productivity and incident response Applied predictive analytics anomaly detection and MLOps for use cases such as cost forecasting capacity planning and proactive incident management Built and optimized Cloud FinOps tooling to monitor usage patterns reduce waste and provide actionable insights into cloud spend Developed AI-driven automation agents bots for cloud operations alert triage knowledge retrieval and ticket deflection Strong experience with - Infrastructure-as-Code Terraform CDK - Kubernetes Cluster lifecycle management Helm Kustomize GitOps ArgoCD - CI CD pipelines observability frameworks Prometheus Grafana ELK and SRE tooling for incident automation Proficient in SQL and NoSQL databases such as PostgreSQL and Elasticsearch Exposure to Kafka and event-driven architectures for real-time data streaming and integration Excellent problem-solving debugging and systems design skills Demonstrated leadership in cross-functional engineering teams including mentoring architectural guidance and influencing long-term platform direction Additional Information The Team To stay ahead of the curve it s critical to know where the curve is and how to anticipate the changes we re facing For the fastest-growing cybersecurity company the curve is the evolution of cyberattacks and access technology and the products and services that dedicatedly address them Our engineering team is at the core of our products - connected directly to the mission of preventing cyberattacks and enabling secure access to all on-prem and cloud applications They are constantly innovating - challenging the way we and the industry think about Access and security These engineers aren t shy about building products to solve problems no one has pursued before They define the industry instead of waiting for directions We need individuals who feel comfortable in ambiguity excited by the prospect of challenge and empowered by the unknown risks facing our everyday lives that are only enabled by a secure digital environment Our engineering team is provided with an unrivaled chance to create the products and practices that will support our company growth over the next decade defining the cybersecurity industry as we know it If you see the potential of how incredible people and products can transform a business this is the team for you If the prospect of affecting tens of millions of people enabling them to work remotely securely and easily in ways never done before thrill you - you belong with us Our Commitment We re problem solvers that 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 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