Senior Staff DevOps Engineer - Cloud Security

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

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain our AWS serverless infrastructure using AWS CDK, ensuring high availability, scalability, and security.
• Own and evolve our Jenkins-based CI/CD pipelines from code commit to production deployment, continuously improving speed and reliability.
• Champion the use of AI-powered tools across the engineering lifecycle to reduce manual effort and improve quality.
• Build and maintain comprehensive observability solutions using DataDog, including dashboards, monitors, and AI-assisted anomaly detection.
• Continuously look for opportunities to improve and modernize developer workflows and incident response through smart tooling and automation.
• Work hand-in-hand with fellow software engineers to design infrastructure that supports modern serverless patterns and event-driven architectures on AWS.
• Drive a culture of automation and continuous improvement - if it can be automated or made smarter, do it.
• Continuously evaluate and adopt emerging tools and technologies to improve the overall development, release, and operations process.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience as a DevOps or Cloud Infrastructure Engineer.
• Hands-on experience with AWS serverless services (Lambda, API Gateway, EventBridge, Step Functions, SQS/SNS, DynamoDB, etc.).
• Proficiency with AWS CDK for infrastructure as code.
• Experience building and maintaining Jenkins pipelines (declarative pipelines, shared libraries, plugins).
• Experience with DataDog - metrics, logs, traces, monitors, and dashboards.
• Demonstrated use of AI tools in an engineering context - whether LLM-based coding assistants, AI-driven observability, intelligent CI/CD, or similar.
• Good scripting skills in Python and/or Bash.
• Strong understanding of cloud networking, security principles, and AWS IAM best practices.
• Ability to lead DevOps practices within a cross-functional team - defining standards, driving adoption, and acting as a technical anchor for infrastructure decisions.
• Proactive and self-driven, with a strong internal drive for quality and improvement.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills - able to explain complex infrastructure concepts clearly to developers, stakeholders, and product managers.

Qualifications

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 [email protected].

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.