Senior Site Reliability Engineer (Cortex Cloud Security Posture Management)

Job Description Company Description Our Mission At Palo Alto Networks, everything starts and ends with our mission: to be 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 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 contribute to our collective success. Our values, crowdsourced by employees, are brought to life through each of us every day — from disruptive innovation and collaboration to integrity and inclusion. We foster an environment where everyone feels valued and supported. As a member of our team, you will be shaping the future of cybersecurity. We work fast, value ongoing learning, and respect each employee as a unique individual. Our development and personal wellbeing programs are designed to give you choices in how you are supported, including our FLEXBenefits wellbeing spending account, mental and financial health resources, and personalized learning opportunities. At Palo Alto Networks, we believe in the power of collaboration and in-person interactions. Our employees typically work full-time from our office with flexibility where needed, fostering casual conversations, problem-solving, and trusted relationships. Our goal is to create an environment where everyone can succeed. Job Description Your Career The Cortex team builds and delivers the industry’s most advanced SecOps platform, including XSIAM, XSOAR, and XPANSE. As a member of the Cortex DevOps team, your role involves operating and maintaining a large-scale GCP environment, designing, implementing, and continuously enhancing our observability systems. You should have deep knowledge of modern monitoring tools and practices, managing high-cardinality metrics, implementing tracing, and operationalizing large-scale logging solutions. You will collaborate closely with engineering teams to develop solutions that provide clear, actionable insights into system performance and health. Your Impact Utilize your expertise in monitoring cloud platforms, especially GCP, to optimize our infrastructure leveraging cloud technologies. Ensure efficient resolution of system issues through incident management processes, minimizing service impact. Automate complex monitoring and alerting tasks, including automated remediation and auto-scaling. Develop and maintain deployment tools such as Terraform and Helm. Stay current with emerging technologies, evaluate their impact, and implement them when appropriate. Participate in on-call rotations to provide 24/7 operational coverage for our SaaS products. Collaborate with engineering teams to improve product operability, reliability, and availability. Qualifications Experience managing incidents and alerts in a Site Reliability Engineering context. 4+ years of experience as a DevOps/SRE engineer passionate about high reliability. Proficiency with either Google Cloud Platform or Amazon Web Services. Strong skills with Kubernetes and Docker for container orchestration. Proficiency in Python, Linux Shell, and Terraform for infrastructure as code. Solid understanding of security concepts and best practices. Experience with observability and incident response tools. Effective communication and interpersonal skills to coordinate across teams. Strong troubleshooting skills and the ability to operate independently. Additional Information The Team Our engineering team is at the core of our products, directly aligned with our mission to prevent cyberattacks. We are constantly innovating and challenging industry standards. Our engineers are comfortable with ambiguity, excited by challenges, and empowered to address risks enabled by a secure digital environment. Compensation Disclosure Compensation depends on qualifications, experience, and location. The starting salary range is $126,000 to $203,500 per year, potentially including stock and bonuses. Further details are available in our benefits overview. #LI-TD1 Our Commitment We value diversity and inclusion and are committed to providing accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. Please contact us at

accommodations@paloaltonetworks.com

if needed. Palo Alto Networks is an equal opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, ethnicity, gender, family or medical leave, political affiliation, veteran status, or other protected characteristics. All information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

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