Principal Back End Engineer - DevOps (Cortex Cloud)

Company Description

Our Mission

At Palo Alto Networks® everything starts and ends with our mission:

Being 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 the foundation of 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 contributes to our collective success. Our values were crowdsourced by employees and are brought to life through each of us everyday - from disruptive innovation and collaboration, to execution. From showing up for each other with integrity to creating an environment where we all feel included.

As a member of our team, you will be shaping the future of cybersecurity. We work fast, value ongoing learning, and we respect each employee as a unique individual. Knowing we all have different needs, our development and personal wellbeing programs are designed to give you choice in how you are supported. This includes our FLEXBenefits wellbeing spending account with over 1,000 eligible items selected by employees, our mental and financial health resources, and our personalized learning opportunities - just to name a few!

Job Description

Your Career

We are looking for a motivated Principal Software Engineer to join our Cortex Platform group in our Tel Aviv R&D center. The team is responsible for the orchestration platform that manages the entire lifecycle of the production environment hosting all Cortex products, as well as the enablement of the entire RnD group using self service APIs and internal tooling.

More information about Cortex can be found here.

Your Impact

Develop the orchestration platform that manages the entire lifecycle of the production environment hosting all Cortex products deployed on GCP

Develop Kubernetes operators and cloud-native applications to streamline our infrastructure management and deployment processes.

Collaborate with engineering teams to design and enhance software architecture to improve scalability, service reliability, cost and performance.

Stay abreast of cutting-edge technologies and deploy them to production environments when appropriate.

Contribute to team-wide efforts including code reviews, design reviews, and technical/architectural decisions.

Participate in the on-call rotation to provide support for applications and infrastructure.

Qualifications

Your Experience

4+ years as a Software Engineer / DevOps Engineer (or similar role) with a strong programming experience in either Python, Go or other relevant coding languages

Proficiency in the cloud (GCP - preferred)

Solid understanding of infrastructure-as-code principles and tools such as Terraform/ArgoCD/ConfigConnector.

Experience improving product stability through thoughtful code reviews, testing, proper rollout, monitoring, and proactive changes

High proficiency with virtualized and containerized environments (Kubernetes and Docker)

Ability to grasp new technologies quickly and prioritize and multitask on multiple responsibilities

Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to troubleshoot complex issues in production environments.

Experience with working with internal and external customers and stakeholders

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, ability to work and coordinate between multiple teams

Experience developing Kubernetes operators - An advantage

Proficiency with databases such as MySQL, ScyllaDB - An advantage

Additional Information

The Team

Our engineering team is at the core of our products and connected directly to the mission of preventing cyber attacks. We are constantly innovating — challenging the way we, and the industry, think about cybersecurity. Our engineers don’t 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.

Our Commitment

We’re problem solvers that 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.

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.