Principal IT Site Reliability Engineer

Your Career

Palo Alto Networks is a revolutionary and dynamic company creating next generation network security products. If you are a motivated intelligent creative and hardworking individual who wants to contribute and make a difference this job is for you!

Fast-paced fast-changing and unpredictable defines our information technology team. 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.

This position is responsible for Palo Alto Networks (PANW) network and security infrastructure for all enterprise partner and customer facing services. A successful candidate for this role will have strong project management and organization skills to complement their technical skills. You will work with a team of senior level IaC Automation Engineers leading projects designing implementing and maintaining PANWs global compute infrastructure.

Your Impact

• Design implement and provide support for IT infrastructure compute components
• Install support and maintain software infrastructure according to best practices including routers Load balancers switches wifi controllers and firewalls via terraform/ansible automation
• Perform network security design and integration
• Diagnose problems and solve issues often under time constraints
• Implement the necessary controls and procedures to protect information systems assets from intentional or inadvertent modification disclosure or destruction
• Ensure system uptime and backup for all IT infrastructure
• Provide security incident triage and response including working with firewall and device logs investigating security events protecting forensic value of data and establishing monitoring and incident reporting and response procedures
• Work closely with engineering to help report issues and manage project deliverables and provide status and progress reports
• Provide on-call support for Incident Management

Qualifications :

Your Experience 

Must Have-

• 8 years of experience in IAC and infra automation tools using Terraform & Ansible CI/CD tools
• Expert knowledge on cloud orchestration via GKE / EKS etc preferably on GCP
• Experienced in designing and implementing Business Continuity Plans and Disaster Recovery Plans
• Expert knowledge of firewall technologies (PANW preferred) including VPNs and routing
• Advanced knowledge of shell scripting and programming languages such a PERL Ruby PHP or Python
• Advanced knowledge of DNS and DHCP and Microsoft AD infrastructure
• Strong analytical skills for interpreting business requirements and translating them into technical specifications
• Strong project management time management and organizational skills
• Excellent communication skills including the ability to write network and security documentation policies and guidelines
• Ability to work nights and weekends and provide 24/7 on-call support

Nice to have- 

• BSCS or related field MS preferred or equivalent military experience required
• Extensive background in planning and designing projects and analyzing existing distributed systems and procedures for efficiency and effectiveness
• Experience with Load Balancers HAProxy F5 nginx 
• Knowledge of data center design build-out and best practices
• Knowledge of virtualization platforms preferably Openshift
• Experience with multi-tier architectures including best practices around tier isolation (for databases etc.)
• Extensive knowledge of network security systems intrusion detection systems and protocols including ACE ACS VPN GRE IPSEC IKE TACACS RADIUS ACLs 802.1x audits log files etc.
• Well-versed in commercial InfoSec requirements guidance and standards

Additional Information :

The Team

Working at a high-tech cybersecurity company within Information Technology is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Youll join the brightest minds in technology creating building and supporting tools and enabling our global teams on the front line of defense against cyberattacks.

Were connected by one mission but driven by the impact of that mission and what it means to protect our way of life in the digital age. Join a dynamic and fast-paced team of people who feel excited by the prospect of a challenge and feel a thrill at resolving technical gaps that inhibit productivity.

Compensation Disclosure

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/commissioned roles) is expected to be between $154000/YR - $249500/YR. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found here.

Our Commitment

Were problem solvers that take risks and challenge cybersecuritys status quo. Its simple: we cant 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.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time