Senior Staff Site Reliability 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

Palo Alto Networks is looking for a talented Senior Site Reliability Engineer for our ever expanding Infrastructure & Cloud Operations. This position will be a part of the Infrastructure team, you will be working and partnering with our Network, Compute, Security, Database, Applications, and other teams to provide availability, reliability, and observability for our global IT infrastructure environments. You will help with building our next-generation IT operations through Automation, Code, Analytics, and continuous improvement. We are looking for analytical, agile, and influential leaders who can quickly deliver meaningful results and solutions with the flexibility to accommodate evolving business needs and shifting priorities. Are you a motivated, intelligent, creative, and hardworking individual who wants to contribute and make a difference? If yes, this job is for you!

The ideal candidate enjoys working in a fast-paced environment with highly innovative technologies. Our team partners closely with IT and Engineering groups and requires individuals to bring a can-do, positive attitude, with a focus on delivering exceptional customer support.

Your Impact

Implementing and supporting the Linux infrastructure as code where our globally distributed customer-facing platform runs.

Provision, configure & support resilient hybrid cloud deployment architecture using the automation framework and make it more efficient

Manage Linux infrastructure CI / CD platform, work with other SREs in deploying and maintaining automation framework, capacity planning, create and review PKI operational runbooks.

Manage scalability, capacity planning, redundancy, and resiliency.

Maintain service availability and performance SLAs based on business and product requirements.

Contribute to documentation related to design, deployment, validation, operations and DR / BCP.

Design proactive service monitoring, alerting and trend analysis of underlying infrastructure, and support the operations team in implementation.

Build and operate compute fabric for 1000s of VMs, Kubernetes Clusters. Develop scripts, build tools and write code to automate routine tasks.

Provide technical support to platform users

Respond to security implementation and audits of the environment.

Plan maintenance windows, write up change requests, present technical updates.

Participate in On-Call support including participating in RCA as required.

Design and implement network, compute and application-level monitoring solutions

Implement integrated and automated processes that drive operational excellence

Advise on industry best practices as it relates to new product selection

Drive operational cadences around business planning and performance management to ensure the efficient running of the IT org

Qualifications

Your Experience

First-hand experience with Enterprise infrastructure and application monitoring and reporting tools

Strong working experience and exposure to containers and orchestration ( Docker, Kubernetes)

Infrastructure as Code knowledge - Terraform, Ansible, Git, Puppet

Fluent Scripting skills preferably Python OR Shell OR Bash

Exposure to Public Cloud Platforms - GCP (Google cloud) OR AWS

Proficient in CI / CD platforms like Jenkins, CircleCI, etc

Excellent problem-solving skills; ability to multi-task and prioritize

Ability to work independently; works well under pressure

Possess solid communication skills, and will be comfortable working in a fast-paced technical environment

Background knowledge of network and security technologies

Strong hands-on Linux experience in managing and supporting Linux server infrastructure in CentOS / RHEL / Ubuntu.

Bachelors / Masters degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or technical stream with the equivalent combination of work experience required.

Design and performance tuning for Linux infrastructure and API, in-depth knowledge of multi-tier web applications.

Experience in developing and managing APIs, understanding of API infrastructure optimization and security.

In-depth knowledge of Certificate Lifecycle Management

Fluent in Linux security & system hardening, vulnerability management & patching process. Familiarity with CIS compliance levels.

Must be comfortable with Ansible, Chef or similar configuration management tool to manage infrastructure as code and source code control systems such as GIT or SVN.

Ability to work cross-functionally across multiple business units, such as product development and engineering

Must be able to collaborate with a global team spread across multiple time zones.

Passion, drive, energy, a sense of humour and a great attitude!

6+ years of relevant experience, Bachelor or Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field.

Experience with administration and orchestration of cloud computing (AWS, GCP, etc.) running virtual or container environments.

Good user and admin Linux skills (Ubuntu a plus).Experience with virtual networking.

Working experience with IaC tools like Terraform and Ansible. Knowledge of Python and shell scripting.

Experience with CI / CD development using platforms like - Jenkins, Harness, Artifactory.

Solid problem solving, troubleshooting, critical thinking, communication, and teamwork skills.

Passion for automation and monitoring instrumentation in the code.

Fluency in coding with one or more - Python, Go, Java, You will have to take coding and design tests as required.

Experience in Infrastructure as Code environment - Terraform, Ansible.You will be asked to write and troubleshoot IaC code during interview.

Proficient in Kubernetes based deployments, CI / CD platforms like Jenkins, Harness etc..

Takes great care in documenting conceptual work, detailed design specifications and can present ideas to engineers and engineering leaders.

Knowledge of AIOps, Application of Machine Learning / Artificial Intelligence in Cloud Infrastructure or IT Operations.

Additional experience in one or more of the following areas is a big plus

Development of self-healing infrastructure and applications.

Understanding of Big data, data analytics theory and application.

Exposure to Enterprise Business Applications, ITSM frameworks and tools is a big plus.

On an everyday basis bring the following traits to succeed :

Self-motivated, decisive, with the ability to work through ambiguity, and adapt to change and competing demands.

Excellent problem-solving skills; ability to multitask and prioritize

Ability to work independently; works well under pressure

Possess solid communication skills, and will be comfortable working in a fast-paced technical environment

Additional Information

The Team

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.

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.

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