Principal Systems Administrator ASICFPGA (NetSec)

Your Career

As a Systems Administrator in the ASIC / FPGA team you will interface with engineering teams
regularly to help build and maintain a world-class semiconductor development environment.
You will work with multiple ASIC and FPGA engineering teams as well as IT and Infosec to build
and improve our infrastructure. You have a broad reach of knowledge spanning storage
virtualization and compute and can communicate verbally and in writing effectively.

Your Impact

Design build and operate engineering development infrastructure to enable our ASIC
and FPGA engineering teams
Support and improve the services on which our ASIC/FPGA engineering department
depends
Engage with engineering teams to ensure they have the infrastructure to enable the
development of first-class ASICs and FPGAs
Define and improve end-to-end monitoring of systems and applications used by our
ASIC and FPGA engineering teams
Identify and drive opportunities to improve systems and automation opportunities for
system and service deployment management and visibility
Drive root cause analysis of critical business and production issues
Work cross-functionally with Engineering teams on operational readiness
Manage the day-to-day needs and requests from our ASIC and FPGA engineering users
Perform upgrades to servers and services on a regular basis

Qualifications :

Your Experience 

Strong experience administrating production UNIX/Linux environments
Broad experience supporting and maintaining common Linux/Unix applications and
services as well as a solid understanding of DNS DHCP LDAP NISNFS AutoFS
PXE SNMP SSH HTTP/S and NTP
Working experience with system orchestration tools (SALT Chef Puppet etc)
Working experience in monitoring systems (Nagios ELK Prometheus etc)
BS or MS in Computer Science a related field or equivalent professional experience
Experience with shell scripting interpreted or compiled language such as Bash Perl
Ruby Python Go C or C
Experience with common version control software such as Git CVS SVN or Perforce
Excellent problem solving critical thinking communication and teamwork skills
Excellent written and verbal communication able to collaborate and rally support
Excellent documentation skills
Self-disciplined self-managed self-motivated and strong sense of ownership urgency
and drive

Passion for automation and monitoring instrumentation in the code
Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work well in a team
Passionate to learn understand and dissect new technology stack quickly on own
Experience in Atlassian Software desired
Experience in storage administration desired (SAN & NAS)
Familiarity with containerization

Additional Information :

The Team

Our engineering team is at the core of our products and connected directly to the mission of
preventing cyberattacks. We are constantly innovating challenging the way we and the
industry think about cybersecurity. Our engineers dont shy away from building products to
solve problems no one has pursued before.

We define the industry instead of waiting for directions. We need individuals who feel
comfortable in ambiguity excited by the prospect of a challenge and empowered by the
unknown risks facing our everyday lives that are only enabled by a secure digital environment.

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 $180000 - $200000/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