What are the responsibilities and job description for the Sr FedRAMP Cloud Engineer position at Palo Alto Networks Unit 42?
Santa Clara, California, United States Product Engineering Ref ID: JR-016687
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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
Your Career
Palo Alto Networks runs a large hybrid infrastructure and is one of the largest GCP customers. As a Platform Engineer, you will be part of a team building tooling to help manage this infrastructure and improve overall efficiency and performance. This includes automation, architecture design, monitoring, troubleshooting, security, and reliability.
Our stack includes Kubernetes, Docker, AWS, GCP, Terraform, Kafka, Redis, Pub/sub, Bigtable, VertexAI, Bigquery, MongoDB, Python, and Go. We don’t expect you to know all these, but we do expect you to learn the ones needed for this role.
Your Impact
Your Experience
The compensation offered for this position will depend on qualifications, experience, and work location. For candidates who receive an offer at the posted level, the starting base salary (for non-sales roles) or base salary commission target (for sales/com-missioned roles) is expected to be the annual range listed below. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found here (opens in new window) (opens in new window).
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 accommodations@paloaltonetworks.com (opens in new window) (opens in new window).
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.
Apply
Current Employees, apply here
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.
Job Summary
Your Career
Palo Alto Networks runs a large hybrid infrastructure and is one of the largest GCP customers. As a Platform Engineer, you will be part of a team building tooling to help manage this infrastructure and improve overall efficiency and performance. This includes automation, architecture design, monitoring, troubleshooting, security, and reliability.
Our stack includes Kubernetes, Docker, AWS, GCP, Terraform, Kafka, Redis, Pub/sub, Bigtable, VertexAI, Bigquery, MongoDB, Python, and Go. We don’t expect you to know all these, but we do expect you to learn the ones needed for this role.
Your Impact
The compensation offered for this position will depend on qualifications, experience, and work location. For candidates who receive an offer at the posted level, the starting base salary (for non-sales roles) or base salary commission target (for sales/com-missioned roles) is expected to be the annual range listed below. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found here (opens in new window) (opens in new window).
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 accommodations@paloaltonetworks.com (opens in new window) (opens in new window).
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.
Apply
Current Employees, apply here
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
Your Career
Palo Alto Networks runs a large hybrid infrastructure and is one of the largest GCP customers. As a Platform Engineer, you will be part of a team building tooling to help manage this infrastructure and improve overall efficiency and performance. This includes automation, architecture design, monitoring, troubleshooting, security, and reliability.
Our stack includes Kubernetes, Docker, AWS, GCP, Terraform, Kafka, Redis, Pub/sub, Bigtable, VertexAI, Bigquery, MongoDB, Python, and Go. We don’t expect you to know all these, but we do expect you to learn the ones needed for this role.
Your Impact
- Contribute to the success of the DevOps organization
- Develop expertise in new technologies
- Ensure that applications are production-ready, scalable, and reliable
- Work with developers, researchers, data scientists, and security experts
- Design, build, and operate reliable, secure Cloud infrastructure
- Develop tools and automation frameworks
- Automate robust deployment of robust services
- Orchestrate end-to-end monitoring and alerting
- Participate with Dev and DevOps teams in the on-call rotation
- Lead root cause analysis of critical business and production issues
- Mentor and champion DevOps culture
- Participate in design reviews
Your Experience
- BS or MS in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent professional experience or equivalent military experience
- Expertise in managing distributed and autoscaled applications in Kubernetes clusters
- Expertise in configuration management with a framework such as Helm, Terraform, or Kustomize
- Experience in Production Engineering, DevOps, or Site Reliability
- Expertise in the public cloud (GCP, AWS, or OCI)
- Experience in regulatory compliance, fedramp certification
- Understand and orchestrate technology and process to zero-trust mindsets
- Strong Linux administration, internals, and network troubleshooting
- Proficiency with programming languages like Python, Golang, or Rust to develop applications and tooling to manage advanced data systems and automate complex tasks
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines, GitLab and GitHub preferred
- Ability to diagnose and troubleshoot complex distributed systems handling high-volume transactions
- Excellent written and verbal communication, able to collaborate and rally support
- Self-disciplined, self-managed, self-motivated, and strong sense of ownership, urgency, and drive
- Passion for infrastructure and monitoring as code
- Ready to understand and dissect new technology stacks quickly
The compensation offered for this position will depend on qualifications, experience, and work location. For candidates who receive an offer at the posted level, the starting base salary (for non-sales roles) or base salary commission target (for sales/com-missioned roles) is expected to be the annual range listed below. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found here (opens in new window) (opens in new window).
- /yr
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 accommodations@paloaltonetworks.com (opens in new window) (opens in new window).
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.
Apply
Current Employees, apply here
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.
Job Summary
Your Career
Palo Alto Networks runs a large hybrid infrastructure and is one of the largest GCP customers. As a Platform Engineer, you will be part of a team building tooling to help manage this infrastructure and improve overall efficiency and performance. This includes automation, architecture design, monitoring, troubleshooting, security, and reliability.
Our stack includes Kubernetes, Docker, AWS, GCP, Terraform, Kafka, Redis, Pub/sub, Bigtable, VertexAI, Bigquery, MongoDB, Python, and Go. We don’t expect you to know all these, but we do expect you to learn the ones needed for this role.
Your Impact
- Contribute to the success of the DevOps organization
- Develop expertise in new technologies
- Ensure that applications are production-ready, scalable, and reliable
- Work with developers, researchers, data scientists, and security experts
- Design, build, and operate reliable, secure Cloud infrastructure
- Develop tools and automation frameworks
- Automate robust deployment of robust services
- Orchestrate end-to-end monitoring and alerting
- Participate with Dev and DevOps teams in the on-call rotation
- Lead root cause analysis of critical business and production issues
- Mentor and champion DevOps culture
- Participate in design reviews
- BS or MS in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent professional experience or equivalent military experience
- Expertise in managing distributed and autoscaled applications in Kubernetes clusters
- Expertise in configuration management with a framework such as Helm, Terraform, or Kustomize
- Experience in Production Engineering, DevOps, or Site Reliability
- Expertise in the public cloud (GCP, AWS, or OCI)
- Experience in regulatory compliance, fedramp certification
- Understand and orchestrate technology and process to zero-trust mindsets
- Strong Linux administration, internals, and network troubleshooting
- Proficiency with programming languages like Python, Golang, or Rust to develop applications and tooling to manage advanced data systems and automate complex tasks
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines, GitLab and GitHub preferred
- Ability to diagnose and troubleshoot complex distributed systems handling high-volume transactions
- Excellent written and verbal communication, able to collaborate and rally support
- Self-disciplined, self-managed, self-motivated, and strong sense of ownership, urgency, and drive
- Passion for infrastructure and monitoring as code
- Ready to understand and dissect new technology stacks quickly
The compensation offered for this position will depend on qualifications, experience, and work location. For candidates who receive an offer at the posted level, the starting base salary (for non-sales roles) or base salary commission target (for sales/com-missioned roles) is expected to be the annual range listed below. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found here (opens in new window) (opens in new window).
- /yr
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 accommodations@paloaltonetworks.com (opens in new window) (opens in new window).
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.