Staff Data and ML Platform Engineer

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.

Job Description

Your Career

Our Data & Analytics group is responsible for working with various business owners/stakeholders from Sales, Marketing, People, GCS, Infosec, Operations, and Finance to solve complex business problems which will have a direct impact on the metrics defined to showcase the progress of Palo Alto Networks. We leverage the latest technologies from the Cloud & Big Data ecosystem to improve business outcomes and create through prototyping, Proof-of-Concept projects and application development. We are looking for a Staff IT Data and ML platform Engineer. Cloud engineering and business intelligence (BI) tools. The ideal candidate will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining scalable platforms and analytical solutions that support our business objectives. This role requires a strong understanding of data engineering principles, as well as the ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality data platform solutions.

Your Impact

• Design, develop, and maintain data Infrastructure to support ETL, real time pipelines, data science and AI/ML workloads
• Build and maintain CICD pipelines to support various workflows.
• Support workflow from various sources into our data warehouse or data lake environment.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to gather requirements and translate business needs into technical solutions.
• Optimize and tune existing data pipelines for performance, reliability, and scalability.
• Implement data quality and governance processes to ensure data accuracy, consistency, and compliance with regulatory standards.
• Mentor junior members of the team and provide guidance on best practices for data engineering and BI development.

Qualifications

Your Experience

• UG/PG degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field or military experience required
• 5 to 8 years of experience in DevOps, Data platform operations and ML workloads, with a focus on building and maintaining data and AI/ML tools.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms such as Google Cloud Platform (GCP), and experience with relevant services (e.g. GCP Dataflow, GCP DataProc, Biq Query, Procedures, Cloud Composer etc).
• Experience with Big data tools Airflow, Kafka, Grafana, Prometheus, LGTM etc.
• Experience with object-oriented/object function scripting languages: Python/Scala, etc
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to analyze complex data sets and derive actionable insights.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.

Additional Information

The Team

Working at a high-tech cybersecurity company within Information Technology is a once in a lifetime opportunity. You’ll be joined with the brightest minds in technology, creating, building, and supporting tools that enable our global teams on the front line of defense against cyberattacks.

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 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.

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